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Fall 2020 magazine

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A microfluidic "chip" developed by the Streets lab for single cell analysis

Using microfluidics to peer deeper into the structure of our genome

01/21/21 — UC Berkeley researchers develop a novel technique, based on a microfluidic platform, for unraveling and imaging lengthy strands of DNA
Rachel Slaybaugh

Rachel Slaybaugh to lead Cyclotron Road

01/07/21 — Nuclear engineering associate professor takes the helm at Berkeley Lab’s division for entrepreneurial scientists
wearable biosensors in armband as hand makes gestures

Talk to the hand? New device can recognize gestures

12/21/20 — The armband, which combines wearable biosensors with artificial intelligence, could be used to control prosthetics or interact with electronic devices
Bundles of plastic bags awaiting recycling

Upcycling: Turning plastic bags into adhesives

12/17/20 — New catalytic process can stick polyethylene to metal or other materials, potentially boosting the economics of recycling
Ambidextrous robot sorting items

Ambidextrous wins ‘Good Robot’ award for overall excellence

12/15/20 Silicon Valley Robotics — Berkeley-founded startup honored for its versatile e-commerce robots with an AI-enhanced operating system
Heavy metals listed in the periodic table

Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer

12/14/20 Berkeley Lab — Methods from team led by nuclear engineering assistant professor Rebecca Abergel could lead to systems for both diagnosing and treating cancer in real time
Low-cost prototype of a robotic arm

UC Berkeley-led team receives $8.4M for AI-based approaches to cyber-physical systems

12/10/20 — Project proposes a novel approach that blends AI and machine learning with guidance from human and computational oracles
Graduate student Connor Tsuchida at work in the Doudna lab

Environment draws students to Nobel winners’ labs

12/10/20 — Bioengineering grad student Connor Tsuchida and others reflect on the joys of working in new Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna's CRISPR lab
Exploded view of N95 mask, and assembled prototype modeled by undergrad researcher Jason Duckering

Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold

12/10/20 LBL — Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
Computer scientist Jelani Nelson with his daughter at their home in Berkeley

The computer scientist who shrinks big data

12/08/20 Quanta Magazine — EECS professor Jelani Nelson designs clever algorithms to remember slivers of massive data sets; he also teaches kids in Ethiopia how to code
Illustration of cellphone checking for coronavirus RNA

CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras

12/04/20 — New diagnostic test, with accurate results in under 30 minutes, developed by scientists at Berkeley (including bioengineer Daniel Fletcher) and Gladstone Institutes
Sanjay Kumar, RObert RItchie and Peidong Yang

Top scholars named AAAS fellows

12/02/20 — Engineering professors Sanjay Kumar (bioengineering), Robert Ritchie (mechanical engineering and materials science) and Peidong Yang (chemistry and materials science) are among five Berkeley scholars elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Graphic of Lucira coronavirus test device and 4-step instructions

Home coronavirus test springs from Berkeley Engineering roots

11/18/20 — First FDA-approved, rapid test for home use was developed by Lucira Health, founded by bioengineering Ph.D. graduates Debkishore Mitra and John Waldeisen
Time-lapse photo of robotic arm grasping and moving various objects

Deep learning helps robots grasp and move objects with ease

11/18/20 — Combining neural networks with motion planning software gives robots the speed and skill to assist in warehouse environments
A newborn infant receives supplemental warming while getting skin-to-skin contact with the mother

Patents for Humanity honors Berkeley-designed infant warmer

11/05/20 — An infant-warming device developed by civil and environmental engineering professor Ashok Gadgil and a Berkeley Lab colleague received an honorable mention
Materials science and engineering professor Junqiao Wu, photographed with a thermographic camera in Hearst Memorial Mining Building

The transformer

11/05/20 — Professor Junqiao Wu is developing next-gen technologies with vanadium dioxide, a compound that can change from an insulator to a metal.
Ashok Gadgil and Ph.D. student Dana Hernandez, right, test new technology at Gadgil’s lab.

Safe to drink

11/05/20 — Professor Ashok Gadgil has found an affordable, scalable way to remove arsenic from drinking water.
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu

Dean’s note: Engineering heroes

11/05/20 — In a year of unprecedented challenges, the importance of our mission has never been more clear.

The way it moves

11/05/20 — Bioengineers have determined how tumor cells adhere to and move through brain tissue.

New & noteworthy

11/05/20 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
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