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May 8, 2026
Life in Tech
By Ryan Johnson It’s waking up every morning in warm cozy sheets, questioning if Marcus Aurelius was wrong. It’s making the first cup of caffeine…
May 4, 2026
Beyond Borders: How Global Collaboration Shapes the Cars We Drive
By Henry Yin If you own a Tesla, part of the interior you interact with every day, your dashboard, seats, or cabin safety systems, may have been designed…
April 30, 2026
From One Yuan to Apple: An Immigrant’s Journey of Perseverance and Reinvention
By Crystal Zhu When my father boarded a plane from China to California in 1991, he carried a suitcase, a scholarship, and a stubborn kind of hope. At…
April 29, 2026
What It Really Takes to Be a Product Manager Today
By Qianyu Wang Why System Thinkers Like Supply-Chain Graduates Are Unexpectedly Well Positioned When we picture a product manager in the tech industry, we tend to imagine someone…
April 27, 2026
Hiring in the Age of AI: Perspectives from the MEng Employer Breakfast
Something strange has overtaken the engineering job market. Candidates spend hours tailoring cover letters and optimizing resumes, only for their applications to be parsed, scored, and filtered by…
April 27, 2026
The Future of Intelligent Satellites
By Lucy Wang and Rama Afullo Two UC Berkeley MEng Capstone projects, Project 40: Small Language Models as Edge Orchestrators for Satellite Analysis and Project 126: Hardware in…
April 23, 2026
Beyond the Dream Job: How Job Characteristics Shape Satisfaction More than Field Alignment
By Josette Wynn Introduction Is working in a desired field necessary for job satisfaction? I interviewed Christina Cavalluzo, an engineer at Amazon Robotics who troubleshoots automated…
April 22, 2026
Overcoming Stigmas, How Nuclear Engineers Handle Public Perception
By Eric Matthew Clelland The civilian nuclear industry has the goals of deploying the necessary power needed for the hyper scaling world and producing man-made medical isotopes for…
April 20, 2026
The Ugly Duckling: Imposter Syndrome in the Digital Age
Milit Thattamparambil Ranjith Their feathers are pristine, sleek, and white. Yours are ruffled, discolored, and out of place. In the lab, during code reviews, or while scrolling through…
April 15, 2026
Why Does Playground Accessibility Matter?
By Yuka Madeline Iwashita Imagine you are a rambunctious, energetic five-year-old at the playground. You race up the stairs of the play structure to slip down the staticky…
April 14, 2026
Beyond the Cuff: Engineering the Future of Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
By Crystal Zhu Hypertension, often called the “silent killer,” affects nearly half of all adults in the United States, according to the American Heart Association. Globally, high blood…
April 12, 2026
Teaching the Language of Engineering
By Caitriona Foley and Lucy Wang How Outstanding GSI Abdullah Alrashdan is preparing Berkeley’s next generation of engineering leaders to communicate, collaborate, and lead The UC Berkeley Graduate…
April 12, 2026
Teaching the Language of Engineering
By Caitriona Foley and Lucy Wang How Outstanding GSI Abdullah Alrashdan is preparing Berkeley’s next generation of engineering leaders to communicate, collaborate, and lead The UC Berkeley Graduate…
March 17, 2026
How Berkeley’s MEng Program Shaped Wuwei Mo’s Path to Carbon Capture
When Wuwei Mo enrolled in a UC Berkeley Master of Engineering program in 2022, he arrived with a clear conviction that materials science held the key to protecting…
May 30, 2024
Tom Lam (Health + Innovation ’24) translates in-class project to real-world impact
Tom Lam transferred to UC Berkeley driven by the vast opportunities the institution promised. With a vision to create a positive impact in society, he sought to immerse himself in…
March 8, 2024
Eliza Zita Coleto, Conservation + Innovation ’24 (BioE): “I want to create ground-breaking…
Eliza Zita Coleto came to UC Berkeley with the intention of saving lives. Though their parents hoped they would do so as a doctor, the years of medical school the…
October 25, 2017
Alumni Highlight: Fu-Chi Shih, Class of 2017
By Maya RectorFu-Chi Shih recently graduated in the spring of 2017 with an MEng degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR). She currently works as a customer and product analyst…
April 27, 2026
Hiring in the Age of AI: Perspectives from the MEng Employer Breakfast
Something strange has overtaken the engineering job market. Candidates spend hours tailoring cover letters and optimizing resumes, only for their applications to be parsed, scored, and filtered by…
April 27, 2026
The Future of Intelligent Satellites
By Lucy Wang and Rama Afullo Two UC Berkeley MEng Capstone projects, Project 40: Small Language Models as Edge Orchestrators for Satellite Analysis and Project 126: Hardware in…
February 14, 2020
Op-ed: Deepfakes — Don’t believe anything you see on the internet
