Congratulations Sandya Iyer and Sunil Srinivasan, our 2015 Cooper Fellows!

The Fellowship supports graduate students in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, with a preference for those doing research in energy efficient electrical and power hardware or software solutions, wireless communications and sensing devices, or specialty materials. The fellowship was created by the Cooper Industries Foundation as well as its former Chairman, President and CEO, Kirk Hachigian, ’82. For more information about Cooper, visit www.cooperindustries.com.

Sandya Iyer

Candidate for UC Berkeley Master of Engineering in Bioengineering
Undergraduate: B.A. Integrative Biology, Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley
Capstone Project: Bacteriophage-based Electrical Generators for Portable Electronics
Advisor: Professor Seung-Wuk Lee
Work experience: Saint Barnabas Medical Center/ NYU Medical Center

Sunil Srinivasan

Candidate for UC Berkeley Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Concentration: Robotics and Embedded Software
Undergraduate: B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Capstone Project:  Robotic Manipulation with a Human in the Loop
Capstone Advisors: Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy and Aaron Bestick
Work Experience: LinkedIn, Medtronic