Hossein Heidari, a PhD candidate in ME Professor Hayden Taylor’s lab, has won the $100,000 Shark Tank prize for “Best Innovative Technology” at BASF Innovent 2018. Heidari received the award for the Design for Nanomanufacturing lab’s work on “Computed Axial Lithography,” a volumetric 3D printing solution invented in the lab as a new paradigm in additive manufacturing. BASF is a leading chemical …
ME Professor Costas Grigoropoulos Gives 2018 Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer
On Thursday, October 4th at Purdue University, ME Professor Costas Grigoropoulos gave the 2018 Hawkins Memorial Lecture in Heat Transfer on “Laser Materials Processing and Nanomanufacturing.” The annual lecture series was established in 1984 to honor the memory of George A. Hawkins, former dean of the College of Engineering. The memorial lecture provides an opportunity for a leader in heat transfer …
Chancellor Carol Christ: In Chang-Lin Tien, a leader to emulate
This week we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the C.V. Starr East Asian Library and the Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies — the latter named for Berkeley’s seventh chancellor. These events, for me, bring Chang-Lin even more vividly to mind. He was, of course, the first person of Asian descent to lead …
ME Chair Roberto Horowitz Receives Medal at AMES’s 2018 DSCC
ME Chair Roberto Horowitz was awarded the Rufus Oldenburger Medal at the 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on October 2, 2018. Professor Horowitz was presented with the prestigious medal during the Awards Ceremony on October 2, 2018, on behalf of the 2018 DSCC Organization Committee and the Dynamics Systems and Control Division (DSCD) of the American Society of Mechanical …
Alex Marques: ’The mentorship I’ve had is the best part of my work life’
Alex Marques graduated in 2018 with an MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering and Product Design. He currently works as Product Manager at Bishop Wisecarver, a business-to-business company (B2B) that sells machine components and engineering services in the realm of motion technology.
From UC Berkeley to Burning Man: Meet Alireza Lahijanian, the engineering graduate behind the giant sculptures
Every year, the flat desert of Black Rock Desert, Nevada, becomes a temporary city where artists and counterculture-seekers flock to attend Burning Man. Central to the festival experience are the multistory sculptures — which are monuments, kinetic or still, that provide artists with an outlet for “radical self-expression,” a key principle of Burning Man.
ME Alum Kenneth Armijo Receives 2018 Zia Award
Kenneth Armijo, an alumnus of the School of Engineering, was one of the recipients of the 2018 Zia Award on Sept. 29. Armijo earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2005 and his master’s and Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, where he also earned business credentials.
ME Grad Student Garrett Corcoran Named ASC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
ME graduate student Garrett Corcoran was recently named the Athletic Study Center (ASC) Scholar-Athlete of the Week. ASC staff nominate and select scholar-athletes who exemplify UC Berkeley’s high academic standards. Corcoran was recognized by the ASC for “epitomizing the Berkeley standard of excellence via rigorous research, collegial competition, and purposeful pursuit.” Congratulations, Garrett! (Also included on the above image: …
A look at Berkeley-based startup Squishy Robotics and campus startup resource Bear Founders
Every morning, Douglas Hutchings arrives at the SkyDeck building in Downtown Berkeley and attends a stand-up meeting in which team members give a blurb about projects they are working on. Afterward, Hutchings heads to a table in the common area overlooking the UC Berkeley campus. A self-described caffeine addict, he often settles down to work …
Capstone Advisor Highlight: Dr. Gabriel Gomes
Each year, the Berkeley MEng oversees a range of Capstone projects. Teams of three to six MEng students work closely with advisors to address present-day industry challenges and help them apply what they are learning in the classroom: technology, communication, business and leadership skills. As far as Capstone advisors go, Dr. Gabriel Gomes has the …
Million Hands
“Million Hands,” a 2017 CITRIS seed-funded project that aims to build an open-source platform for customizable, functional, and low-cost prosthetic hands, has been making progress in developing 3D-printed prosthetic hands with more robust capability.
Sohn Lab Grad Student Olivia Scheideler Accepted Into MIT’s Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop
Olivia Scheideler, a graduate student in ME Professor Lydia Sohn’s Sohn Research Lab, has been accepted into the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this Fall. The workshop is aimed at women graduate students and postdocs considering future careers in academia. The inaugural Rising Stars event is expected to draw 30 of the …
Tarek Zohdi named Chief Technology Officer of the Fung Institute
Tarek Zohdi has been named the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership at UC Berkeley. His main duties are to build stronger technological interactions between the Fung Institute and the College of Engineering departments.
The Mechanical Service Group Shop
Fall 2019 – ME Student Access Machine Shop Safety Orientation Training
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 …
New Faculty Spotlight: Grace X. Gu
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.
Mechanical Engineering Seminars
Measuring the Ocean Submesoscale: Robots, Planes, Satellites and Models
E201 Seminar Series
Friday, April 26, 2024 @ 2:30 p.m.
3110 Etcheverry Hall
Dr. Eric D’Asaro
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
The HAB Project: A Platform for Space Research
Student group Space Technologies at Cal aim for 100,000 feet with their High Altitude Balloon launch.
Shoe-string Theory
Finally – why your shoelaces keep coming untied, and why that matters for understanding failure in knotted structures.
Chest sound waves
Partnered with bioengineers, ME students developed a low-cost alternative to the chest x-ray.
Redesigning wind power
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka Receives AACC’s Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
ME Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka is the recipient of the 2018 American Automatic Control Council’s AACC’s Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. He accepted the award at the American Control Conference ACC Awards Ceremony in Milwaukee on June 28, 2018. The Bellman Award is given for distinguished career contributions to the theory or application of automatic …