Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency 09/25/24 — Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1
Berkeley Engineering ranked No. 3 for undergrad programs by U.S. News 09/24/24 — Berkeley remains top public engineering program in the nation
UC Berkeley to launch compute hub with California Education Learning Lab 09/23/24 — CDSS: $1.5M grant will fund first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities
Sehat Sutardja, semiconductor pioneer and Marvell co-founder, has died 09/19/24 — Alum was longtime supporter, board member of Berkeley Engineering
New model sheds light on how wildfires spread through communities 09/16/24 — Insights could lead to more effective mitigation that saves lives and property
New computer simulations help scientists advance energy-efficient microelectronics 09/13/24 — Berkeley Lab: EECS professor Sayeef Salahuddin part of team working to fast-track the development of ultra-low-power microelectronics
California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist 09/11/24 — Study reveals low-income communities of color still breathe the dirtiest air
Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal 09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy
Berkeley Engineering welcomes new faculty to campus 08/27/24 — Six new tenure-track and teaching professors will join us in fall 2024
Young cricket star had to rethink future after eye injury 08/26/24 — New EECS student Vihaan Hampihallikar then started a project to help others get the health care they needed
New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer and industrial applications 08/22/24 — Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries
Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery 08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery
World’s first micromachine twists 2D materials at will 08/21/24 — Device expands ways to manipulate low-dimensional quantum materials
New $150 million research center to develop sustainable model for materials production 08/14/24 — Partnership seeks to transform the way vital materials are produced, used and recycled
Kristin Persson receives DOE’s Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award 08/12/24 — Berkeley Lab: Award recognizes “pioneering advancements in data-driven materials design and discovery,” provides $1M in direct funding to support her research
Rich Lyons on the future of innovation and entrepreneurship at Berkeley 08/07/24 — SCET: In a Q&A, the university’s new chancellor, and former chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer, shares his vision
Dozing at the wheel? Not with these fatigue-detecting earbuds 08/05/24 — Berkeley researchers have created earpieces that identify brain activity associated with relaxation and drowsiness
CS Ph.D. student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities 08/01/24 — CDSS: Hellina Hailu Nigatu to develop computing tools with “community values in mind”
Red light-powered device works day and night to convert CO₂ into useful chemicals 07/30/24 — College of Chemistry: Innovation could help reduce CO₂ emissions and produce valuable chemicals for a sustainable future