Engineering News
March 30, 2007 Vol. 77, no. 10S

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The sweet side of pi

IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE: Engineers ate pie (and pie and pie) in celebration of Pi Day on March 14. Members of Tau Beta Pi (the national engineering honor society), Eta Kappa Nu (the electrical engineering honor society) and the Association of Women in EECS gathered in Wozniak Lounge to scarf down pumpkin pie, lemon meringue pie, cherry pie, pecan pie, peach pie, strawberry pie and apple pie, to name a few. Excess was the perfect theme for a number that stretches on infinitely. Happy Pi Day everyone! RACHEL SHAFER PHOTO

Engineer helps study system for predicting malaria outbreaks in India

Malaria has long plagued India. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated one to two million cases of malaria are confirmed every year. Even worse, 95 percent of the population lives in at-risk areas. The government faces an overwhelming challenge of protecting its population using limited resources.

When an outbreak occurs, it might take weeks for officials to distribute mosquito nets, antimalarial drugs or spray insecticides. But what if a software tool could predict outbreaks before they occur or at least pinpoint high-risk areas? Then the government could assign its resources most efficiently, implement preventive measures and save lives. [FULL STORY]

EECS grad student peers into her country’s future on MOT-China trip

On January 2, EECS Ph.D. student Jing Yang found herself in Tiananmen Square, taking in views of the impressive public square and surrounding historic district with eight other Berkeley graduate students. That night the group sampled Beijing duck at the city’s famous Quanjude Restaurant, before walking the Great Wall the next day. But on January 4, the sight-seeing ended, and the students got down to business. [FULL STORY]

Dragon boating takes off at Berkeley
CEE senior helps transform club from casual to competitive

It’s the numbers that make dragon boating so complicated. In whitewater kayaking, there’s one paddler. In canoeing, there are two. In whitewater rafting, there are six or eight. But in dragon boating, there are 20, making it one of the most complex of the paddling sports. No one knows this better than CEE senior Joe Liu, who has been a paddler on the Cal Dragon Boating Team since he was a freshman and now serves as its coach. [FULL STORY]

 

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