Dash launches new toy robot that you desperately need
10/20/15 IEEE Spectrum — Berkeley-born Dash Robotics, home of the serious toy robot, has just launched a brand new one that's easier to build and program and faster than ever: the Kamigami.
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Exciting breakthrough in 2D lasers
10/20/15 Berkeley Lab — Berkeley Lab researchers, led by mechanical engineering professor Xiang Zhang, have developed an atomically thin excitonic laser, achieving bright light emissions at visible light wavelengths in what could be a major step forward for high-performance optical communication and computing applications.
Birgeneau honored for public service
10/19/15 IGS — Chancellor emeritus Robert Birgeneau, professor of physics and materials science and engineering, has been named the 2015 winner of the Darius and Sarah Anderson Distinguished Service Award by the Institute of Governmental Studies for "advancing the spirit of good government and improving the quality of public affairs."
Build Change founder delivers CEE Distinguished Lecture
10/15/15 — Watch: Alumnus Elizabeth Hausler Strand, the founder and CEO of Build Change, is making homes safer, worldwide.
New executive education programs focus on promoting tech innovation
10/14/15 — Two new executive education programs coming this year from Berkeley Engineering aim to help technology-dependent companies create a work culture that encourages continued innovation.
George Johnson honored for faculty service
10/14/15 — George C. Johnson, professor of mechanical engineering, is one of two UC Berkeley faculty members honored by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate as joint recipients of the Berkeley Faculty Service Award for 2015.
Khalid Mosalam appointed director of Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
10/12/15 — Khalid M. Mosalam, Taisei Professor of Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley, has been appointed director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, a multi-institutional research and education center headquartered at Berkeley.
EECS faculty members awarded NSF grants for cybersecurity research
10/08/15 National Science Foundation — Three EECS faculty members, David Wagner, Dawn Song and Sanjit Seshia, were awarded cybersecurity research grants from the National Science Foundation. The grants are part of NSF's $74.5 million Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program.
Berkeley to lead energy and water consortium
10/05/15 — Berkeley, in partnership with UC Irvine and Berkeley Lab, will lead a five-year, multi-million dollar international research effort to tackle water-related aspects of energy production and use. Civil and environmental engineering professor Ashok Gadgil will head the new consortium.
EECS-linked startups boost entrepreneurship ranking
09/30/15 — With 118 startups under their collective belt, faculty and alumni in EECS have contributed heavily to UC Berkeley's #2 ranking for VC-backed undergraduate entrepreneurs and companies, as measured by the venture-capital research firm PitchBook.
Peidong Yang receives MacArthur ‘genius award’
09/29/15 — Peidong Yang, a UC Berkeley chemist and materials scientist who is trying to capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into a sustainable transportation fuel, has been named a MacArthur Fellow.
Pocket-sized docent tours
09/24/15 — For years, Arthur Bart-Williams (B.S'88 CE) had plans to build better tour-guide technology. Now he's done just that.
A new kind of development professional: The development engineer
09/23/15 devex — At UC Berkeley, engineers and computer scientists are in the same rooms as economists and political scientists, working together to test, implement and scale technologies in a way that can reframe global development as we know it.
Spinning synthetic spider silk
09/21/15 MIT Technology Review — A California company founded by UC Berkeley alumni may have figured out how to use genetic engineering to make extremely versatile fibers the way spiders can.
GM Foundation funding connects engineers with underserved communities
09/18/15 — A poster session focused on community engagement and improvement brings together students in the Engineering Scholars as Engaged Scholars program and their supporters from the GM Foundation.
Researchers talk new diagnostic methods at global tech conference
09/18/15 — Four Berkeley Engineering professors took part in the World Economic Forum's ninth Annual Meeting of the New Champions last week in Dalian, China, leading a discussion on how breakthroughs in medical diagnostic technologies are transforming healthcare.
Welcoming new students
09/17/15 — The college community welcomes new students to campus with ice-breaking games, a showcase of student group activities and, of course, a Top Dog lunch.
Foundation honors 9 Berkeley graduate students as Siebel Scholars
09/11/15 — The Siebel Scholars Foundation has named its 2016 class of exceptional graduate students, including nine from Berkeley. The Berkeley cohort includes five students from bioengineering, three from computer science and one from energy science.
EECS/TI art dedication ceremony
09/10/15 — On Thursday morning (Sept. 10), EECS and Texas Instruments will dedicate an art installation gifted to the department by TI and photographer Lekha Singh.
Preschool for robots
09/08/15 Bloomberg Business — Want machines to learn the way human toddlers do? You need a “classroom” equipped with Lego blocks and plenty of patience. Just ask Brett, or robotics professor Pieter Abbeel.