On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the UC Berkeley College of Engineering hosted the 153rd College of Engineering Commencement, in-person at the Hearst Greek Theater for the first time in two years.Photos by Adam Lau / Berkeley EngineeringLouis Bemberg, MEng ‘2…
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Tsang-Yung Wu, MEng ’21 (EECS): From Taiwan to Tesla
On reflections from his time in the Berkeley MEng program and the impact he’d like to make as an engineerTsang-Yung “Eric” Wu graduated from the Berkeley MEng program in 2021, where he studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) with …
Humans of Fung: Alex Shrier, MEng ’16 (NE)
On his journey through the MEng program and its impact on his current work as a nuclear engineer.Alex Shrier graduated from the Berkeley MEng program in 2016 where he studied Nuclear Engineering. Here, he shares about his biggest takeaways from his tim…
From graduate student to data scientist: My two cents on making a successful transition
By Joel Prince Varghese, MEng ’16 (IEOR)I graduated with a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Berkeley in 2016. Berkeley was awesome. Period. However, getting that first data science job for someone like…
Two tips to stand out in your data science interview, take-home challenge, or job
By Joel Prince Varghese, MEng ’16 (IEOR)TL;DRTip 1: Build random forest models using h2o.ai instead of scikit-learn.Tip 2: Provide local model explanations using LIME.I’ll tell you how, why and an easy way to do this below.Who should be reading this?Th…
Jimmy Wang, CTO of Zendar on what makes a good engineer
Jimmy Wang, CTO of Zendar, on what makes a good engineerThe Berkeley alum shares his insights on the radar industry and advice for engineers in a changing landscape.Jimmy is the CTO and co-founder of Zendar, a company that creates radars for autonomous…
Past and present students connect at annual alumni brunch
The Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) students and alumni gathered over great food and views at the California Memorial Stadium.Last week, the Fung Institute held our 8th annual alumni brunch, where we had a record number of over 400 attendees. Wit…
MEng alumni address disaster response through Project AsTeR
Vote for Project AsTeR as the 2019 People’s Choice Winner in IBM’s Call for Code Global Prize!A group of five University of California, Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) alumni are finalists in the IBM Call for Code 2019 Global Prize: The alums’ Pr…
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…
MEng + SkyDeck Startup Networking Night 2019
SkyDeck: Berkeley’s largest startup acceleratorBerkeley SkyDeck is UC Berkeley’s largest startup accelerator since 2012 — moving over 300 startups through its doors. SkyDeck has built a reputation for helping some of Berkeley’s top founders build their…
