By Melody Mao, MEng ’20 (EECS)Photo by stem.T4L on UnsplashIt’s dizzying.You open your eyes to a new world — or perhaps one long past. The full sky unfolds above your head, rippling with a thousand pterodactyl wings. Tilt your head back: they pass over…
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MEng students test the market with Springboard, Dearduck, and Stackhawk
Silicon Valley veteran and lecturer Martina Lauchengco shows MEng the importance of product-market fit.For the past several years, Martina Lauchengco has taught the Berkeley Master of Engineering’s E270G: Marketing & Product Management boot camp co…
Rob Chesnut, Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb: ‘You can’t outsource integrity’
By Ashley VillanuevaLaunched in 2008, Airbnb has grown into the world’s leading hospitality company with over seven million accommodations, 40,000 handcrafted activities powered by local hosts, and accessible in 62 languages and 220 countries and regio…
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…
My first data science resume (sample data scientist resume)
By Joel Prince Varghese, MEng ’16 (IEOR)If you’ve ever googled data science resume, you’ve probably been showered with a plethora of generic articles about structuring a resume, sample resume templates and probably shown example resumes of people who d…
Fung Feature: Juhi Nandwani, MEng ’20 (NE)
On growing the healthcare system in Belize, the MEng program, and the importance of self-careJuhi Nandwani, MEng ’20 (NE), shares about her parents’ journey from India to Belize, how she decided to pursue radiation oncology, and her goals for the futur…
Six qualities that all strong product managers possess
Janel Wellborn, Founder & Managing Partner @ Peerless Partners, shares her advice with Master of Engineering students at UC BerkeleyOn Friday, January 10, 2020, Janel Wellborn delivered a guest lecture on digital product management in the E270G: Ma…
Stephany Prince named Executive Director of the Fung Institute
January 21, 2020Stephany Prince has been named the Executive Director of the Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. She joins UC Berkeley after serving at Stanford University in a number of leadership capacities, including as the Director o…
Five traits essential for engineers in today’s workforce
Engineering leadership insights from Vinod Philip, CEO of Service Power Generation at Siemens Gas and PowerWe had the opportunity to ask Vinod Philip, Fung Institute Advisory Board member, about the insights he’s gained into effective engineering leade…
Op-ed: Have you Gotten Your Flu Shot?
By Julia LanohaThis op-ed is part of a series from E295: Communications for Engineering Leaders. In this course, Master of Engineering students were challenged to communicate a topic they found interesting to a broad audience of technical and non-techn…