First Call for Papers, PowerMEMS 2008
The 2008 PowerMEMS Workshop will be held November 9-12, 2008 in Sendai, Japan.
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March 6, 2008

Precision Manufacturing,
a new book by David Dornfeld and Dae-Eun Lee, provides an introduction to precision engineering and manufacturing.
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February 11, 2008

Visualization, Modeling, And Graphics For Engineering Design
"A new book for a new generation of engineering professionals," by Dennis Lieu and Sheryl Sorby, has just been released.
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February 6, 2008

ME Student Shop
The shop is available to M.E. affiliates and project classes.
To use the shop, you must complete 4 phases of training, a total of 5 hours.
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January 16, 2008

Control and Mechatronics Lab benefits from Intel donation
ME's Control and Mechatronics Lab has just received a donation of 30 computers from the Intel Higher Education Program. These computers will help the lab keep pace with developments in the field of control of mechanical systems.
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September 23, 2007

Wanna get away?
Through UC's Education Abroad Program, more than 4,000 students are expected to study abroad next year, experience another culture, and learn another language - all while earning UC credit toward graduation. Sophomores are eligible, and students do not need to go abroad for an entire year; EAP has many summer and semester options.
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September 5, 2007

ME 5 Year BS/MS Program
The ME Department is implementing a two-year pilot project of a five year combined Bachelor's/Master's program for Berkeley ME Undergraduates to broaden their education experiences at Berkeley.
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November 15, 2006

J. V. Wehausen Memorial Graduate Scholarship: Fundraising has begun. Click here for details.
February 24, 2006

ASCE/AISC Student Steel Bridge Competitions
With all bridge joints manufactured in the ME Student Shop by the CE Bridge Team and with two ME students on the team (Justin Legg and Spencer Lin), the UC Berkeley Steel Bridge team has blown away the competition at the 2008 Midpac Conference. They scored first in efficiency, economy, stiffness, construction speed, lightness and a first place overall and the team has a great chance of winning the Nationals.
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May 1, 2008
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Cal FSAE
After months of hard work, the Cal FSAE team announced the first shakedown and test for its 2008 challenger. See the latest newsletter.
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April 29, 2008
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Tinker Day
The Berkeley Chapters of SWE and ASME have started an event called Tinker Day which will be happening every Friday at 2pm in Hesse Hall and which is open to high school, community college, and Cal students.
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April 29, 2008
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See images from ME's Cal Day
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April 15, 2008
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LMAS is carbon neutral
The Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS) is pleased to announce its efforts to be carbon neutral.
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April 10, 2008
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A Doctor in the (Jazz) House
ME doctoral student George Ban-Weiss, expected to receive his PhD in May, is gaining fame in Bay Area jazz circles.
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April 3, 2008
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ME Dept at UCB Ranks 3rd in US News & World Report Rankings
The latest rankings are announced. ME Department is ranked a solid #3 behind Stanford (#2) and MIT (#1).
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March 31, 2008
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Ron Yeung interviewed in New York Times
On March 16, a boat sailed from Honolulu on a planned voyage of 3,780 nautical miles, powered just by the wave action of the sea.
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March 18, 2008
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Rex Walheim, 1984 ME grad, flies on recent Atlantis Space Shuttle
Walheim performed three spacewalks during the mission to prepare a new science laboratory for installation on the station.
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March 11, 2008
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NBC11 interviews Al Pisano on KAUST
When UC Berkeley announced a wide-ranging, $28 million partnership with a Saudi Arabian university, NBC11 sent a news crew to interview Chair Al Pisano.
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March 6, 2008
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UC Berkeley and KAUST announce $28 million partnership
"I am excited and eager to proceed with this agreement," said Professor Al Pisano, chair of the mechanical engineering department.
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March 5, 2008
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Xiang Zhang elected SPIE Fellow
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) has elected Xiang Zhang Fellow of the Society. Fellows are honored for their technical achievement, for their service to the general optics community, and to SPIE in particular. Professor Zhang has been recognized for specific achievements in nanophotonics, optical lithography, and diffractionless imaging.
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February 21, 2008
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Robert Sawyer elected to NAE
Robert F. Sawyer, Class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus and
Professor of the Graduate School has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
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February 8, 2008
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Tarek Zohdi elected IACM Fellow
The Fellow Award recognizes individuals with a distinguished record of research, accomplishment and publication in areas of computational mechanics.
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February 7, 2008
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Lieu works to improve martial arts protective gear
After 10 years experience as a taekwondo instructor, Dennis Lieu realized the shortcomings of commercial martial arts headgear. He's working to improve those products. His work is profiled on the UC Berkeley web page and the College of Engineering research publication Innovations.
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February 6, 2008
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George Leitmann celebrates 50 years in the Department
Professor emeritus of engineering science and associate dean for international relations, George Leitmann celebrates his 50th anniversary in the ME Department this year. His 50-year Berkeley career has included everything from research and teaching to serving as the first ombudsman in the UC system.
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February 4, 2008
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Andrew Packard elected Fellow IEEE
ME Professor Andrew Packard has been elected Fellow IEEE, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Institute.
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January 28, 2008
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Arun Majumdar's work on heat conversion creates excitement
ME Professor Arun Majumdar and co-workers are developing a new device that could have a profound impact on global energy supplies by converting wasted heat into electricity.
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January 28, 2008
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The Great Red Spot of Jupiter offers clues to the planet's stormy surface.
Discovery News features the research of Philip Marcus on its website.
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January 22, 2008
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Rubinsky's research on IRE listed as a key technology of 2007 by NASA Tech Briefs
NASA Tech Briefs has included Boris Rubinsky's research on irreversible electroporation (IRE) a key technology development of 2007.
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January 15, 2008

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