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Common First Year begins this fall: All freshmen will take same set of courses, with exception of EECS
ASCE Students Return to Oakland High School to Teach "Bust 'Em" Technique
The Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Graduate Group at UC Berkeley is launching a new summer high-school apprenticeship research program (SHARP).
Professor Yoram Rubin Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Professor of the Graduate School John Dracup Honored for Contributions to Water Management in Spain
CEE Professors Moehle and Mosalam To Lead $3.6 Million NSF NEES Grand Challenge Grant
CEE Professors Horvath and Nazaroff Awarded Henry Luce Grant to Start Sustainable Engineering Program
Tejal Desai receives College's top young alumni award
CITRIS Symposium 2006: Engineering a Better World
Keasling on ABC news
BioE and EECS teams collect top prizes at the Berkeley Technology Breakthrough Competition
Open to debate: the fuel-saving benefits of ethanol
The art of "meet and greet"
UC Berkeley at forefront of stem cell ethics interchange
College of Engineering Homecoming Weekend
COE students to attend Grace Murray Hopper Conference
Embracing Differences, Achieving Goals
A Nano-Scale Lab with Societal-Scale Impact
Berkeley Engineering is again one of the top three ranked schools in the country
Celebrating the Class of 2006
Civil engineering major Siu-Ting Dickson Mak spans disciplines and cultures
Berkeley in Silicon Valley - Global Competition: How We Can Win
Vodafone Fellows Initiative
How to be a Successful Berkeley Engineer
ME Professor McMains receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
ME Professor Xiang Zhang groupÂ’s Research selected as one of Top 10 Nanotechnology Breakthroughs in 2005
Sensor Networks and Beyond
Congratulations graduates!
Listening to Katrina, California Monthly
Berkeley engineers poke through Katrina's rubble in search of clues
Google cofounder Sergey Brin comes to class at Berkeley
Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee's lab awards at nano conference
Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (DEAA) winners announced
ME alumni Amnon Bar-Ilan wins IAFSS best thesis award
Undergrad Allison Deppe presents at BME
Dr. Thomas Budinger lected President - Society of Molecular Imaging
Professor calls federal ethanol program tragically misguided
Berkeley Engineering ranks 2nd in the nation
Hey Earth, what's shaking?
de Juan wins Hahn Medal
Berger awarded Cook Chair
Welcome, virtual tourists
Bioengineering Summer
Tracking Fallout from the SUV "Arms Race"
Mofrad named Regent's Junior Faculty Fellow
Conboy receives Faculty Award
Leitmann's Berkeley career nears half-century mark
Dr. Budinger rows to Victory
COE Alum appointed as Dean of UC Riverside Bourns College of Engineering
Cal Concrete Canoe Team Places 4th at National Competition
Round Room
Cruising the Central Valley in a solar-powered UFO
CITRIS Celebration
Madanat named director of ITS
EECS alumni powering Chinese chip revolution
Students receive EPA award for sustainability design
Electric Transformation
Alum makes donation in support of research and teaching
UC Berkeley engineering students to showcase Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier designs
Engineering News: 2005 Bechtel and departmental citation winners announced
Berkeley in Silicon Valley
Celebrating the Berkeley Engineering Class of 2005
Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative starts to take shape
Computer science major David Sontag juggles artificial and human intelligence
Astronaut phones home from International Space Station
The Hungry Mind: Prof. Avideh Zakho on being a science nerd in Iran
Chancellor's Inauguration
View from the Top: Marvell Semiconductor
2006 U.S. News & Report Rankings
COE alum wins weblog award
David Byrne on PowerPoint
Taking the (blue-green algae) bloom out of Oakland's Lake Merritt
Grant seeks to increase qualified applicants to Berkeley Engineering, boost diversity
2005 Real World Engineering
Eric Schmidt to address students at COE Commencement Ceremony
The barcode of tomorrow, today
$43 million grant from Gates Foundation brings together unique collaboration for antimalarial drug
UC Berkeley named top university for engineering
EECS alum Mihir Parikh gives generous scholarships
George J. Maslach, former vice chancellor for research at UC Berkeley, dies
Gates Highlights critical role of university research to maintain U.S. Leadership in Technology
A high-resolution view of Sproul Plaza -- and its denizens
UC Berkeley launches search for new Citris Director
Berkeley Engineering is again one of the top three ranked schools in the country
Two alums win one of engineering's highest honor
Dean Richard Newton named to National Academy of Engineers
Alum and successful entrepreneur Hong Lu shares insights with Berkeley students
Academic Senate Chair Ron Gronsky gave up rock-n-roll for scholarship
Davis Hall construction and seismic improvement begins
Fall 2003 Graduation Reception
Ron Gronsky: leading by anticipation
College mourns the passing of T.Y. Lin
BioE BRILLIANCE
EECS Alumnus named in World's Top 100
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UC Berkeley engineering students race to build robots for their 15 minutes of fame
State of Emergency
Sim Water
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Cool Alum: Mark Meltzer
Mighty Microscanner
Simulations that Burn
Language of Life
Cool Alum: Yasmin Byron
Computing Material Truths
Nuclear Detective
A Logical Approach to Computer Security
Cool Alums: The most brilliant and practical design idea this side of indoor plumbing
Wireless on the Road to Safety
How Cells move
Boning Up On Fracture Mechanics
Cool Alumni: Matt Fritzinger
New Lab for DIY Web Services
Solar's Big Future with Small Tech
Electronic Nose that Knows
Cool Alumni: Inspiring engineers, one student at a time
Organs, Heal Thyselves!
Visualizing Better Human-Computer Interaction
A Nest of Sensors
EECS alum marries two passions together in the Berkeley Parents Network
Weathering Atmospheric Flow
Modeling the Sound of Music
Scoping Out the Nanoworld
Cool Alum: Andy Schuler
Nanoislander
Ads on the auction block
Cell phone as sensor
Cool Alumni: Anthony Levandowski, inventor of the self-driving motorcycle
Air Traffic Control Algorithms Take Off
Pro New Nuke
Students Sell New Cell Phone Technology
Cool Alumni: Weili Dai, Sehat Sutardja, and Pantas Sutardja, founders of NASDAQ-100 wonder Marvell
Spare Parts for the Human Body Shop
Trafficking in Roadway Sensors
Bioengineers Battle Stowaways at Sea
Cool Alum: Francisco Castillo, civil engineer against the odds
Simulating You
Hunting for Black Gold
Community Water Works
Cool Alum: A computer scientist with a bird's-eye view
Wittier Wireless
Ethanol Stirs Eco-Debate
Pinhead Petri Dishes
Cool Alum: The story of an atomic comic
Autosensing for Autos
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