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@UCBerkeley's College of Engineering - Educating Leaders, Creating Knowledge, Serving Society

Joined July 2009
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Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
May 11
The Summer ’26 issue of Berkeley Engineer magazine is here! Our cover story centers on how Professor @Ken_Goldberg is redefining robot manipulation with creativity and code. Read the issue: engineering.berkeley.edu/mag…
The Berkeley Engineer magazine cover featuring Professor Ken Goldberg holding colorful objects up to a robot grasper. (Photo by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)

ALT The Berkeley Engineer magazine cover featuring Professor Ken Goldberg holding colorful objects up to a robot grasper. (Photo by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)

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Today, @UofCalifornia President James Milliken published an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee urging support for SB 895, the proposed research bond “critical for scientific progress.” Read the op-ed: bit.ly/4ep2tiQ (Photos of researchers by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)
A student with a robotic hand in Mechanical Engineering 102B, Mechatronics class, taught by professor Lining Yao during Jacobs Institute’s 2025 Spring Design Showcase in 2025.

ALT A student with a robotic hand in Mechanical Engineering 102B, Mechatronics class, taught by professor Lining Yao during Jacobs Institute’s 2025 Spring Design Showcase in 2025.

Ting Xu, professor of chemistry and materials science & engineering, poses for a portrait in her lab at UC Berkeley's Hearst Memorial Mining Building in 2018.

ALT Ting Xu, professor of chemistry and materials science & engineering, poses for a portrait in her lab at UC Berkeley's Hearst Memorial Mining Building in 2018.

Then civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. student Andrea Naranjo-Soledad poses for a portrait in 2020. As a student in Ashok Gadgil’s lab, she was researching a new water purification method dubbed ElectroClean.

ALT Then civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. student Andrea Naranjo-Soledad poses for a portrait in 2020. As a student in Ashok Gadgil’s lab, she was researching a new water purification method dubbed ElectroClean.

Timothy Vernon (MEng’17 BioE) holds up a device designed to fabricate a high throughput microfluidic platform for single cell RNA sequencing. Such a tool has the potential to provide libraries of quantitative data for computational analysis and ultimately help researchers better understand the complex, heterogeneous mass of cells that is the human body.

ALT Timothy Vernon (MEng’17 BioE) holds up a device designed to fabricate a high throughput microfluidic platform for single cell RNA sequencing. Such a tool has the potential to provide libraries of quantitative data for computational analysis and ultimately help researchers better understand the complex, heterogeneous mass of cells that is the human body.

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Professor @Ken_Goldberg believes that the next leap in robotics capability will be the result of anchoring advances in AI training atop a foundation of “good old-fashioned engineering.” Learn more about how his AUTOLab is pushing robotics forward: bit.ly/43ovjuw
Ken Goldberg holds multicolored objects up to a robotic arm in the AUTOLab.

ALT Ken Goldberg holds multicolored objects up to a robotic arm in the AUTOLab.

Motion-blurred robot moves a green spray bottle between red containers.

ALT Motion-blurred robot moves a green spray bottle between red containers.

Multiple exposure of a walking quadruped robot.

ALT Multiple exposure of a walking quadruped robot.

Five AUTOLab members hold multi-colored objects next to a robotic arm.

ALT Five AUTOLab members hold multi-colored objects next to a robotic arm.

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UC Berkeley
@UCBerkeley
Jun 4
Have you ever seen data as a living sculpture? Watch the newly installed @Cal_Engineer Strauch Hypercube be in conversation with itself—parsing encoded data to create an infinite supply of unique visual patterns. bit.ly/4vlKuk2

The Strauch Hypercube lets there be light in the Grimes Engineering Center - Berkeley Engineering

"Fiat Lux" takes form as installation illuminates UC Berkeley's newest engineering building

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UC Berkeley
@UCBerkeley
Jun 4
Despite the thousands of wildfires in California each year, we still don’t know that much about them — especially when it comes to how they spread in urban areas. @Cal_Engineer is helping to safeguard these communities. bit.ly/4uLW9IZ

From forest to front door - Berkeley Engineering

Understanding how wildfire spreads through communities

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How to win first place at UC Berkeley’s Grad Slam? Follow your next-gen electronic nose. At least that’s what worked for Ph.D. student Carla Bassil. She is working to improve food safety, one gas sensor chip at a time. Read our profile: bit.ly/4uNCEQk
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Cal Women’s Gymnastics@CalWGym
May 26
Casey is going to change the world 🌟 So proud of her for being awarded the prestigious Geballe Postgraduate Scholarship! She will be pursuing her master’s degree in Cleantech Innovation at the Imperial College London’s Dyson School of Design Engineering. #GoBears
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UC Berkeley IEOR@BerkeleyIEOR
May 28
Celebrating UC Berkeley IEOR’s Class of 2026! Plus: en Goldberg on the art of grasping, Ying Cui’s NSF CAREER Award, student voices on AI and MAnalytics innovation. Read the latest IEOR Update: bit.ly/4vaCsug #UCBerkeley #BerkeleyIEOR #BerkeleyEngineer
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May 28
UC Berkeley faculty members Jitendra Malik, Dean Toste and Barbara Romanowicz have been elected to UK’s @royalsociety—one of the world’s most famous and oldest science academies. news.berkeley.edu/2026/05/27…

Three UC Berkeley faculty members elected to UK’s Royal Society - Berkeley News

A geophysicist, a chemist and a computer vision expert will become fellows of the 365-year-old science academy.

