SOAR labs have liftoff at Richmond Field Station
UC Berkeley Engineering launched the Student Organization Applied Research (SOAR) labs at UC’s Richmond Field Station (RFS) at a festive gathering…
ME Professor Francesco Borrelli Wins ISSNAF 2025 Innovator Award
ME Professor Francesco Borrelli has won the Italian Scientists & Scholars in North Marica Foundation’s (ISSNAF) 2025 Innovator Award. Established…
Material Intelligence
Fallen pinecones lie scattered across wet grass. Shaken free by a powerful overnight storm, they are now soaked, their scales…
From drop to diagnosis
Look at any coffee stain, and you’ll see that the outline is much darker than the interior. This “coffee-ring effect”…
Berkeley alums develop at-home robotic rehabilitation device
With a little serendipity and lots of grit, alumni Todd Roberts (MEng’20 ME) and Owen Kent (B.A.’17 Film) have shown…
ME Professor Boris Rubinsky Behind One of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025
Non Thermal Irreversible Electroporation treatment, developed by Bioenginering and Mechanical Engineering professor Boris Rubinsky, is now the technology behind the Nanoknife.…
$1.3M gift from Ripple launches new Berkeley Center for Digital Assets
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering is launching a new research center that will leverage blockchain and digital twin technologies in…
From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy
A new technology created by UC Berkeley engineers uses the “coffee-ring effect,” paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics.
Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.
UC Berkeley Professor Michael Gollner and his students are applying advanced wildfire simulation tools to help neighborhoods understand their specific…
Inspired by nature, this engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph
From self-folding chairs to self-planting seeds, UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what’s possible in engineering design with their…