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The voices that make up the MEng story

Our alumni are contributing to making our world a better place. We are so proud of them.

Hector Gomez in front of Sather Gate with graduation regalia

Hector Gomez

On what inspired him to pursue an MEng degree

Hector shares more about his determination and resilience as a first-generation student, DACA recipient, and student parent

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Gina Myers with her dog in an outdoor setting

Gina Myers

Following her passion for food and sustainability

After joining the program, she cofounded a startup, SuperPetFoods, with two other women MBA students.

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Pei-Wen Hu

Leading a full life as a doctor of earth

Pei-Wen shares what inspired her to first study civil engineering, her experiences working for the Taipei government, and why she decided to go back to school.

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Pierre-Habté Nouvellon

Founding the next content creator platform: Snipfeed

On how he went from the classroom to founding the new content creator platform Snipfeed in three years.

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Marcel Schaack

Empowering the community during COVID-19

SF Food Friends matches volunteers with those who need deliveries of essential goods.

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Conner Landgraf

A new venture to predict heart failure

MEng alumnus, Connor Landgraf led a new startup Eko Devices to develop algorithms to predict possible heart failure.

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Joel Prince Varghese

From graduate student to data scientist

Joel shares his two cents on making a successful transition into the workforce after graduation.

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Kevin Feng

Industry Office Hours: A conversation with data scientists

Kevin Feng, Head of Data Science at Beam Solutions, sat down to talk about his unique career path in data and where he thinks the industry is headed in the near future.

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Team AsTeR

Meryll Dindin | Thomas Galeon | Pierre-Louis Missler | Florian Fesch | Oskar Radermecker

Continuing the Journey

The five alumni participated in the IBM Call for Code Global Challenge and joined the finals, demonstrating that the journey for impacting engineering goes beyond the MEng program.

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Nkiruka Menankiti graduation photo

Nkiruka Menankiti

Inspiring Motivation of a Mother and a Student

Nkiruka on her pursuit in a career in medical physics while tackling motherhood, her motivations, and advice for future students.

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Patrick Thelen's working on his project

Patrick Thelen

Intersection of Business and Engineering: Project to Inspire Hope

Patrick’s opportunity to make a tangible and practical difference for a community in Lebanon through the Davis Projects for Peace.

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Luna performing an original piece.

Luna Izpisua Rodriguez

Artist in Today’s Technology-Influenced World

Luna explores the boundaries and parallels between the arts and sciences to find that they are both deeply rooted in exploration, play and curiosity.

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Youhee Choi

The Number One Thing is to Utilize Your Resources

Youhee on her pivot into tech, advice for aspiring project managers, and tips to beat stress.

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Bradley Los

Lessons From the Job Market After the Berkeley MEng

Bradley shares his insight on the complex maneuver from grad school to a professional career in engineering

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Po Jui “Ray” Chiu

From MEng to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List

Ray, co-founder of BioInspira, was recently named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Looking back, he credits the MEng capstone requirement for the company’s success.

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Darshan Mehta

Great Ideas are Often Born From Insane Ones

Darshan talks about his academic journey, a career in UI/UX, and why you should always ask for help.

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Brian Mick

On Boy Scouts, Fast Cars, and a Fruitful Engineering Career

Brian Mick, MEng ’15 (ME) recounts his childhood in the Boy Scouts, grad school days at Berkeley, and the skillset that led to his managerial gig at Tesla.

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Michael Brenndoerfer

How I Started a Company While Going to School Full-Time

Starting a business requires your full-time attention. So does grad school. Michael tells us how he was both an MEng student and founder of cryptocurrency brokerage platform Cryptonite.

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Nick Chandler, Marketing Analyst at 23andMe and MEng alumni

Nick Chandler

My Biggest Networking Advice is to Put Yourself Out There

Nick shares his networking advice and lessons learned as a Marketing Analyst at 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company.

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David Kalinowski, Product Design Lead at Apple and MEng alumni

David Kalinowski

I Always Knew I Wanted to Be an Engineering Leader

David is currently a Product Design Lead working on a secret project at Apple. We had a chance to ask him a few questions about life at work and life in the MEng program.

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Joshua’s team and advisors accepting an award from UC Berkeley’s Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

Joshua McCumber

A Nuclear Balance: MEng and Full-Time Work

Working full-time while going to grad school full-time is possible – and rewarding. Joshua’s balancing act as both a General Electric engineer and a MEng student was nothing short of an impressive feat.

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