May 2020
Each year, the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership and the UC Berkeley Master of Engineering program awards capstone teams for their year-long achievements and research innovations. This year, the awards include the Fung Institute Mission Award, Alumni Award, and Leadership Capstone Award. Below are the winners for the Berkeley MEng Class of 2020!
Fung Institute Mission Award
Awarded to the capstone team that best exemplifies the mission of the institute: “Shaping generations of technical leaders to innovate across boundaries.” Finalists are nominated by Fung instructors; winners are chosen by Fung Institute staff based on the project brief.Winner: Adapting Humanoid Robots to Aid First Responders

Honorable Mention: Breathing Facade: A Sustainable and Affordable Cooling and Dehumidification Solution for Public Schools in the Tropics

Honorable Mention: Inflatable Modular Flating Solar Array to Meet the Global Energy Demand

Fung Institute Alumni Award
Awarded to the capstone team that most effectively demonstrates: the relevance of the problem they are trying to solve, the originality of their proposed solution, and the potential of their project’s impact. Finalists are nominated by Fung Instructors; winners are chosen by MEng Alumni Judging Panel based on the project brief.Project Brief Winner: Precision Freezing 3D Bioprinter for Large Scale Tissue Engineering

Honorable Mention: A Novel Implant for Regulating Excessive Eye Pressure in Glaucoma Patients

Honorable Mention: Using Wildfire Simulations as Predictors for Economical Risk Management

Video Pitch Winner: Developing an Affordable Alternative for Autonomous Vehicle Localization using High-Definition Radar Images

Honorable Mention: Improving Senior Health Through Gamified Virtual Reality Exercises

Honorable Mention: Wearable Motion Tracking for Clinical Gait Analysis

Fung Institute Technical Leadership Capstone Award
The Fung Institute Technical Leadership Capstone Award is awarded to the capstone team that most effectively demonstrates MEng Leadership principles: (i) identify (or enable others to identify) a problem, opportunity, and/or vision; (ii) generate or elicit a solution to a problem; (iii) include and convince stakeholders of the proposed solution; (iv) manage and include all stakeholders in solving the problem, exploiting the opportunity, accomplishing the vision.Winner: Smart Eye-Drop Bottle to Monitor Medication Habits of Glaucoma Patients

Honorable Mention: Biomimetic Hydrogels to Enhance Tissue Modeling of Brain Cancer

Honorable Mention: Replacing Card Boxes with Smart Reusable Packages
Team: Siyi Zhang [IEOR], Sharnam Shah [ME], Elise Perez y Landazuri [ME] Advisor(s): Chantal Emmanuel [Limeloop], Ashley Etling [Limeloop], George Anwar [ME] We are creating the very first intelligently reusable e-commerce packages by developing an IoT solution using sensors and a cloud platform. Specifically, the goal of our project is to prototype an IoT solution with open rate tracking, data transmission and cloud service.Capstone Mentorship Awards
The Fung Institute award for MEng Capstone Mentorship is awarded to a capstone advisor who excels in fostering intellectual independence, providing project support, and furthering professional development. Finalists are nominated by current MEng students; winners are chosen by Fung Institute staff based on students’ nominations.Faculty Advisor Awards
Winner: J. Christopher Anderson [BIOE] Honorable Mention: Michael Bondin / assisting Prof. Vetter [NE] Honorable Mention: Tarek Zohdi [ME]Industry Advisor Awards
Winner: Alex Ackroyd [Lam Research] Honorable Mention: Douglas Hutchings [Squishy Robotics] Honorable Mention: Dominik Ziegler and Hilary Brunner [Scuba Probe Technologies] View all the MEng Class of 2020 project descriptions on our website.Berkeley MEng Class of 2020 Capstone Award Winners was originally published in Berkeley Master of Engineering on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.