Hear from our celebrated UC Berkeley and Fung Institute faculty, staff, and alumni on why the Berkeley MEng program is a valuable and unique experience.The Master of Engineering (MEng) program at UC Berkeley combines a breadth of topics in business and…
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Fung Feature: Danny Ma, MEng ’21 (ME)
On renewable wind energy, passion projects, and lessons from basketballDanny Ma is a current Berkeley MEng candidate in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Advanced Energy Technology. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington…
Pierre-Habté Nouvellon, MEng ’18 (IEOR), shares his entrepreneurial journey
On how he went from the classroom to founding the new content creator platform Snipfeed in three years.Pierre-Habté Nouvellon joined the MEng program in Fall 2017, studying Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. He arrived at UC Berkeley wit…
High in the sky: MEng students and SkyDeck startups come together for a night of networking
By Lauren LeungOn Tuesday, October 15, 2019, Berkeley Master of Engineering students and startups from SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s number one startup incubator, convened for a night of networking.Arriving at the scenic top floor of the Chase Building in Dow…
Christy Chen: A journey from business to engineering
At the Master of Engineering (MEng) program at UC Berkeley, most students come from a STEM background. However, there are a few exceptions each year. Christy Chen (IEOR ’19) who graduated with a business degree, Dickinson College, a liberal arts colleg…
Case study: Lessons learned from Theranos’ corporate culture
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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…
Oskar Radermecker: ‘Business classes help engineers better understand the world we live in’
By Oskar RadermeckerThe UC Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) program was founded on the mission to transform engineers into leaders. In addition to technical courses, the curriculum also includes several business “bootcamp” classes that students ta…
Michael Brenndoerfer: How I started a company while going to school full-time
By Jessie YingAnyone would agree that starting a business is no easy feat. It’s a job that demands your attention 24/7. Now imagine doing it while you are in school. Full-time. That’s what Michael Brenndoerfer, founder of cryptocurrency brokerage platf…
Ankur Aggarwal: Alumni, CTO, and healthcare entrepreneur
By Caroline Osterman“I felt like I was living and breathing in an environment of technological innovation.” Ankur thinks fondly to his childhood in Silicon Valley, a bustling place of science and high technology that would one day inspire him to develo…