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Jitendra Malik, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, has been elected  to UK’s Royal Society! Learn more: bit.ly/3PI7tH0
Text: “EECS professor Jitendra Malik elected to UK’s Royal Society!” Malik seated at a National Academy of Engineering dinner in Nov. 2024. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

ALT Text: “EECS professor Jitendra Malik elected to UK’s Royal Society!” Malik seated at a National Academy of Engineering dinner in Nov. 2024. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)
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UC Berkeley Graduate Division
@GradDivision
May 21
Congratulations to you all! You've #MasteredIt! #CalGrad #BerkeleyGraduateStudents
Wiktoria@wiktoriapawlak_
May 20
Graduated from @UCBerkeley with a Master of #Engieering in #Bioengineering with focus on #AI for #science🐻 Very grateful for my team and all the people I met along the way who helped me grow, fail, build, and rise again. “Though I have fallen, I will arise.” @Cal_Engineer
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NextProf@NextProf_Engin
May 22
Future Engineering Faculty, get those apps in! NextProf Pathfinder applications close TUE, 5/26! Are you early in your grad studies? Would you like help to succeed? Check out NextProf Pathfinder! We'd love to see you there. nextprof.engin.umich.edu/nex…
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Reginald DesRoches
@RDesRoches
May 23
It was a wonderful honor to deliver the commencement address yesterday at my alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. The last time I stood on a Berkeley commencement stage this was in 1998, when I received my Ph.D. in civil engineering. In many ways, it felt like coming full circle. This special university is where I earned my undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees — and most importantly, it’s where I began to understand what was possible. Congratulations to the UC Berkeley College of Engineering doctoral graduates. The world needs you — your ideas, your leadership and your sense of purpose — more than ever. #BerkeleyGrad #RiceUniversity
Berkeley Engineering@Cal_Engineer
May 22
Yesterday, @RiceUniversity President @RDesRoches made his way back to campus to give the keynote speech at our doctoral ceremony! He shared some words of wisdom for our new Ph.D. grads! 🎓🎉 #BEGrad26 #CalGrad
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Yesterday, @RiceUniversity President @RDesRoches made his way back to campus to give the keynote speech at our doctoral ceremony! He shared some words of wisdom for our new Ph.D. grads! 🎓🎉 #BEGrad26 #CalGrad
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May 22
Geopalooza closes with another #FotoFriday featuring all the shots from the 2026 Peck Lecture, given by Kenichi Soga of @Cal_Engineer! This and all other galleries on our Facebook page! facebook.com/media/set/?set=…
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Get a load of these moments from our three commencement ceremonies this week! We’re so proud of all of you. Congratulations, and Go Bears! 🐻💙💛 #BEGrad26 #CalGrad Check out more event highlights: bit.ly/4uafNgZ 👈
Graduates cheer while seated at the Greek Theatre. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

ALT Graduates cheer while seated at the Greek Theatre. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

A master’s graduate makes a heart on stage at the Greek Theatre. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

ALT A master’s graduate makes a heart on stage at the Greek Theatre. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

Ph.D. graduate Zhe Fu unfurls Chinese silk sleeves onstage at Zellerbach before being hooded. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

ALT Ph.D. graduate Zhe Fu unfurls Chinese silk sleeves onstage at Zellerbach before being hooded. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

A Ph.D. graduate makes a wide-mouthed expression before being hooded. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

ALT A Ph.D. graduate makes a wide-mouthed expression before being hooded. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)
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ITS Berkeley@BerkeleyITS
May 21
Looks like we made it! Happy commencement to our @Cal_engineer @berkeleycee PhD graduates. The journey was long, but well worth it. We loved that you took us along for the ride at UC Berkeley, but now we're excited to see where you begin the adventure!
Graduates and advisors

ALT Graduates and advisors

Scott Moura and Yi Ju

ALT Scott Moura and Yi Ju

Nathan Lichtle, Alex Bayen and Zhe Fu

ALT Nathan Lichtle, Alex Bayen and Zhe Fu

Dawson Do, Maria Laura Delle Monache and Yuneil Yeo

ALT Dawson Do, Maria Laura Delle Monache and Yuneil Yeo
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Hats off to our Berkeley Engineering graduates for their creative caps! 🎓🎉 #BEGrad26 #CalGrad (Photos Brittany Hosea-Small and Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)
Thomas Yu smiles beneath a sun flare with a seal plush on his mortarboard. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

ALT Thomas Yu smiles beneath a sun flare with a seal plush on his mortarboard. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

A mortarboard decorated like a cake with blue frosting and cherries. Text: “Piece of cake!” (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

ALT A mortarboard decorated like a cake with blue frosting and cherries. Text: “Piece of cake!” (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

Mortarboard with a cutout of Frank Ocean’s Blonde cover. Text: “Mind over matter is magic, I do magic.” (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

ALT Mortarboard with a cutout of Frank Ocean’s Blonde cover. Text: “Mind over matter is magic, I do magic.” (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

Mortarboard with an illustration of a bear resting under cherry blossoms. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

ALT Mortarboard with an illustration of a bear resting under cherry blossoms. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)
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One of our favorite moments during today’s doctoral commencement? Student speaker Megan Teng (Ph.D.’26 ME) acknowledging her grandmother’s impact on her work — and encouraging all of our Ph.D. grads to wave to their loved ones on our livestream.
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A few #BTS glimpses at Zellerbach ahead of Berkeley Engineering’s Ph.D. ceremony today 💙💛 #BEGrad26 #CalGrad
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We caught up with our master’s keynote speaker, Sandra Rivera, who chairs the board of VSORA. Or as our Dean Mark Asta noted: a “tech leader and entrepreneur and occasional llama herder.” 💙💛🎓 #BEGrad26
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