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Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Regional Meeting
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Intelligent Machines: Expanding the Reach of Robotics
UC Berkeley College of Engineering Dean's Society Event, October 19, 2011
2011 Commencement Student Address: Alejandro Uy
Graduating Senior, Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Berkeley Engineering Today
Feb 10, 2012
BusinessGreenBerkeley Engineering grad students design an 'EcoFridge' that uses 40 per cent less energy
Imagine an environmentally friendly household refrigerator that is affordable and helps break people's energy-wasting habits when they use the appliance. That is what team of UC Berkeley grad students in engineering and industrial design students from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico envisioned when they were asked by appliance manufacturer Mabe to develop a cost competitive fridge that is kinder to the environment than others available to consumers in Mexico.
The College of Engineering has launched a new major--driven largely by undergraduate interest--that focuses in a comprehensive way on the generation, transmission and storage of energy, with additional courses on energy policy. Beginning in fall 2012, the new interdisciplinary Energy Engineering major will be offered through the Engineering Science Program and extract from the best energy-related courses already offered by the College. "The objective of this major is to produce students who are well-rounded energy experts," says Tarek Zohdi, mechanical engineering professor and chair of the Engineering Science Program.
Scott Shenker, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, is joining the ranks of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer. Shenker, an expert in Internet architecture and software-defined networks, is among 66 new members and 10 foreign associates elected to the NAE.
Venture deep inside the new skyway of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and it becomes clear that the bridge's engineers have planned for the long term. The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is meant to last at least 150 years after its expected opening in 2013. "We wanted to make this bridge flexible so that when the earthquake comes in, the flexibility of the system is such that it basically rides the earthquake," said its lead designer, Berkeley Engineering alumnus Marwan Nader (M.S.'89, Ph.D.'92 CE).
Feb 01, 2012
Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratorySelf-assembling nanorods: Berkeley researchers obtain 1, 2 and 3D nanorod arrays and networks
A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures has been developed by a team of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers. Leading this project was Ting Xu, a polymer scientist who holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division and UC Berkeley's Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemistry.
Feb 01, 2012
Association of Manufacturing TechnologyDr. David Dornfeld receives AMT's Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award
Dr. David Dornfeld, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability at UC Berkeley, has received the Association of Manufacturing Technology's Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award. Dr. Dornfeld is specifically recognized for his research toward advancing the understanding of burr formation and prevention, sustainable manufacturing, micro-machining, precision manufacturing and chemical-mechanical planarization.
Many UC Berkeley researchers' discoveries -- including cancer therapies, Internet search engines, vaccines, increased DVD storage capacity, robotics and computational and design software -- and the companies created to manufacture them are spurring the U.S. and California economies and saving lives. Boris Rubinsky, Jay Keasling, and Kris Pister are some of the Berkeley Engineering faculty who are motivated by the UC mission of conducting research that benefits the public and advances the frontiers of knowledge.
Jan 31, 2012
Dredging TodayBerkeley Engineering professor Anil Chopra to be keynote speaker at first Panama Canal Engineering Congress
UC Berkeley civil and environmental engineering professor Anil K. Chopra has been confirmed as one of the notable presenters to speak at the "Panama Canal 2012 International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress." The first-ever Congress, organized by the Panama Canal Authority, will be held in April in Panama City and will convene more than 40 experts from 10 countries, who will discuss large scale projects and future trends in the maritime industry. Chopra will share an earthquake analysis and well as design and safety evaluations of concrete gravity dams.
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