ME Ph.D. Candidate Sonia Travaglini is “Defining the Original Smart Material”
The kingdom fungi contains some of the oldest known terrestrial organisms in the world. Sonia Travaglini, a Ph.D. candidate in…
ME Professor Xiang Zhang Wins 2016 Max Born Award
ME Professor Xiang Zhang has won the 2016 Max Born Award of The Optical Society OSA. This award honors Max Born, who…
ME Professor Lisa Pruitt Wins 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award
Congratulations to ME Professor Lisa Pruitt on winning UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Five UC Berkeley faculty members were selected as…
Graduate Student in ME Professor Mohammad Mofrad’s Lab Wins First Place in the 2016 Image Contest of the Biophysical Society Meeting
ME Graduate student Zeinab Jahed, a member of ME Professor Mohammad R. K. Mofrad’s lab, has won the first place…
Spring 2016 Engineering Commencement Announcement
The UC Berkeley College of Engineering has announced that the spring 2016 commencement ceremony will take place on Monday, May 16.…
Members in ME Professor Hayden Taylor’s Group Win Berkeley Cleantech University Prize
Members in ME Professor Hayden Taylor’s group, Liam Berryman and Lance Brockway, have won the “Berkeley Cleantech University Prize CUP“” –…
ME Professor Homayoon Kazerooni’s Lab Advances as a Top 20 Finalist in “Robotics for Good” Competition
The Berkeley Robotics & Human Engineering Laboratory’s medical exoskeleton, Phoenix, and its specific use for children with Cerebral Palsy, was…
ME Professor Alice Agogino’s BEST Lab Featured on the Discovery Channel
The BEST Lab‘s tensegrity robot research was recently featured on the Discovery Channel’s nightly science magazine, the Daily Planet. The…
ME Student Lavanya Jawaharlal Talks About Females of Color in STEM
The BLUM Center recently spoke with ME Student Lavanya Jawaharlal on females of color in STEM. To read the full interview, please…
‘Student Group, Berkeley Hyperloop, Wins Spot to Test at SpaceX’
SpaceX, a company that designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, recently launched an open competition, geared towards university students and independent…