UC Berkeley researchers — in collaboration with researchers from the University of Minnesota, Massachusetts General Hospital and UC Riverside — won a National Science Foundation award Aug. 4 of $26 million over the next five years to fund a new center for biopreservation research.
Going to extremes
New research by Berkeley engineers may soon make it more practical to use battery-powered vehicles and devices in extreme temperatures, such as icy-cold winters in Minnesota or stifling-hot summers in Death Valley. Led by Chris Dames, professor of mechanical engineering, the researchers developed a thermal regulator that can improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries outside of what’s …
Berkeley ingenuity keeps lithium-ion batteries at temps even Goldilocks would love
New research by Berkeley engineers may soon make it more practical to use battery-powered vehicles and devices in extreme temperatures, such as in icy-cold winters in Minnesota or stifling-hot summers in Death Valley. Those conditions represent temperature ranges that fall outside the narrow window — typically 20 to 40 degrees Celsius — needed for a …
‘ME Students Vote to Recognize ME Professors Alam, Dames & Szeri with First Annual ME Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring Awards’
A note from Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Roberto Horowitz: Dear Department of Mechanical Engineering Community, I am delighted to announce the first recipients of a set of newly instituted awards to promote excellence in teaching and mentoring in our Department. There are three awards, one for undergraduate teaching, one for teaching graduate-level …