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ME Chair David Dornfeld named Faculty Director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation

Congratulations to our department chair, ME Professor David Dornfeld, on being named the faculty director of the new&nbspJacobs Institute for Design Innovation! &nbspS. Shankar Sastry, dean of engineering at Berkeley, calls Professor Dornfeld “”that rare individual who can work at the intersection of technology design, manufacturability and real-world impact to spark creative problem-solving and innovation.””&nbspThe …

ME Students in the Lin Lab Featured on ABC7 News

Students in ME&nbspProfessor&nbspLiwei Lin’s Lin Lab were featured this week on ABC7 KGO, talking about their work on the “”Smart Cap.”” The 3-D printed cap&nbspuses electronics to sense spoiled food, for instance, in that carton of milk that’s been sitting in your refrigerator for too long… or is that just us?! &nbsp To view the …

ME Professor Dennis K. Lieu Wins EDGD’s Distinguished Service Award

At the June 2015 annual meeting of the&nbspAmerican Society for Engineering Education ASEE in Seattle, ME Professor Dennis K. Lieu was presented with the&nbspDistinguished Service Award DSA by the Engineering Design Graphics Division EDGD.&nbspThe Distinguished Service Award&nbspis a the highest award given by EDGD, which is the oldest division within ASEE.

Kameshwar Poolla

ME Professor Kameshwar Poolla Receives Siebel Energy Institute Grant

ME Professor Kameshwar Poolla has received a grant from the Siebel Energy Institute, a global university consortium focused on smart energy. The institute marked its debut on Monday by announcing 24 research grants nearing $1 million. The winning proposals, many of them led by Berkeley faculty, will accelerate improved performance in modern energy systems. Professor …

ME Lecturer Marcel Kristel Wins PSOW Essay Contest

Congratulations to ME Lecturer Marcel Kristel on winning the&nbspProtocol School of Washington’s alumni essay contest. The contest aligned&nbspwith&nbspNational Business Etiquette Week, and awarded the winner a day with&nbspPamela Eyring, the president of the PSOW. Kristel has chosen to share the prize with UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering students, and has arranged for Eyring to provide …

‘Dean of Engineering, and ME Professor, S. Shankar Sastry Discusses Women in Engineering’

The Dean of Engineering, and ME Professor,&nbspS. Shankar Sastry&nbspdiscusses increasing the representation of &nbsp women in engineering, and highlights the&nbspGirls in Engineering&nbspprogram ME Professors&nbspLisa Pruitt&nbspand&nbspGrace O’Connell&nbspparticipate in. Dean Sastry says, “”We are moving beyond good intentions with proven strategies for attracting more women to the field, sustaining their interest and fostering their leadership.”” &nbsp Click …

‘ME Professor Alice Agogino Named an “Engineering Trailblazer” by UC Berkeley’

UC Berkeley calls ME Professor&nbspAlice Agogino&nbspan “”engineering trailblazer,”” and talks with her about gender, minorities and STEM for social justice in this latest article featured on the&nbspBerkeley.edu&nbsphomepage. The article quotes Professor Agogino as saying, “”When I started at Berkeley, I would occasionally have classes in which there not a single woman. In required classes, there …

‘How to Grow the Back’ with ME Professor Grace O’Connell

UC Berkeley talks with ME Professor&nbspGrace O’Connell&nbspabout “how to grow the back,” and the research happening in her&nbspSoft Tissue Biomechanics Lab. Professor O’Connell has been “at the heart of this research since graduate school. Now in her second year as assistant professor of mechanical engineering, she is adapting the technology with the aim of growing …

National Academy of Engineering Selects ME Professor Grace O’Connell for Symposium

Congratulations to ME Professor&nbspGrace O’Connell&nbspon being selected to participate in the&nbspNational Academy of Engineering’s NAE 21st&nbspannual&nbspU.S. Frontiers of Engineering&nbspUSFOE symposium! Engineers who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines were selected to come together for the 2 1/2 day event in September. &nbsp Click here to read the full …

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Features ME Professor Xiang Zhang in New Video

Our YouTube page now features a video by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME, featuring ME Professor Xiang Zhang, who was awarded their Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal last Fall. Professor Zhang was honored for his “pioneering contributions in metamaterials and the creation of the first optical superlens to overcome the …

