The new issue of Berkeley Engineer magazine is out now! Our cover story highlights how science meets shapeshifting at the Morphing Matter Lab. Other features cover medical innovations, an at-home diagnostic test and a new color "olo." Read the issue: engineering.berkeley.edu/magazine

Mark your calendars to celebrate a new class of graduating Bears! Winter (Commencement) is coming, December 20, 2025! #UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement

No one knows when the next major earthquake will strike. In the meantime, researchers are working to understand how these events could disrupt access to healthcare in densely populated regions — and how best to prepare for them.

Berkeley engineers just made a discovery that could help advance heart failure therapeutics! Using a heart-on-a-chip model, a team led by Professor Kevin Healy found a lipid nanoparticle that could penetrate the heart muscle to deliver therapeutic gene therapies. Read our story: bit.ly/4qEeK87

It’s been the spookiest of seasons. So here’s a #FBF to this hauntingly beautiful view of a solar eclipse over the Campanile in October 2023. Happy Halloween! 👻🎃 (Photos by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)

Alumni Todd Roberts and Owen Kent first developed Reflex, their robotic rehabilitation device, in a UC Berkeley course. Now, six years later, they’re launching it through their company, ATDev, which aims to bring high-quality rehabilitation into the home. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/10...

Let there be light! 💡 “The Strauch Hypercube” lit up the Grimes Engineering Center during our Dean’s Society event tonight. This installation is a visual representation of the relationship between exploration, innovation and community — and unlike anything else on campus.

Congrats to Bioengineering Professor and Blum Center Faculty Director Dan Fletcher for his induction into the @nam.edu! Dan was recognized for his work developing mobile phone-based microscopy to diagnose infectious diseases in developing countries, among other contributions!

UC Berkeley researchers have created a 3D printer that works in zero gravity, potentially giving astronauts the power to create replacement parts on the fly.

Here’s a glimpse of the PrintSprint 3D printing bootcamp for PREP students! Participants built their own printers, learned CAD design and competed in a design challenge. Grace Gu, associate professor of mechanical engineering, led the workshop. Learn more: bit.ly/46RwtkV

Thank you to Murat Arcak, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in UC Berkeley’s EECS department who presented Control Across Scales in Traffic Management at the ITS Transportation Seminar on Friday, October 3, 2025.

UC Berkeley Engineering alum William Tarpeh (M.S.’13, Ph.D.’17 Environmental Eng) has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Now an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University, he's working on sustainable methods to recover valuable chemical resources from wastewater.

Omar Yaghi was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry today! He has an appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering alongside his primary affiliation with the College of Chemistry.

Rikky Muller, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, spoke with us about her newest projects and their potential to transform the way we manage many common health conditions.

🚨 NEW Faculty Search Alert! 🚨 @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social is on the hunt for visionary faculty in “Engineering + AI”! 🌉🤖 Join the world's top public engineering program, shaping the future of tech from the heart of the Bay Area. Open to all ranks! Details & apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05144

"I hope to apply what I’ve learned as a Berkeley engineer to help shape the future of bicycles and inspire more people to get outside and ride!" — Justin Peck (B.S.’25 ME) Full #VoicesOfBE profile: bit.ly/3ifpSXy

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to transform food waste into culinary delights using fungi.

A team led by Lining Yao, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, developed an AI-driven framework to optimize and automate the design of complex truss robots! Read our story: bit.ly/3IKp4KT

This just in: We remain the No. 3 undergraduate engineering program, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings! That means UC Berkeley Engineering holds onto our title as top public program, tying with Georgia Institute of Technology (also a public university). 🏆

#BioBSE researchers Jay Keasling and @cdscown.bsky.social are contributing to a cleaner planet by being part of a newly funded project to develop biodegradable bioplastics from domestic biomass. #WorldCleanupDay @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov go.lbl.gov/bioplastics

Five UC Berkeley students — all from the graduate program in computer science — were honored as Siebel Scholars Foundation's class of 2026!

You did it! The Engineering Academic Support Fund raised $21,953 from 50 donors during this year’s #OskiBday Bear-a-thon! Your generosity will go toward programs that support student success, helping future generations of engineers thrive on campus. Thank you, and Go BEars!

