Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Nov 6
This just in: We've opened a special online pop-up shop featuring exclusive UC Berkeley Engineering gear!

The shop is open for a limited time and will close on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 8 a.m.

Visit the online store: bit.ly/3V3yuHv
Text: Now’s your chance to grab your engineering gear! Transparent images of a shirt, hat, sweater, bottle and scarf with the UC Berkeley logo.
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Nov 3
Challenging 20 years of conventional wisdom about hula hooping? Leave it to UC Berkeley engineers!

Read the full story: bit.ly/3WjJSzj
Text: How Berkeley researchers decoded the loopy physics of hula hooping. A person hula hoops in front of a mountain side. (LuneVA/peopleimages.com via Adobe Stock)
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UC Berkeley SCET@SutardjaCenter
Oct 27
Join us Friday, Dec 11 for the end-of-semester venture showcase! Watch top student founders pitch to VC judges, vote in the Expo, and network.

🗓️ Dec 11 | 1:00 PM 📍 Jarvis Auditorium
RSVP NOW: na2.hubs.ly/H08BjPc0

#ucberkeley #scet #collidercup @Cal_Engineer
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Nov 1
Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

Here's a flashback to this hauntingly beautiful view of a solar eclipse over UC Berkeley's Campanile in 2023.

(Photos by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)
A black-and-white image of a solar eclipse over UC Berkeley’s Campanile in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)A black-and-white image of a solar eclipse over UC Berkeley’s Campanile in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)
A black-and-white image of a solar eclipse over UC Berkeley’s Campanile in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)A black-and-white image of a solar eclipse over UC Berkeley’s Campanile in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 28
Landscaping choices play an important part in wildfire prevention. UC Berkeley researchers partnered with multiple organizations to evaluate the relative flammability of wood and bark-based mulch products.

Read our story: bit.ly/4eXfP6M
Text: Research shows composted mulch may prove a safer choice during a wildfire. The Thomas Fire, a massive wildfire that ignited in Southern California in December 2017, burned 281,893 acres before being contained on January 12, 2018. (Photo by Al Ungar/iStock)
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 26
#DidYouKnow UC Berkeley Engineering has a machine shop in Etcheverry Hall!

There’s plenty more resources where that comes from. Check out engineering.berkeley.edu to learn more!

(Photos by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)
Five participants gather around a machine in the shop.Mechanical engineering student in the machine shop at UC Berkeley’s Etcheverry Hall in Berkeley, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 19.
Two students seated at desk stations. Closeup on a goggled machine shop member with a metal part in hand.
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 25
A team led by the University of Oxford, UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab has uncovered a novel microscopic mechanism that allows two metal alloys to remain remarkably damage-tolerant at just 20 kelvin, or -253°C.

Read the Oxford story: bit.ly/48cY53w
Text: New study reveals metal alloys that unexpectedly resist extreme cold, staying tough at -253°C. Electron microscopy image showing new defects forming between neighbouring crystals of the niobium-titanium-based alloys. (Image credit: Cook et al. 2026.)
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 22
In a study from Columbia University and UC Berkeley, researchers found that when microplastics contact water, their surfaces become chemically reactive. This challenges the idea that plastics are chemically inert.

Read the Columbia News story: bit.ly/4Bkx1Nd
Text: Researchers find microplastics are chemically active, could cause biological harm. Stock image of a gloved hand holding a vial of microplastics. (© MargJohnsonVA/ Shutterstock)
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 21
Berkeley engineers are harnessing the power of kite!🪁

That’s right, underwater kites could expand the world’s renewable energy portfolio, according to Evan Variano, professor of civil and environmental engineering.

Read our Q&A: bit.ly/4ysUoBv
Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.An underwater kite wing.
Tvetene Carlson holds a kite wing in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 16
In a first-of-its-kind academic study, researchers mapped out a path toward an international, mutually verified pause of frontier AI training of at least 10 years.

