Posts Tagged ‘Zohdi’
New research center to develop innovative solar power plant technologies
UC Berkeley Engineering and Nextracker Inc. are partnering to launch the CALNEXT Center for Solar Energy Research, with the goal of developing sustainable, next-generation solar power plant technologies to meet rising global energy demand. Funded by a $6.5 million gift from Nextracker, this collaboration will support a leading-edge research program and planned state-of-the-art test field.…
Read MoreNew $150 million research center to develop sustainable model for materials production
UC Berkeley will partner with the new Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials to develop a sustainable model for materials production to support the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Rio Tinto will contribute $150 million over 10 years to fund the center, which will be led by Imperial College London and act as a hub for…
Read MoreBerkeley engineers partner with Siemens Energy on $3.7M DOE project to explore direct air capture for carbon sequestration
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Siemens Energy, Inc., and partners Constellation Energy, UC Berkeley and Battelle a $3.7 million grant to explore the feasibility of a multi-technology direct air capture (DAC) hub that will extract carbon dioxide directly from the air to help combat climate change. According to the DOE announcement, made Aug. 11, the Teras…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi’s New Book: Modeling and Simulation of Infectious Diseases
New Book: Modeling and Simulation of Infectious Diseases By Prof. Tarek Zohdi https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18053-8 The COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2019-2020 has led to a gigantic increase in modeling and simulation of infectious diseases. There are numerous topics associated with this epoch-changing event, such as (a) disease propagation, (b) transmission, (c) decontamination, and (d) vaccines. It…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek Zohdi Appointed an Editor of Computational Methods of Applied Mechanics and Engineering
As of January 1, 2022, ME Professor Tarek Zohdi has been appointed an Editor of Computational Methods of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, which is the leading journal in the field of computational mechanics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering was founded over three decades ago, providing a platform for the publication of papers in…
Read MoreCapstone Project Profile: Using Wildfire Simulations as Predictors for Economical Risk Management
Wildfires have become an annual destructive force with the 2018 California wildfires witnessing the tragic loss of life and $3.5 billion in damages, which unraveled communities and motivated new outlooks to safety and liability. Our solution harnesses the novel firefighting technique of real time low computation wildfire prediction simulations, through a particle based representation of…
Read MoreCapstone Project Profile: Inflatable Modular Floating Solar Array to Meet the Global Energy Demand
Improved photovoltaic technology is essential to meet growing global energy demands. Floating solar offers numerous advantages over land-based, including increased efficiency via cooling, reduced evaporation and algal growth, and the financial and ecological benefits of facile installation and protecting undeveloped land. Our diverse team created a floating solar module for inland water bodies that is…
Read MoreCapstone Project Profile: Smart eye-drop bottle to monitor medication habits of glaucoma patients
More than 75 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma–the leading cause of irreversible blindness. The majority of these patients lack a proper and consistent medication routine, a concept referred to as poor medication adherence. The team is developing a smart device to track patients’ eye drop medication adherence. Our smart eye drop bottle incorporates multiple…
Read MoreSCET Names Tarek Zohdi as New Academic Director
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at the University of California, Berkeley has just named Tarek Zohdi to be its new Academic Director and member of its new Faculty Committee. Zohdi currently serves as the Will C. Hall Endowed Chair Professor in Berkeley Mechanical Engineering, Chair of the UCB Designated Emphasis for Computational…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Team Partners in New $20M AI Food Systems Research Center
On August 26, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it will be funding a new food systems research center in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The award of $20M over five years will aim to improve US food systems to address issues such as…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Team Advances Food Systems Research in New $20M NSF Center
A new research center funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will aim to improve U.S. food systems to address such issues as pandemic-driven food system security and safety; improving crop yield, quality and nutrition; decreasing energy…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek Zohdi Receives Prestigious Humboldt Research Prize in the Area of Mechanics
ME Professor Tarek Zohdi has received the prestigious Humboldt-Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Prize). The prize, given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of the German Government, recognizes renowned researchers whose “fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek Zohdi Named 2019 AAM Fellow
Tarek I. Zohdi is currently a Chancellors Professor of Mechanical Engineering, holder of the W. C. Hall Family Endowed Chair in Engineering, Chair of the Designated Emphasis Program in Computational and Data Science and Engineering (DE-CSE) at UC Berkeley and Chief Technology Officer UC Berkeley Fung Institute for Innovation. Previously, he has served as the…
Read MoreCapstone Project Profile: Reducing Temperature Gradients to Minimize Defects in 3D Parts Using Genetic Algorithms
The market size of the 3D printing industry has increased to 7.4 billion dollars in 2018, and users rely on 3D printers to achieve their ideas. However, most of the users seldom know what is the proper printing parameters that will give them the best printing qualities. Our team has worked on giving 3D printers…
Read MoreDubai Electricity and Water Authority partnership advances ‘future energy’ educational program
The University of California, Berkeley and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) are teaming up to establish a new educational program to accelerate the digitalization of infrastructure systems for sustainable energy. The partnership, finalized today, will help train technical DEWA professionals in state-of-the-art technologies relevant to modern infrastructure systems, particularly for electricity and water.
