From $30,000 to $200: These Berkeley students hope to slash the cost of prosthetic hands with their innovative controller boardBy Jessie YingIt’s an electronic board no larger than one’s palm — yet it holds the potential to revolutionize the prosthetic…
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Blue River Technology: How robotics and machine learning are transforming the future of farming
By Caroline OstermanFaces of advanced farming technology. A group of Blue River employees pictured at a test farm in Lubbock, Texas.What happens when you apply machine learning and robotics to agriculture? Blue River Technology, based in Sunnyvale, Cal…
8th annual MEng Capstone Showcase: How will engineering leaders change our future?
What can engineering students from UC Berkeley, one of the top engineering schools in the world, create in 9 months? The answer: a great deal — from AI that detects fraud in Bitcoin transaction, to an exercise bike that responses to fatigue, to a VR to…
Luna Izpisua Rodriguez: Bridging engineering and arts
By Jessie YingCredit: mettacite.comAmong all the alumni that have graduated from the Master of Engineering (MEng) program at UC Berkeley, Luna Izpisua Rodriguez immediately stands out. Instead of following the common MEng graduate career path as a tech…
Team Infinity takes South By Southwest
By Clara Lim, Emma Leiner, Kenneth Lim, Minsoo Kang (Patrick), Ziyu LiTeam Infinity, Team Velocity and Coleman Fung at the Blue Goji BoothSouth by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and conferences that occurs in mid…
Tech Trek to Fathom in Oakland, CA showcases dynamic advanced manufacturing
Fathom is a prototype and manufacturing studio in Oakland, CA focusing on creating prototype parts for companies. They utilize many different methods, such as injection molding, CNC machines, 3D printers, and fabrication methods. Many engineers don’t k…
Fung Feature: Youhee Choi, MEng ’18 (IEOR)
On how she pivoted into tech, advice for aspiring PMs, and her tips to beat the stress.Youhee Choi, MEng ’18 (Industrial Engineering and Operations Research), second from the left.“I’m Youhee Choi, and I was born and raised in Korea. I lived there for …
2019 Eaton-Hachigian Fellowship Recipients
By Caroline Osterman(Photo by Elena Zhukova)The College of Engineering and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018–19 Eaton-Hachigian Fellowships, awarded this year to three students pursuing Mas…
Lessons learned from the job market after the Berkeley MEng
By Bradley Los, MEng ’18 (BIOE)The process of advancing one’s education can sometimes have more complexities than what meets the eye. As a student, you are expected to excel academically while also balancing the other half of the equation, including re…
Po Jui “Ray” Chiu, co-founder of BioInspira
Po Jui “Ray” Chiu, co-founder of BioInspira, named in Forbes 30 under 30By Linda VuIn July 2014, a series of natural gas explosions ripped apart Kaohsiung, a Taiwanese city where Po Jui “Ray” Chiu, MEng ’14 (BIOE) had lived with relatives just a year b…