Op-ed: Deepfakes — Don’t believe anything you see on the internetBy Ujjwal Singhania, MEng ’20 (EECS)One of the images below is real and the other has been manipulated by a computer (known as a…
September 18, 2019
MEng alumni address disaster response through Project AsTeR
Vote for Project AsTeR as the 2019 People’s Choice Winner in IBM’s Call for Code Global Prize!A group of five University of California, Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) alumni are finalists…
October 11, 2018
Fung Institute co-sponsoring 2018 Women in Tech Symposium
by Ashley VillanuevaRSVP: https://womenintech18.eventbrite.com/Save the date for the 2018 Women in Tech symposium, devoted to “The Future of AI.” The symposium will highlight the experiences of women in AI and…
October 11, 2018
Three takeaways from my first Grace Hopper Conference experience
Three takeaways from my Grace Hopper Conference experienceBy Jinlin HeWhat does it feel like to see inspiring female engineers who share the same childhood dreams as you? What does it feel…
July 6, 2018
The war against fake news: Insight from the CTO of Snipfeed
By Pierre-Habté NouvellonPierre-Habté grew up in very eclectic environment: his father is French, his mother Ethiopian, and he has lived in France, Congo, Brazil, and the US over the past…
April 12, 2026
Teaching the Language of Engineering
By Caitriona Foley and Lucy Wang How Outstanding GSI Abdullah Alrashdan is preparing Berkeley’s next generation of engineering leaders to communicate, collaborate, and lead The UC Berkeley Graduate…
March 26, 2026
Engineering Leadership for a World in Transformation
Technical mastery alone no longer meets the demands placed on today’s engineering leaders. In boardrooms and project sites alike, professionals must pair engineering fluency with communication skills, systems thinking, and…
March 17, 2026
How Berkeley’s MEng Program Shaped Wuwei Mo’s Path to Carbon Capture
When Wuwei Mo enrolled in a UC Berkeley Master of Engineering program in 2022, he arrived with a clear conviction that materials science held the key to protecting…
January 1, 2026
Fung Institute Redefines Fung Fellowship Track, Emphasizing Impact Through Sustainability
The Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is evolving to meet today’s most pressing challenges, repositioning itself around sustainability and innovation. At the heart of this shift is the…
March 6, 2023
The value of the MEng capstone experience, as told by MEng alumni advisors
This year, four Berkeley MEng alumni advisors have partnered up with current Berkeley MEng candidates on their two-semester capstone. Working closely with students, they have been providing industry insight and…
September 13, 2021
How students select their MEng capstone projects
Insights about the capstone experience from 2021 Berkeley MEng Capstone AwardeesIllustration by Ella Rochelle-Lawton.Each year we celebrate remarkable achievements of our graduates, you can find more about the 2021 capstone awards.
February 11, 2021
Seven reasons to propose a Berkeley MEng capstone project
Every year, MEng teams partner with industry leaders to pilot new initiatives, improve existing products, and develop a data-driven business strategy.Left: Matt Zebiak’s 2017–18 General Motors team / Right: Damien…
March 10, 2020
Fung Institute Industry Partner: Asurion, LLC
Insights from Asurion’s Chief Data Scientist Sundar Kuppuswamy and the importance of continuous learning.Last fall, Asurion became a founding partner of the Fung Institute Industry Partnership Program (FIIPP),to foster meaningful…
November 22, 2019
Karoline Skatteboe on advice for aspiring data scientists
Edited by Anna LiangKaroline Skatteboe is a data scientist, lead researcher, and head of US Operations at Spacemaker AI, a Norway based AI company developing design solutions for the property development…
November 8, 2019
Industry Office Hours with Tenaris: Emerging technologies for traditional industries
Capstone advisors talk about how they utilize data science to optimize the energy industry and discuss strategies for learning in graduate school.We spoke with Lorenzo Einaudi, MEng ’12 (IEOR) and Adonis…
November 4, 2019
Jimmy Wang, CTO of Zendar on what makes a good engineer
Jimmy Wang, CTO of Zendar, on what makes a good engineerThe Berkeley alum shares his insights on the radar industry and advice for engineers in a changing landscape.Jimmy is the CTO…
November 1, 2019
Industry Office Hours with Beam Solutions: A conversation with three data scientists
Edited by Anna LiangKevin Feng, MEng ’18 (IEOR), Tennison Yu, and Liying Li from Beam Solutions sit down to talk to us about their unique career paths in data and where…
January 15, 2026
Celebrating 15 Years of Engineering Leadership Innovation at the Fung Institute
In 2025, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership — a bold academic initiative that has grown into the cornerstone of Berkeley Engineering’s…