Read the Berkeley News story: bit.ly/4e08jYH
Text: A global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible, says new report by multidisciplinary experts. Transparent headshots of Seshia and Russell.
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UCB Nuclear Engineering@BerkeleyNuc
Oct 15
Igor Jovanovic receives the Radiation Science and Technology Award from American Nuclear Society!

This 2026 Award is presented to those who have made the outstanding creative application of radiation sciences and engineering principles to be presented at ANS's Winter Conference!
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 15
More scenes from UC Berkeley Engineering’s robotics showcase at Homecoming this past weekend!

(Photos by Adam Lau / UC Berkeley Engineering)
An attendee holds two hands up in front of a robot “dog” in front of a crowd at Grimes Engineering Center. A presenter holds a controller while controlling a bipedal robot.
Professor Hannah Stuart gesticulates while on stage in Jarvis Auditorium.Four attendees examine a toy-sized boat called the “Zephyr.”
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Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society@BerkeleyCDSS
Oct 14
UC Berkeley researchers have been awarded $1.7M from Google.org to advance medical discovery using AI. @2plus2make5 @oziadias @Berkeley_EECS @UCJointCPH @Googleorg @UCBerkeley

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4hUBn4H

#UCBerkeley #PeopleOfCDSS #AIforScience #Health
Emma Pierson and Ziad Obermeyer. Text reads: UC Berkeley researchers awarded $1.7M from Google.org to advance medical discovery using AI.
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 13
Researchers led by Michael Yartsev, professor of bioengineering and of neuroscience at UC Berkeley, found that bats’ motor cortical activity is far more dynamic and varied during flight than originally thought.

Read our story: bit.ly/4rZAkFe
Text: “Want to know how the human brain controls our most complex movements? Take a look at bat flight.” An Egyptian fruit bat extends its hand-like wing toward a researcher’s gloved hand. (Photo courtesy NeuroBat Lab and Dr. Julie E. Elie)
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ITS Berkeley@BerkeleyITS
Oct 9
We are excited to support Alexandre Bayen, Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and his research project, Transitioning from the Gas Tax: A Modeling Framework for Road User Charge Design in California.

Read more: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-berke…
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 10
From robot selfies to battle bots, UC Berkeley Engineering took “Robotics Beyond the Lab” with demos at the Grimes Engineering Center during Homecoming on Saturday! #CalHC 🐻⚙️
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 8
A team of UC Berkeley students emerged as the victor out of 531 teams at Texas A&M University’s AI Venture Velocity Challenge! 🏆🎉

Dualizer is building a physics-informed AI platform for industrial process modeling, simulation and optimization.
The Dualizer team holds an oversized check for “One hundred thousand dollars” at the competition. (Courtesy)David Kim (left) and Nathan Liu in conversation. (Courtesy)
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 7
Here’s a glimpse of UC Berkeley’s 2027 Siebel Scholars meeting with our engineering dean Mark Asta!

Honorees are chosen based on outstanding academic achievement and demonstrated leadership.

Learn more: bit.ly/4cTzQui
Five scholars seated on one side of a table in the Grimes Engineering Center. Five scholars pose with Dean Asia in front of UC Berkeley Engineering signage while holding folders with the text, “2027 Siebel Scholar.”
Three scholars in discussion while seated at a table. Two scholars in discussion while seated at a table.
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ITS Berkeley@BerkeleyITS
Oct 1
We are excited to support @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyCee Assistant Professor Manxi Wu's research project: BayPass++: Market Design for Incentive-Compatible, Integrated and Equitable Mobility: its.berkeley.edu/news/its-berke…
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
Oct 4
Congratulations to Irene Chen, assistant professor of EECS at UC Berkeley, for being named a 2026 AI2050 Early Career Fellow!

Her work will focus on studying the hidden failures of AI when used for important decisions.

Learn more: bit.ly/4ziLSpL
Irene Chen. (Photo by Ben Kuhn)
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