Excited to be part of @calenergy.bsky.social $1.1 million award to berkeleyengineer.bsky.social Prof Scott Moura, @udelaware.bsky.social, and EV charging company It's Electric to develop, certify, and commercialize world's first curbside vehicle-to-grid EV charger:

It’s still the #OskiBday Bear-a-thon, and we're celebrating by raising money for programs that support student success, now through Sept. 19! Make an impact: bit.ly/48blLGJ

Get ready to party like it’s 1941 — because today is Oski’s 84th B-day, and you’re invited! Instead of cake and candles, Oski’s got one big birthday wish: Help every Cal student feel at home and flourish at UC Berkeley. Make an impact: bit.ly/48blLGJ

Excited to see over 70 undergrad and graduate students from @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social and College of Environmental Design who came to Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology open house to learn about getting involved in #AI #AV research!

Scientists are studying a cataclysmic 2023 earthquake in Antakya, Türkiye, to devise new ways to reduce casualties. According to Luis Ceferino, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, that work begins with understanding how people are injured inside buildings.

Great to hear about Ilina Bhaya-Grossman's research in the @changlabucsf.bsky.social last week at the Exploratorium! Her PhD work has focused on how the brain processes word boundaries, which are incredibly difficult to identify in a foreign language. @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social 🧪 🧠🟦

SafeTREC director Julia Griswold discusses #RoadSafety in @sfgate.com story "Bay Area suburb grapples with car crash that killed 4-year-old boy": www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Eugene Jarvis (B.S.’76 EECS) is a pioneer in the video game space. It was in Birge Hall, adjacent to the Campanile, where he got his first taste of video games in the mid-’70s. Now, he’s made his mark on a whole new part of campus.

A multi-institutional team has been awarded a $15 million grant from the NSF to launch the Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLaSH). Civil engineering professor Dimitrios Zekkos is co-principal investigator of the project.

Now that Fall 2025 is here, what are you most excited about this semester? New students can take advantage of resources at bit.ly/45G8RyX

In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.

This fall, we welcome 11 new faculty members to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences!

Scenes from the International Symposium of Academic Makerspaces (ISAM) 2025 earlier this month! Learn more: isam2025.hemi-makers.org (Photos by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)

Interested in learning how the brain turns sound into meaning? Hear from bioengineering PhD student Ilina Bhaya-Grossman about her research in the @changlabucsf.bsky.social as part of the Exploratorium's After Dark series. #SciComm 🧠📈 @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social

We’re excited to have our BEars back on campus for the fall semester!

A team of UC Berkeley engineers developed #ResearchWithResults with their Dorsal Grasper, a wearable device that enhances grasping functionality for people living with spinal cord injury. Read the story: bit.ly/4aWuhcd

Ann Johnson became paralyzed after a brainstem stroke at age 30. As a participant in a clinical trial led by researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF, she finally heard her voice again. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/13/a...

New database just published by @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com, @kqednews.kqed.org + CalMatters and built by Berkeley Journalism's IRP, @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social BIDS + @biglocalnews.bsky.social makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

Iain Clark, assistant professor of bioengineering, was selected as one of five Pew-Stewart Scholars for Cancer Research! With this grant, Dr. Clark will examine the genetic underpinnings of mixed phenotype acute leukemia. Learn more: bit.ly/47s9QE6

Researchers led by MSE professor Junqiao Wu have developed an energy-efficient memory sensor for wet environments. The design uses vanadium dioxide, a compound known for its ability to shift between insulating and metallic states, to enable electronic sensors to function like biological neurons.

Civil engineering is more than bridges and buildings—it’s the systems that keep our world moving. Hear how Berkeley engineers are shaping cities, solving infrastructure challenges and building a better future. Listen now → engineering.berkeley.edu/exploringengineering

A Berkeley-led team of researchers has developed a new AI-driven framework that can more efficiently design 3D truss metamaterials — a type of structure with extraordinary mechanical properties, sound absorption capabilities and tunability.

A new, low-cost biosensing technology could make rapid at-home tests up to 100 times more sensitive to viruses like COVID-19. The diagnostic could also expand rapid screening to other life-threatening conditions like prostate cancer and sepsis.

For the first time, neuroscientists have recorded activity from hundreds of neurons simultaneously in bats, providing new clues into how memories are stored.

“My success is a testament to the value of a strong support network, and I encourage those in our community to reach out to the Berkeley community for help when they need it." – Aqshems Meten Nichols (M.S.‘17, Ph.D.‘25 CEE) Full #VoicesOfBE profile: bit.ly/3ifpSXy

For the past two years, Michael Gollner, wildfire expert and associate professor of mechanical engineering, has partnered with Berkeley Hills residents to help reduce the risk of severe wildfire in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus.

From self-folding chairs to self-planting seeds, UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what's possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials. youtu.be/sV_MbbFObAc?...