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Berkeley Engineer magazine, Winter 2024Winter 2024 magazine

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Winter magazine is here

11/20/24 — Latest Berkeley Engineer features stories on air quality disparities and advancements in nuclear medicine
Twisting light with a micromachine.

In a twist

11/20/24 — Researchers have demonstrated the world’s first micromachine that can twist 2D materials at will.
Dean Liu shakes hands with Chancellor Lyons

Innovation with impact

11/20/24 — Our faculty, students and alumni have made pioneering contributions that helped form the hardware backbone of AI.

Farewell

11/20/24 — Obituaries for Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
SpaceCAL 3D printer awaiting June 2024 launch on VSS Unity; Taylor Waddell (inset)

Manufacturing in microgravity

11/20/24 — Berkeley researchers sent their 3D printing technology to space as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission.
A helicopter dropping water on a California wildfire in rugged terrain, backlit by a setting sun filtered through multiple layers of smoke.

Burning questions

11/20/24 — A new wildfire simulation model sheds light on how fires spread through communities in the wildland-urban interface.
Illustration of a person with the earbuds that can help them stay awake. Illustration by Adobe Stock and Adam Lau

Staying alert

11/20/24 — Engineers have designed earbuds that can detect signs of drowsiness in the brain.
long exposure traffic motion. night city scene. multi exposure.

Q+A on AI and traffic management

11/20/24 — HumanLight is a traffic signal control algorithm that uses AI to prioritize the throughput of people, rather than vehicles, at intersections.
Map showing water averages in the Amazon

On the map

11/20/24 — A new way to map water on land in the tropics can help communities prepare for and respond to floods and droughts.

New & noteworthy

11/20/24 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
A grey reef shark, Cairns Aquarium, Australia.

A shark of inspiration

11/20/24 — A textured surface designed to mimic shark skin can reduce drag and mitigate noise on underwater sonar systems.
illustration of a fetus

New glues

11/20/24 — A new chemical strategy opens the door to high-performance, recyclable adhesives, including a superglue for fetal surgery.
Kirk Herbstreit and Daniel Villasenor during the Field Goal Kicking Challenge segment on the set of College GameDay Built by the Home Depot at the University of California (Cal), UC Berkeley. (Photo by Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images)

Precision under pressure

11/20/24 — Undergrad Daniel Villasenor kicked a field goal on ESPN’s College GameDay show, winning $100,000 and becoming a social media sensation.
Wide-angle view of the UC Berkeley campus, with the sun setting behind the Campanile.

Magazine survey

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Professor Joshua Apte measures air quality aboard a diesel train bound for San Jose from San Francisco. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Unequal burden

11/20/24 — Professor Joshua Apte studies how air pollutants impact people in different communities — and what kind of policies might improve equity in the realm of public health.

In sickness and in health

11/20/24 — Professor Rebecca Abergel harnesses the power of radioactive metals to develop treatments for cancer and heavy metal contamination.