January 1, 2026
Fung Institute Redefines Fung Fellowship Track, Emphasizing Impact Through Sustainability
The Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is evolving to meet today’s most pressing challenges, repositioning itself around sustainability and innovation. At the heart of this shift is the…
December 16, 2025
Innovative solutions to restoring the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Restoring the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Fung Fellows teamed up with PMDP to remove and reimagine abandoned fishing nets Looking to tackle an exciting and impactful technical challenge, Anjana Saravanan…
May 30, 2024
Tom Lam (Health + Innovation ’24) translates in-class project to real-world impact
Tom Lam transferred to UC Berkeley driven by the vast opportunities the institution promised. With a vision to create a positive impact in society, he sought to immerse himself in…
April 4, 2024
Fung Fellowship GSI Krina Patel teaches students to express themselves through design
Having submitted her last college application, Krina Patel was mentally prepared for a career in the medical field. However, after a baking incident left her puzzled and pressed to problem-solve,…
March 8, 2024
Eliza Zita Coleto, Conservation + Innovation ’24 (BioE): “I want to create ground-breaking…
Eliza Zita Coleto came to UC Berkeley with the intention of saving lives. Though their parents hoped they would do so as a doctor, the years of medical school the…
May 30, 2024
Tom Lam (Health + Innovation ’24) translates in-class project to real-world impact
Tom Lam transferred to UC Berkeley driven by the vast opportunities the institution promised. With a vision to create a positive impact in society, he sought to immerse himself in…
January 18, 2023
Op-ed: Wearable exoskeletons to preserve warehouse workers’ health
By Elyse Scalia, MEng ’23 (ME/Biomechanics)This op-ed is recognized as an Honorable Mention in the annual Berkeley MEng op-ed contest and part of a series from E295: Communications for Engineering…
February 9, 2022
DermScan team wins 2022 iHackHealth Appathon
This January, UC Berkeley’s Fung Institute and UCSF came together for the second iHackHealth Appathon, an event focused on addressing pressing needs in the healthcare field. After ideating on proposals…
April 10, 2020
iHackHealth: UC Berkeley and UCSF hold inaugural cross-bay appathon event
By Lauren LeungOn the left, one of the teams gives their final presentations at UCSF. On the right, the winning team, iHit celebrates upon the reveal of their win.This spring, UC Berkeley’s…
January 7, 2020
Fung Institute Industry Partner: Starkey Technologies
The Fung Institute embarks on a new industry partnership and learns how the CTO of Starkey Technologies, Achin Bhowmik, plans to use engineering to change people’s lives.As of Fall 2019, Starkey…
August 18, 2019
Shadden Lab: Diagnosing cardiovascular disease via simulation
By Victor Zendejas LopezPhoto by jesse orrico on UnsplashCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of premature death in the United States. Despite how common heart disease is, it is often difficult for…
February 20, 2018
Capstone Profile: Designing resiliency for the pandemic flu
By Maya RectorTeam members from left to right: Suyasha Gupta, Jasodhara Raj, and Arnaud Bard de CoutanceEach year, UC Berkeley Master of Engineering students work on a team of 3 to 5…October 17, 2016
NLYTN Beauty: Beating the Bacteria Behind Acne
By Clarice Cho and Giselle DiazJob at NLYTN’s new headquarters in QB3“I just go for it.”Often times, it’s just that simple.Since graduating this past May, Job Shiach has devoted all of his attention into…
January 1, 2026
Structural Employment Isn’t What It Used to Be
There’s a theory in modern economics that, despite the growing fears around AI’s encroachment on the labor market, technology creates more…
February 12, 2020
Op-ed: Virtual reality has powerful potential in education and experiential learning
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…
March 13, 2018
Op-Ed: How can social innovation develop in Silicon Valley?
By Youhee Choi, edited by Maya RectorPhoto by Dominique Jordan on UnsplashYouhee Choi is a current UC Berkeley Master of Engineering student studying IEOR in the class of 2018. Youhee is interested…
March 6, 2018
Op-Ed: Why we need to talk about the applications of blockchain technology on the financial market
By Michael Brenndoerfer, edited by Maya RectorPhoto by Andre Francois on UnsplashMichael Brenndoerfer is a current UC Berkeley Master of Engineering student in the class of 2018. He is in the Electrical…
January 18, 2023
Op-ed: The United States semiconductor talent shortage
By Jack Yue, MEng ’23 (ME/Product Development)This op-ed is recognized as an Honorable Mention in the annual Berkeley MEng op-ed contest and part of a series from E295: Communications for…
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