On enabling user autonomy, expanding beyond the coursework, and striving for continual improvementWith two degrees in hand, Zhen Jiang — also known as Victor — is ready to enter the working world. Originally from Shanghai, China, Zhen earned a bachelor…
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Combining superlative AI research with Berkeley’s next unicorn
How UC Berkeley graduate Harrison Shaw is helping cultivate the next generation of engineering leadersShelton AI has created the world’s first complete private markets operating system that utilizes artificial intelligence to reshape the approach to pr…
Four-person ventilator wins 2022 FastTracking Founders Competition
Winning team files provisional patent for medical deviceIn 2021, a group of campus stakeholders launched a competition for the most patentable capstone idea (recently renamed to FastTracking Founders Program). Now put on by the Berkeley Office of Innov…
Callie Rhoades awarded 2022–23 Outstanding GSI Award in Engineering
The Graduate Division and Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Teaching and Resource Center recently presented Callie Rhoades with the Outstanding GSI Award in Engineering. The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award honors over 200 UC Berkeley GSIs…
A student’s perspective: The Power of Diversity and Inclusion for Engineering Leaders
April Yang on Berkeley MEng’s Spring Boot CampBy April Yang, MEng ’23 (IEOR/FinTech)The Power of Diversity and Inclusion for Engineering Leaders is one of the elective courses that UC Berkeley Master of Engineering students can take as part of their Sp…
Priyanshi Porwal, MEng ’22 (BioE):“I envision a world where healthcare is easily accessible and…
Priyanshi Porwal, MEng ’22 (BioE):“I envision a world where healthcare is easily accessible and affordable to everyone.”On developing medical devices and healthcare with her background in mechanical and biomedical engineeringGrowing up in a middle-clas…
Capstone Spotlight: Optimizing Sorbent Material for Direct Air Capture
How carbon removal could save the planetBy Daksh Aggarwal, MEng ’23 (ME)Each year, Berkeley MEng candidates embark on a two-semester capstone experience where they work with faculty or industry partners to bring solutions for real-world problems to lif…
Life in Tech: Doubts and decisions in graduate school
By Joey Hou, MEng ’23 (EECS)This life in tech interview is part of a series from E295: Communications for Engineering Leaders. In this course, Master of Engineering students were tasked with conducting an informational interview to learn more about wor…
Victor Li, MEng ’23 (EECS): “I am committed to creating products that can make a difference in…
Victor Li, MEng ’23 (EECS): “I am committed to creating products that can make a difference in people’s lives.”On accessible technology, the power of new perspectives, and creating products with positive impactsEarly on in his life, Victor Li realized …
Chris Dong, MEng ’22 (EECS): “I will never forget the slip of paper that I used to forge a new path…
Chris Dong, MEng ’22 (EECS): “I will never forget the slip of paper that I used to forge a new path for myself.”On ethical research, lifelong learning, and no longer being the only woman in the roomWithout any support or guidance, Chris Dong accomplish…