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Document ActionsForefront Fall 2008Cover StoryUpwardly mobile: small device has big ambitionsA microscope attached to a cell phone, the CellScope is being developed by bioengineer Dan Fletcher and his team of students to make diagnosis of disease in remote locales both portable and affordable. The device has potential in both the developing and developed worlds for evaluating and monitoring infectious diseases like malaria and tuberculosis as well as cancer and sickle cell anemia. Features
The smart little engine that could: sensing a new automotive featureBerkeley mechanical engineers say smart new technology can help drivers improve their efficiency, economy and environmental footprint. While Robert Dibble and team work to implement a technology that combines the low emissions of gasoline engines with the increased performance of diesel, Albert Pisano and Van Carey investigate sensors that could improve the engine’s internal controls and its ability to navigate the fuel-supply infrastructure of the future. 
The prophet of Menlo Park: Douglas Engelbart carries on his visionThis year Doug Engelbart (M.S.’53, Ph.D.’55 EECS) celebrates the 40th anniversary of his landmark “mother of all demos,” where, on December 9, 1968, he demonstrated the first computer mouse and the first networked collaborative computer system, which would put the power of computing into the hands of everyday people. He is still working to raise the collective IQ and interest the world in the unrealized aspects of his vision. 
Where in the world is Berkeley Engineering?Two stories demonstrate of the reach of students and faculty from UC Berkeley College of Engineering, from contaminated tube wells in Bangladesh, which are slowly poisoning millions of villagers who have no alternative water supply, to the rubble-strewn towns of China’s Sichuan Province, where a 7.9-magnitude earthquake last May killed 69,000 and left 4.8 million homeless. 
Tricks of the trade: Eugene KanekoThis new Forefront department visits with our alumni working in every corner of the universe and in every type of job imaginable, from academics to aerospace. In this issue, we have a brief conversation with Eugene Kaneko (B.S.’01 ME), product engineer for OXO, manufacturer of more than 500 kitchen tools and other gizmos designed to make everyday chores easier. Contents |
