Borrelli is winner of NSF CAREER Award
Francesco Borrelli has been
named winner of the NSF Career Award. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty.
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July 2, 2009
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Carey is Repeat Winner of HP Innovation Research Program Award
Professor Van P. Carey is among 60 professors worldwide to receive awards as part of HP's 2009 Innovation Research Program.
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June 30, 2009
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Bogy named 2010 IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award
recipient
The award is one of IEEE's most prestigious honors.
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June 29, 2009
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Tomizuka appointed Executive Associate Dean for the College of Engineering
Dean Shankar
Sastry has annoounced that Masayoshi 'Tomi' Tomizuka will become the next Executive Associate Dean for the College of Engineering. A distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Berkeley since 1974, Professor Tomizuka will begin his official post on July 1, 2009.
June 11, 2009
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Congratulations 2009 ME Graduates!
Here are some images of the day photographed by Yawo
Akpawu
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June 8, 2009
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Berkeley Science Review includes two articles on ME faculty
The current issue of the Berkeley Science Review features research from the Mechanical Engineering department including Fishy Physics on the work of Xiang Zhang and Lab on a Chip on the work of Lydia Sohn.
May 28, 2009
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Zohdi elected Fellow
ME Professor Tarek I. Zohdi has been elected Fellow
of the United States Association for Computational
Mechanics in recognition of contributions to the field
of Computational Mechanics. The Fellow Award will be
presented at the 10th U.S. National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, being held July 16-19, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio.
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May 21, 2009
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Professor Tongue is Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year
for 2009
Benson Tongue has been recognized by the ME Honor Society as the instructor in the Mechanical Engineering department who has shown the most dedication and support for student learning.
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May 21, 2009
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A Real-life Lesson in Design
E10 project for freshmen engineering students may create culturally sensitive and energy-efficient housing for a small California Indian tribe.
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May 21, 2009
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ME students honored at Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009 Awards Ceremony
Tobias Schultz and Ryan Shelby, ME grad students, are honored for their work in the E10 student design project embraced by Pinoleville Pomo Nation.
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May 21, 2009
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Art and Science on Wheels: Serious Fun
Benson Tongue's class for the Freshman and Sophomore Seminar Program is profiled in the Spring 2009 edition of Forefront.
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May 21, 2009
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Majumdar goes to Washington
Arun Majumdar testifies before the U.S. Congress in February, outlining aggressive steps to achieve a zero–net energy building strategy by 2030 to reduce the huge chunk of energy used by U.S. buildings
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May 21, 2009
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Cal Day 2009
Cal Day is UC Berkeley's annual open house for the public. Students, faculty, and staff are pleased to be your hosts for a day of discovery, learning, and fun on the Berkeley campus. Here are photos from Mechanical Engineering's part of the celebration.
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May 4, 2009
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Personal technology: Phoning in data
Boris Rubinsky's recent work on cellular phone technology is described in this week's Nature.
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April 28, 2009
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Professor Steigmann to present seminar series
David Steigmann has been invited to present seminars in the Midwest Mechanics Seminar 2009-2010 series. Each year four outstanding researchers in mechanics are invited to deliver ten lectures during two one-week tours of five schools.
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Apri 20, 2009
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CNN: Jupiter's stormy Great Red Spot is shrinking
Xylar Asay-Davis and Phil Marcus, along with other Berkeley researchers, have observed for years that the clouds of the Great Red Spot have been waning, but this newest research focused on the motion of the storm -- a much more reliable way to measure its size.
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April 2, 2009
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Sykes and
Franssen are 2009 COSA winners
Judy Sykes and Mick Franssen are among the winners of the Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA) for 2009. These awards are among the highest honors bestowed upon staff by the Chancellor.
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March 16, 2009
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Tongue, Casey and Lieu Honored for Service to Freshman Sophomore Seminars Program
Benson Tongue is honored for his 20-seminar milestone, and James Casey and Dennis Lieu for 10 or more.
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March 13, 2009
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