The College of Engineering and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023–2024 Eaton-Hachigian Fellowships, awarded this year to two students pursuing Master of Engineering degrees at UC Berkeley. Selected by the Dean of the College of Engineering, the Eaton-Hachigian Fellows are engineering graduate students, pursuing studies and conducting research in energy-efficient electrical and power hardware or software solutions, wireless communications and sensing devices, or specialty materials. The fellowship was established in 2008 with gifts from the Cooper Industries Foundation and from Berkeley alumnus and the former chairman, president, and CEO of Cooper Industries, Kirk Hachigian, ’82. Cooper Industries became part of Eaton Corporation in 2012, and the name of the fellowship was changed in 2017 from the Cooper Fellowship to the Eaton-Hachigian Fellowship. This year’s fellows are Ella Yarossi and Woohee Kwak.

Ella Yarossi

Candidate for MEng in Nuclear Engineering

Undergraduate Institution: Drexel University Capstone Project: Machine Learning Algorithms for Nuclear Fusion Magnet Material Science Faculty Advisors: Prof. Peter Hosemann [NE] and Christopher Reis, PhD, Postdoc We are going to be building off the work of the previous MEng Capstone group to create a machine-learning algorithm to predict and analyze the radiation effects superconductors experience during their anticipated service condition in fusion reactors. The specific superconductor we are analyzing is REBCO-coated conductors which due to their high operating temperature and ability to sustain strong magnetic fields have shown great promise in making controlled fusion reactors a reality. Through microscopic images of pristine and irradiated REBCO, we are constructing an original relationship between irradiation of the material and change in material performance. Connect with Ella.

Chloe Woohee Kwak

Candidate for MEng in Materials Science Engineering

Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana — Champaign Capstone Project: Temperature Adaptive Radiative Coating for Building Energy-saving Faculty Advisors: Prof. Peter Hosemann [NE] and Christopher Reis, PhD, Postdoc The smart roof coating (temperature adaptive radiative coating, TARC) has already been developed, but work is needed to integrate them with roof tiles and other surfaces for practical applications. Congrats to this year’s fellowship awardees! Learn more about the Fung Institute at funginstitute.berkeley.edu

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