Smart and in charge
05/17/23 — As California moves toward an electric vehicle future, professor Scott Moura is creating a smart charging system that promotes grid stability.
News
Dean’s note: Engineering new frontiers
05/17/23 — We’re celebrating the inaugural year of our aerospace engineering program, our first new undergraduate major in 25 years.
Working like a dog
05/17/23 — Two research teams have developed cutting-edge approaches that shorten training times for quadruped robots.
Speak and spell
05/17/23 — A new brain-computer interface allows users to silently spell out words in real time with near-perfect accuracy.
Raising the stakes
05/17/23 — To identify climate-friendly farming practices for biofuel crops, scientists are devising a tracking system that uses inexpensive printed sensors.
As tough as they come
05/17/23 — Researchers measured the highest toughness of any material ever while studying an alloy made of chromium, cobalt and nickel.
New & noteworthy
05/17/23 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Keep it cool
05/17/23 — Ionocaloric cooling, a new method developed by Berkeley engineers, could help phase out HFC refrigerants that emit greenhouse gases.
On the grid
05/17/23 — A device from Gridware, founded by engineering alums, uses harmonics from power poles to evaluate grid integrity and hazard risks.
In training
05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.
Farewell
05/17/23 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Life isn’t fair … yet
05/17/23 — Berkeley engineers have demonstrated the first proven approach to creating fairer algorithms.
Stopping traffic
05/17/23 — A traffic experiment suggests that just a few AI-equipped vehicles on the road can ease traffic jams and reduce fuel consumption.
A Eureka-1 moment
05/17/23 — The Space Enterprise at Berkeley student team launched a liquid-fueled rocket that reached 11,000 feet in altitude.
With flexibility comes possibility
05/17/23 — Funding for faculty fellowships will ignite the most important discoveries of the future.
Distinguished Teaching Awards
05/17/23 — Abigail De Kosnik and Joshua Hug are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious honor.
Berkeley engineers develop multicolored light-emitting array on a single chip
05/10/23 — With limitless colors, device may lead to advances in spectroscopy
UC Berkeley joins NSF-backed AI institute for cybersecurity
05/08/23 — Five faculty members to develop 'foundational technologies in learning and reasoning'
Stuart Russell receives ACM’s AAAI Allen Newell Award
05/04/23 — EECS professor is recognized for fundamental achievements in AI
Researchers reveal the ‘hidden’ costs of drinkable water
05/04/23 — Successful water treatment technologies require a deeper understanding of users’ challenges