By Alex Lee, Francesca-Zhoufan Li, and Ernesto RojasNestled within Cory Hall at the University of California, Berkeley is a small robotics lab which, to most people, could only be described as cluttered. But to an engineer, who will recognize the famil…
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Say goodbye to rush hour traffic
By Grace Chen and Vishrut Rana(Courtesy of Evening Times)Consider this: you are driving back from a long day at work but instead of being halted by the endless stretches of traffic and entering the infinite cycle of starting and stopping that you are u…
How UC Berkeley researchers are making nuclear reactors smarter
By Laura Shi, Ian Kolaja, and Eddie BirdPhoto by Viktor Kiryanov on UnsplashNuclear reactors generate about 20% of electricity in the United States. Each reactor continuously produces a massive amount of electricity while emitting no greenhouse gases d…
New light-based switches could dramatically improve internet speeds
By Ahad Rauf, BS Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences ‘20Researchers believe light-based communication will become the global standard as technologies require faster and faster data speeds. Source: QAnalystsThe world is becoming connected, no…
Berkeley MEng Class of 2020 profile
The Coleman Fung Institute for Institutional Leadership welcomes its class of 470 Master of Engineering students.From left to right: Bioengineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Electrical Engineering & Computer SciencesEach year the …
Staff Highlight: Claire Trias
By Dione RiveraIn our Staff Highlight series, a staff member at the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership shares insights about their job search experience and career journey with Master of Engineering (MEng) students and Fung Fellows.This feature …
How to sponsor a successful Capstone project: 7 tips from Capstone advisors
By Alex BeliaevOne of the distinguishing characteristics of MEng Capstone projects is the possible number of project stakeholders:Individual students who may want to leverage their Capstone experience to pivot professionallyAcademics who may rely on ME…
Nkiruka Menankiti: ‘I have the motivation to be the best that I can be’
Edited by Caroline OstermanThe Berkeley Master of Engineering is a rewarding and challenging one-year program that pushes engineers to innovate and grow both in leadership and technical depth. In May 2019, the program saw 330 students graduate, among t…
Advisor Feature: Douglas Hutchings, Squishy Robotics
Edited Ashley VillanuevaDouglas Hutchings, Lead Mechatronics Engineer at Squishy Robotics, received an honorable mention for the 2019 MEng Capstone Industry Mentorship Award at the 2019 Berkeley MEng Capstone Showcase. The award recognizes the Capstone…
Government-funded research increasingly fuels innovation
A quantitative analysis shows that almost a third of patents in the U.S. rely on federal research funding6/20/2019, by Linda VuTotal granted U.S. patents by U.S. inventors (blue bars), and subtotal that rely on federal research (orange bars) and patent…