Patrick Lai, MEng ’19 (ME): “Product design is at the intersection of art and engineering.”
Patrick Lai earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from Berkeley MEng in 2019. Here, he discusses his interest in creative design…
Oliver O’Reilly is Berkeley’s new vice provost for undergraduate education
Oliver O’Reilly, whose 30-year career at UC Berkeley is characterized by a deep passion for teaching and student success, will…
Perovskite development heralds quantum breakthrough
“This is exciting,” said Xiang Zhang, Bao’s collaborator, now president of Hong Kong University but who completed this research as…
Researchers devise a new way to detect and quantify SARS-CoV-2 in pooled samples
Testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 is one way public health departments are monitoring the spread of COVID-19 within their communities, but…
“Together Again” at annual Fung Institute end of year showcase
On Thursday, May 5, 2022, the Fung Institute community gathered at the Mudd Hall Lawn to highlight year long projects…
Bakar Fellows program names seven new Spark Award recipients
From artificial ligaments and a novel approach to cancer treatment to “soft” batteries and a way to give voice to…
ME Professor Lisa Pruitt Awarded 2022 Brown Engineering Alumni Medal
Brown Engineering has named North Carolina State professor Christine Grant ’84 and University of California, Berkeley professor Lisa Pruitt Sc.M.…
UC Berkeley researchers develop COVID-19 detection for large samples
UC Berkeley researchers have created a method to detect and quantify COVID-19 in a large sample. Their study, published in…
Berkeley students flip, float and experiment on zero gravity flight
Last week, two teams of UC Berkeley researchers had the opportunity to test their experiments — and stomachs — aboard ZERO-G’s…
UC Berkeley graduate Alberto Ibarra: ‘Succeed through the thorns’
When I was a kid, I remember watching my mom water her garden. She put a lot of time and…