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…
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Advisor Feature: Damien Thioulouse, Asurion
Edited Ashley VillanuevaDamien Thioulouse, Senior Data Scientist at Asurion, received an honorable mention for the 2019 MEng Capstone Industry Mentorship Award at the 2019 Berkeley MEng Capstone Showcase. The award recognizes the Capstone advisor who f…
Advisor Feature: Seth Hoedl, Post Road Foundation
Edited Ashley VillanuevaSeth Hoedl, Chief Operating & Science Officer at Post Road Foundation, received an honorable mention for the 2019 MEng Capstone Industry Mentorship Award at the 2019 Berkeley MEng Capstone Showcase. The award recognizes the …
Advisor Feature: Koushil Sreenath, Mechanical Engineering
Edited by Ashley Villanuevahttps://medium.com/media/f21ff549700098b3610f4ec061007fd8/hrefKoushil Sreenath, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, received an honorable mention for the 2019 MEng Capstone Faculty Mentorship Award a…
Patrick Thelen: Building hope for Syrian refugees
By Caroline OstermanSyrian refugees learning how to safely operate woodworking tools, as part of the doin’ good pilot project in Lebanon.B efore he was an engineer, Patrick Thelen grew up building LEGO Technics with his dad in Germany. “I was always cu…
Advisor Feature: Kevin Feng, Beam Solutions
Edited by Ashley VillanuevaKevin Feng, Head of Data Science and Predictive Analytics at Beam Solutions, received an honorable mention for the 2019 MEng Capstone Industry Mentorship Award at the 2019 Berkeley MEng Capstone Showcase. The award recognizes…
Liwei Chen wins Intellectual Contribution Award in Leadership
“At Berkeley, I met many strong leaders in the MEng program and was able to expand my personal philosophies based on their diverse experiences.”Edited by Ashley Villanueva(Photo: Golnaz Shahmirzadi)Each year, Master of Engineering students nominate the…
Humans of Fung: Stories from MEng Graduates
This installment of our Humans of Fung series profiles eight Master of Engineering students from the recently graduated Class of 2019. We’ve compiled some of our favorite stories they’ve shared about engineering, art, social impact, and more.Jay Lin“My…
Meryll Dindin wins MEng Intellectual Contribution Award
“Team-up, share your interests, and make the world a better place.”Edited by Ashley VillanuevaEach year, Master of Engineering students nominate their peers and vote for the candidate who has contributed the most to the program in technical depth. This…
Advisor Feature: Matt Zebiak, General Motors
“What sets MEng students apart is not only a willingness, but an eagerness to take on real-world engineering problems.”Edited by Ashley VillanuevaCapstone advisors play an integral role in the success of the Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) Capsto…