“Most venture capital gets invested in Silicon Valley and Boston, and thus shortchanges the rest of the country for entrepreneurial financing,” said study senior author Lee Fleming, faculty director of the Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at UC Berkeley. “But crowdfunding has opened up funding to everyone else.” Read full article: Crowdfunding expands innovation financing… Read More »
Author: Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
2017 Cooper Fellowship Recipients
The College of Engineering and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016-17 Cooper 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 Cooper Fellows are engineering graduate students, with a preference… Read More »
Wayne Delker, New Director of Capstone Experience
The Fung Institute is excited to introduce Wayne Delker as our new Director of the Capstone Experience. Wayne recently retired after 15 years at Clorox as Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D. Prior to that he worked with GE in several R&D and Engineering roles, culminating as General Manager and Director of R&D… Read More »
Master of Engineering Capstone Expo
The Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is excited to invite the public to our Master of Engineering Capstone Expo, where our masters students demo the products that they are working on, which come from industry and faculty research. See where the future of engineering is headed. December 8, 4-6:30pm Chevron Auditorium, International House Make sure… Read More »
New Undergraduate Fellowship Program for Wellness and Technology Innovations
Launched at the Fung Institute in Partnership with the School of Public Health
The Fung Fellowship for Wellness and Technology Innovations launched this Fall, kicking off with a one-week bootcamp that had students out on the streets of Berkeley uncovering digital health opportunities, pitching their own wellness technology concepts, and networking with community organizations. The Fellows also had the opportunity to meet the program funder Coleman Fung who… Read More »
Alumni – are you ready for the 5 year celebrations?
You’ve seen the buzz on Facebook, and hopefully received your invitation via email, so make sure your calendar is marked for a host of events celebrating the Fung Institute’s 5 year anniversary on Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th. Summary of the schedule of events: Friday, October 7th Shires Hall Opening Celebration – 2:30pm… Read More »
Wayne Delker, New Director of Capstone Experience
The Fung Institute is happy to introduce Wayne Delker in his new role as the Director of the Capstone Experience. Wayne recently retired after 15 years at Clorox as Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D. Prior to that he worked with GE in several R&D and Engineering roles, culminating as General Manager… Read More »
BioE Team Wins Fung Institute Mission Award
Taken from BioE website: http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/news/meng-team-wins-fung-institute-mission-award. The Master of Engineering capstone team of Alison Burkland, Daniel Campo, Dragos Puscalau, and Gregory Wohlleb — working with bioengineering professor Kevin Healy — received the 2016 Fung Institute Mission Award for their work on a Point of Care Low-Cost Approach for HIV Monitoring. This award is chosen by the staff at the… Read More »
Igniting Innovation & Intrapreneurship Webinar
Thanks for signing up! Igniting Intrapreneurship & Innovation Webinar Sign Up January 12th, 2016 Email Address First Name Last Name Sign Up By submitting this form, you are granting: UC Berkeley College Of Engineering Executive Education, 208 McLaughlin Hall, #1722, Berkeley, California, 94720, United States, permission to email you. You may unsubscribe via the link… Read More »
Information About the Program
A three-day program in Innovation and Leadership through Positive Psychology will be held at the UC Berkeley campus from October 26-28, 2016. Info Sheet: Innovation and Leadership through Positive Psychology Program Schedule: Positive Psychology Session Press Release: Innovation and Leadership Through Positive Psychology For information and to register, visit https://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/positive
