Fall 2019 – ME Student Access Machine Shop Safety Orientation Training

ME Student Machine Shop (Photo by Adam Lau / © UC Berkeley College of Engineering)

Fall 2019 – ME Student Access Machine Shop Safety Orientation Training Registration begins Thursday, August 29, 2019 Safety orientations will be offered from September 4, 2019 through October 25, 2019 The Mechanical Engineering Student Access Machine Shop is available for students who will be working on projects and research related to our academic mission. First…

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New Faculty Spotlight: Grace X. Gu

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering would like to introduce you to one of our newest faculty members: Assistant Professor Grace X. Gu.

Professor Gu joined us here in Etcheverry Hall in the Fall of 2018. Below, Professor Gu shares how she became interested in the field of mechanical engineering, her hobbies outside the office, and what she looks forward to most here at Berkeley.

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Mechanical Engineering Seminars

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Unleash Your Engineering Potential with Cutting-Edge Technologies from Siemens Digital Industries Software!

Wednesday, April 10 @ 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
3110 Etcheverry Hall


Matt Bruce, with various Siemens Specialists

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Shoe-string Theory

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Finally – why your shoelaces keep coming untied, and why that matters for understanding failure in knotted structures.

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Redesigning wind power

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Mechanical Engineers and industry advisor Tom Flynn, from California Energy and Power, have designed an efficient, bird-safe turbine that operates vertically, rather than horizontally.

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ME Professor Tarek Zohdi Appointed Member-At-Large by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council of USNCTAM

ME Professor Tarek Zohdi has been appointed Member-At-Large by the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council of the U.S. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics USNC/TAM. The USNC/TAM was established in 1949 to represent the United States in international scientific activities relating to the field of mechanics. It is the focal…

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Alice Agogino: Diversity by Design

by Berkeley ENGINEERING Special Edition: 150 Years of Berkeley Engineering Luminaries Fittingly, Alice Agogino’s research group — the BEST Lab Berkeley Emergent Space Tensegrities/Energy and Sustainable Technologies/Expert Systems Technologies Lab, is an amalgam of research reflecting her wide-ranging expertise and interests. The only thing the lab lacks in its name is Agogino’s reputation as a…

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Lin Lab Engineers Develop Origami Electronics Using Cheap, Foldable Paper

Originally published in Berkeley ENGINEERING on 6/18/18 by Wallace Ravven,  Image by Xining Zang UC Berkeley engineers have given new meaning to the term “working paper.” Using inexpensive materials, they have fabricated foldable electronic switches and sensors directly onto paper, along with prototype generators, supercapacitors and other electronic devices for a range of applications. Research…

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ME Professor Alice Agogino Wins Top U.S. Award for Mentoring

by Julianna Fleming, Berkeley ENGINEERING Mechanical engineering professor Alice Agogino has been named winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring PAESMEM, the government’s highest honor for mentors who have worked to expand talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics STEM. The award was announced this week by the White House Office…

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Wind Power Team Wins Fung Institute Mission Award

The Wind Power team, a group of mechanical engineering MEng students collaborating on a&nbspcapstone project, has been awarded the Fung Institute Mission Award. This award, chosen by the Fung Institute staff, is given to the team that best exemplifies the mission of the institute, “transforming scientists into leaders who can take risks and develop technical,…

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Now and Forever Berkeley Engineers

Originally published on 5/16/18 by Berkeley ENGINEERING Photo by Matt Beardsley This year Berkeley Engineering’s Commencement was a waypoint for several of the college’s major milestones. Not only did graduates from the college’s baccalaureate and graduate programs gather with their friends and family in the Hearst Greek Theatre to mark the completion of their degrees,…

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The HAB Project: A Platform for Space Research

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Article originally published on 4/20/18 in Berkeley ENGINEER Photo courtesy of STAC by Daniel McGlynn It’s early on Saturday morning. Right in the heart of campus, on Memorial Glade, a dozen students gather and prepare to launch a high-altitude balloon 100,000 feet into the atmosphere. They are part of Space Technologies at Cal STAC, a…

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ME Chair Roberto Horowitz Awarded ASME 2018 Rufus Oldenburger Medal

Professor Roberto Horowitz, our current department chair and the James Fife Endowed Chair in Engineering, has been selected to receive the ASME 2018 Rufus Oldenburger Medal in recognition of his pioneering and impactful contributions to control applications in mechatronics, magnetic data storage and traffic systems. The Rufus Oldenburger Medal is a prestigious ASME Society award…

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Sohn Lab Engineers Squeeze Cells Through Microtubes to Detect Cancer

Originally published on 4/17/18 | Berkeley ENGINEERING News by Wallace Ravven Photo by Noah Berger Over the course of her lifetime, a woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer. With the past few decades’ advances in early detection and treatment, a diagnosis by no means forecasts defeat. The earlier the cancer…

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Capstone Profile: Million Hands Team – Creating Prosthetic Hands for Children

by Maya Rector Originally published on Medium Each year, UC Berkeley Master of Engineering students work on a team of 3 to 5 students with the goal of engineering solutions using cutting edge technology and methods to address crucial industry, market or societal needs. We’ll be documenting several capstone teams as they work on their year-long projects,…

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Nature’s Microsystems & Nanoengineering Spotlights Sohn Research Lab’s Paper as Featured Article

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A research paper from the Sohn Research Lab is now the featured article in the latest issue of the online journal from Springer Nature, Microsystems Nanoengineering. Their paper, “Characterizing cellular mechanical phenotypes with mechano-node-pore sensing,” covers a “simple and innovative technique for measuring the mechanical properties of cells could lead to a versatile clinical diagnostic tool.” Congratulations…

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MEng Capstone Team Aims to Automate and Standardize Influenza Case Reporting

Originally published on February 20, 2018 via Medium by Maya Rector Each year, UC Berkeley Master of Engineering students work on a team of 3 to 5 students with the goal of engineering solutions using cutting edge technology and methods to address crucial industry, market or societal needs. We’ll be documenting several capstone teams as they work…

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Society of Manufacturing Engineers to Hold 2nd David Dornfeld Manufacturing Vision Award and Blue Sky Competition

The second David Dornfeld Manufacturing Vision Award and Blue Sky Competition, funded by the National Science Foundation, will be held during the 2018 SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference/ASME Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference NAMRC/MSEC, June 18-22, 2018, in College Station, Texas. The aim of this competition is to identify long-term challenges and new visionary…

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ME Assistant Professor Grace O’Connell Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

ME Assistant Professor Grace O’Connell has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation NSF as a part of the Faculty Early Career Development CAREER Program. The CAREER Program is a foundation-wide program that offers the NSF’s “most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to…

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International Conferences to Celebrate ME Professor Boris Rubinsky’s 70th Birthday

8th World Congress of Biomechanics 8-12 July, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland “Cryotherapy and Cryopreservation Boris Rubinsky’s 70th Birthday Celebration” Through the online registration system, you will have an opportunity to book your attendance, hotel, social events and optional tours all through the “one click”. For any queries regarding registration, socials, tours and accommodation, please email…

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