By Laura Shi, Ian Kolaja, and Eddie BirdPhoto by Viktor Kiryanov on UnsplashNuclear reactors generate about 20% of electricity in the United States. Each reactor continuously produces a massive amount of electricity while emitting no greenhouse gases d…
Category: uc-berkeley
uc-berkeley
New light-based switches could dramatically improve internet speeds
By Ahad Rauf, BS Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences ‘20Researchers believe light-based communication will become the global standard as technologies require faster and faster data speeds. Source: QAnalystsThe world is becoming connected, no…
Berkeley MEng Class of 2020 profile
The Coleman Fung Institute for Institutional Leadership welcomes its class of 470 Master of Engineering students.From left to right: Bioengineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Electrical Engineering & Computer SciencesEach year the …
Staff Highlight: Claire Trias
By Dione RiveraIn our Staff Highlight series, a staff member at the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership shares insights about their job search experience and career journey with Master of Engineering (MEng) students and Fung Fellows.This feature …
Advisor Feature: Douglas Hutchings, Squishy Robotics
Edited Ashley VillanuevaDouglas Hutchings, Lead Mechatronics Engineer at Squishy Robotics, 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 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…
MEng Faculty Capstone Mentorship Award: Matthew Sherburne
Edited by Ashley VillanuevaCapstone advisors play an integral role in the success of the Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) Capstone experience program. Dr. Matthew Sherburne from the Materials Science and Engineering department won the MEng Faculty…
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…