By Caroline OstermanHealth & Well-Being: New Tools & Therapies / Retinal Image-Based Eye Tracker for Neurological Diagnoses [CLT] (Photo: Adam Lau/College of Engineering)Over 550 attendees filled the MLK Pauley Ballroom at UC Berkeley on Friday…
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Coleman Fung on the connection between mindfulness and engineering
“Engineers can use mindfulness as a tool to consider different perspectives and the impacts of the technology they develop.”By Ashley VillanuevaOn Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30, 2019, the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is hosting the…
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority partnership advances ‘future energy’ educational program
5/3/2019The University of California, Berkeley and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) are teaming up to establish a new educational program to accelerate the digitalization of infrastructure systems for sustainable energy. The partnership…
Christy Chen: A journey from business to engineering
At the Master of Engineering (MEng) program at UC Berkeley, most students come from a STEM background. However, there are a few exceptions each year. Christy Chen (IEOR ’19) who graduated with a business degree, Dickinson College, a liberal arts colleg…
MEng Capstone team wins 2nd place in Big Idea pitch competition
by Jessie YingFrom left to right: Gideon Ukpai, Alvina Kam, Matthew Powell-PalmA group of Master of Engineering and PhD students recently placed 2nd in the “Hardware for Good” category of the Big Idea competition at UC Berkeley. Their project utilizes …
Applying virtual reality to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
By Prithiv NatarajanPhoto credit: USPTOA Washington trip was promised to the members of our Capstone team by our faculty advisor, Prof. Lee Fleming, under the conditions of collaborating with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and of…
GenomEdge: A rising genomics startup built by three MEng students
By Caroline OstermanPhoto by John Schnobrich on Unsplash.It all started during the first week of the Berkeley MEng program. Arjun Bidesi, MEng ’19 (IEOR), eager to pave his way in the booming startup world of the Silicon Valley, went straight to work n…
From $30,000 to $200: These Berkeley students hope to slash the cost of prosthetic hands with…
From $30,000 to $200: These Berkeley students hope to slash the cost of prosthetic hands with their innovative controller boardBy Jessie YingIt’s an electronic board no larger than one’s palm — yet it holds the potential to revolutionize the prosthetic…
Blue River Technology: How robotics and machine learning are transforming the future of farming
By Caroline OstermanFaces of advanced farming technology. A group of Blue River employees pictured at a test farm in Lubbock, Texas.What happens when you apply machine learning and robotics to agriculture? Blue River Technology, based in Sunnyvale, Cal…
8th annual MEng Capstone Showcase: How will engineering leaders change our future?
What can engineering students from UC Berkeley, one of the top engineering schools in the world, create in 9 months? The answer: a great deal — from AI that detects fraud in Bitcoin transaction, to an exercise bike that responses to fatigue, to a VR to…
