From the Dean

Our partnership with the College’s alumni and friends has shaped our reputation as the world’s No. 1 public engineering school. However, our true measures are our private peers, led by MIT and Stanford. We are their equal in all respects but one: the level of resources available to invest in engineering talent and create solutions to pressing global challenges. To secure our strengths for the future—and to sustain leadership and innovation in the public domain—we are now asking even more of our partners.

On September 19, 2008, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau announced the launch of The Campaign for Berkeley. The aim is simple: to advance the excellence and promise of the world’s preeminent public teaching and research university. The campuswide goal of $3 billion includes $300 million for the College of Engineering. What difference will these gifts make?

Our Campaign for Berkeley Engineering positions us to succeed in the fierce competition for top faculty. It creates more opportunities for our students to excel in their studies and in the practice of leadership. Finally, it provides the programs and facilities that foster the technological innovation we need to drive economic productivity and make the world a healthier, safer place.

Showcased in our campaign are four strategic initiatives, illustrated here. These initiatives will reinforce our core strengths in teaching and research to make a tangible and beneficial impact on our world. On these fronts and throughout the College, you can join with us in realizing this vision. I welcome your thoughts at Dean_Sastry@coe.berkeley.edu.

Sincerely,

S. Shankar Sastry ’79, ’80, ’81
Dean, College of Engineering and the
Carlson Professor of EECS, BioE & ME

Educating Global Technology Leaders

We aim to educate and inspire leaders for the global economy who can marshal strong entrepreneurial and communication skills to match technological depth. Our Technology & Leadership Studies program, for example, offers courses and hands-on workshops specializing in technology innovation and entrepreneurship for more than 3,000 students each year.

Engineering Sustainable Energy Solutions

We are committed to finding energy solutions that sustain economic growth while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We believe than an integration of renewable energy, more efficient combustion and related strategic technologies will complement upcoming advances in biofuels. Projects underway range from solar fuel cells and “smart” automobile engines to power-aware buildings and better mass transit options.

Engineering Better Health

Health care, in the United States and worldwide, is long overdue for profound improvements. The intersection of engineering, biology and clinical practice offers tremendous potential. Our focus areas include early disease detection, stem-cell therapies and technologies that allow people to monitor their health at home, along with scalable mechanisms for reducing costs and improving access. We also seek to make key contributions to systems and synthetic biology.

Engineering a Better World

We believe the best new technologies can improve the lot of people around the world. Mobile technologies, for example, carry tremendous potential for benefiting education, communication, health care, the environment and ultimately our quality of life. And in the Blum Center for Developing Economies, we are using new nanotechnologies to remove contaminants such as arsenic from drinking water, thus helping to provide low-cost solutions for safe water in urban slums and rural villages.

How You Can Make a Difference

This campaign offers our College’s alumni and friends many opportunities to invest and make a lasting impact. Your generosity will support all that Berkeley Engineering does to fulfill its mission: Educating Leaders, Creating Knowledge and Serving Society. We offer opportunities to give in the following areas:

Berkeley Engineering Annual Fund
Annual gifts provide the Dean with critical funding for the College’s highest priorities. Strengthening the Annual Fund and increasing the participation of Berkeley Engineering alumni in supporting the College are vital to the campaign’s success.

Educating Global Technology Leaders

• Scholarships and fellowships to keep education accessible
• Program funds for educational offerings found only at Berkeley Engineering, such as Technology & Leadership Studies

Engineering Sustainable Energy Solutions
Engineering Better Health
Engineering a Better World

Gifts designated for these strategic imperatives will help to foster innovation and amplify its impact on pressing global challenges.

• Endowed chairs to attract and retain top faculty
• Named centers and directorships
• Research support
• Facilities improvements

Other Opportunities
Berkeley Engineering alumni and friends can also contribute to the campaign’s success by fulfilling objectives in our seven academic departments and elsewhere in the College of Engineering.

For More Information
The Campaign for Berkeley Engineering seeks to raise $300 million by June 30, 2013. All gifts to the College of Engineering during the campaign will count toward the overall goal. To join us in making a world of difference, find out more:

The Campaign for Berkeley Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
208 McLaughlin Hall #1722
Berkeley, CA 94720-1722
(510) 642-2487
bef@coe.berkeley.edu