ME Undergraduate Lavanya Jawaharlal Participates in Girls in Engineering Summer Camp

ME undergraduate&nbspLavanya Jawaharlal and&nbspME Professor&nbspGrace O’Connell were&nbspfeatured by&nbspBerkeley News&nbspfor their participation in&nbspGirls in Engineering, a camp that gives middle school girls hands-on experience in engineering. The article says Jawaharlal&nbsp””insisted that the girls master the proper names&nbspand functions of the robotic parts they were about to assemble. They went over terms like chassis, micro-controller and breadboard, …

ME Professor Alice Agogino & Students Win Best Paper Awards at ICED15

Congratulations to ME Professor&nbspAlice Agogino, and her students, on winning two&nbspReviewer’s Favourite “”Best Paper”” Awards&nbspat this year’s&nbspInternational Conference on Engineering Design! Professor Agogino presented a paper on&nbspEuiyoung Kim’s doctoral research, “Design Roadmapping: Challenges and Opportunities” by Euiyoung Kim, Shun Yao, and Agogino. The paper won the first Reviewers’ Favourite Award, which are the&nbsptop 10% of&nbspreviewed …

ME Professor Liwei Lin’s 3D-Printed Smart Cap in the News

ME Professor Liwei Lin, and fellow UC Berkeley engineers, have developed a 3D-printed “smart cap” to help you keep track of spoiling foods. Berkeley News quotes Professor Lin as saying, “Our paper describes the first demonstration of 3D printing for working basic electrical components, as well as a working wireless sensor. One day, people may …

Tarek Zohdi

ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi Appointed Co-Chairman of the National AmeriMech Symposium Series

ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi has been appointed by the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council as a Co-Chairman with John Dabiri of the National AmeriMech Symposium Series for the U. S. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics USNCTAM. AmeriMech symposia are intended to promote interactions among researchers in …

Alice Agogino in the Special Design Issue of Berkeley ENGINEER

“”What are we designing? Are we designing for those in extreme poverty? Are we designing for the human condition? I hope so, and I hope that becomes part of the Jacobs Institute story.”” –ME Professor Alice Agogino in the Special Design Issue of Berkeley ENGINEER.

Spring 2015 Commencement and ME Reception photos

Pictures from the Spring 2015 Commencement and the ME Reception are now up on our Facebook page!

Professor George C. Johnson receives Berkeley Faculty Service Award for 2015

Congratulations to ME Professor George C. Johnson on receiving the Berkeley Faculty Service Award for 2015. The award honors a member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate who has given outstanding and dedicated service to the Berkeley campus.

Behind the scenes look at the ME Student Machine Shop

Ever wonder what kind of work goes into the projects and inventions that come from the Department of Mechanical Engineering? Well, all that magic happens in our ME Student Machine Shop, here in Etcheverry Hall. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the shop, and meet some of our students, faculty and shop staff that make it …

Grant awarded from Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study

ME Professor Alice Agogino, along with Dr. Sohyeong Kim and Professor Henry Chesbrough from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, recently won a grant from the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study. This award will seed research on “Open Innovation in Food Innovation and Design: Comparative Case Study of California Cuisine and New Nordic Cuisine.

Aaron Wienkers selected as finalist to receive prestigious UC Berkeley’s University Medal

Aaron Wienkers, a recently graduated senior from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was selected as one of five finalists to receive UC Berkeley’s prestigious University Medal, an honor that requires a 3.96 GPA and goes to those who have overcome challenges and are making a difference in people’s lives.

Students win First Place in Big Ideas contest

ME students Julia Kramer PhD student, Abhimanyu Ray MEng student, and Karan Patel MEng student, along with Betsy McCormick MBA student, Haas School of Business won&nbspFirst Place&nbspin the Global Health category in the Big Ideas contest for their proposal,&nbspVisualize: Saving Lives with Training for Cervical Cancer Screening. The proposal was partially developed through a capstone …

Zi Jing Wong awarded MRS Gold Graduate Student Award

ME graduate student Zi Jing Wong was recently awarded the MRS Gold Graduate Student Award at the 2015 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high order of excellence and distinction.

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