Read MoreOP-ED: We need to use modern technologies to prevent wildfires
Uncontrolled, large-scale fires are growing in number and will increasingly affect more communities beyond the immediate fire zone. These fires will continue to threaten countries around the globe and drain their resources until effective fire-management protocols are in place. With California at the center of this problem, we must look into technologies that will control and prevent wildfires.
Read MoreFire Research Group launched to explore effective engineering solutions for uncontrolled wildfires
Tarek Zohdi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Fung Institute, has led the launch of the Fire Research Group (https://frg.berkeley.edu) recently to develop and implement more effective engineering solutions for uncontrolled wildfires. The group is a collective of researchers from the College of Engineering, the Space Sciences Laboratory (Berkeley) and Lawrence…
Read MoreTarek 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.
Read MoreME 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…
Read MoreIn the Wake of the Northern California Fires, ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi Looks to Fire Hazard Mitigation Research
Fire Prediction, Response, and Suppression in the 21st Century Originally published on October 9, 2017 in the PEER News Digest by T.I. Zohdi and K.M. Mosalam Today on October 9, 2017, the numerous burning wild fires in Napa and Sonoma Counties in Northern California are a blunt reminder of how vulnerable our communities are to natural…
Read More‘Celebrate ME Professor Tarek Zohdi at the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award Ceremony, April 19th at 5pm, Sibley Auditorium’
The Department of Mechanical Engineering would like to invite you to please join us at the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award Ceremony. ME Professor Tarek Zohdi will be honored, along with four other UC Berkeley faculty members, as a recipient of the award – the campus’ most prestigious honor for teaching! When: Wednesday, April 19, 2017…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi Receives 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award
Congratulations to ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi on winning UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Five UC Berkeley faculty members were selected as recipients of the award, the campus’s most prestigious honor for teaching. The award recognizes teaching that incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning, and has a lifelong impact.  …
Read MoreDoD Announces Award of New Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub
Today, the Department of Defense awarded the 14th Manufacturing USA NNMI-National Network of Manufacturing Innovation Program institute – the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing ARM Innovation Hub. It is the eighth DoD-led institute. The ARM Institute joins the Manufacturing USA network in its collective effort to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new…
Read MorePresident Obama Announces Winner of New Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competition
President Barack Obama announced a $70M million federal award Monday to the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition SMLC, an industry-led national non-profit, to create a nationwide Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. The Institute, which will include UC Berkeley’s involvement, will fuel industry growth and innovation across the state of California and nationwide with more than $140 million…
Read MoreME Professor Tarek Zohdi Answers Your Burning Fireworks Questions in Latest ScienceNode Article
When your fireworks go boom, how do you know where they’ll land? To answer this question, ME Professor Tarek Zohdi, along with other UC Berkeley scientists, model blast envelopes to improve firework safety and enjoyment. Read the latest article from ScienceNode to find out more!
Read MoreME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi Appointed Co-Chairman of the National AmeriMech Symposium Series
ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi has been appointed by the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council as a Co-Chairman with John Dabiri of the National AmeriMech Symposium Series for the U. S. National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics USNCTAM. AmeriMech symposia are intended to promote interactions among researchers in…
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