Bakar Fellows names Spark Award recipients
Five engineering faculty among the seven honored for research that produces tangible, positive societal impact through commercialization
Faculty honors and awards
Berkeley Engineering faculty receive the most prestigious awards and honors bestowed by academic and professional societies, foundations and other civic organizations. Among these are 75 active and emeriti faculty who hold membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
Raluca Ada Popa receives ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award
EECS associate professor wins $35,000 prize as outstanding young computer professional for her design of secure distributed systems, protecting confidentiality against attackers while maintaining full functionality
Ceder, Ramesh elected to AAAS
Materials science and engineering professors are among nine new Berkeley members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
UC Berkeley’s Rediet Abebe named 2022 Carnegie Fellow
Honor includes $200,000 stipend to support the assistant professor’s examination of evidentiary statistical software used in the criminal legal system
Berkeley robot learning pioneer Pieter Abbeel wins ACM Prize in Computing
Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications
Ashok Gadgil wins inaugural Zuckerberg Water Prize
Award recognizes his outstanding vision and lasting global impact in water research
