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Yao holds a PneuMesh robot at the Morphing Matter Lab. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

Two hands hold up a PneuMesh robot. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

A hand holds up the underside of a MorphingSkin bracelet. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

Yao poses with a large pine cone. (Photo by Adam Lau/UC Berkeley Engineering)

Check out these outtakes from our photo shoot in Professor Lining Yao’s Morphing Matter Lab for Berkeley Engineer magazine!

Yao, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, envisions a future where materials respond through interaction with the environment.

Read all about it: bit.ly/4nSSDbI

Game changer - Berkeley Engineering Arcade legend Eugene Jarvis looks back on his time as a Berkeley undergrad

Jarvis would go on to use his programming bona fides to create 1980’s Defender, which innovated how video games on a whole were structured. He’s also responsible for other cabinet classics such as the Cruis’n series and Robotron: 2084, among many other games!

Game changer - Berkeley Engineering Arcade legend Eugene Jarvis looks back on his time as a Berkeley undergrad

Eugene Jarvis (B.S.’76 EECS) is a certified game changer — as in, a pioneer of the arcade gaming space!

His storied career got its start in Birge Hall, next to the Campanile. It was in the basement where he got his first taste of video games, specifically 1962’s Spacewar!

Seva seated in a hockey uniform. (Courtesy)

Seva works on a prosthetic leg. (Courtesy)

Seva next to a prosthetic leg on skis. (Courtesy)

"Engineering is more than design. It is a way to heal, to help and to make a difference. My goal is to use technology to fill what is missing, restore what is broken and create tools that help hearts and lives feel whole again.” — Nikolai Seva (MEng’25 ME) on his adaptive ski prosthetic #VoicesOfBE

The Best Inventions of 2025 Here are the 2025 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun.

The surgical technique is called “irreversible electroporation” (IRE), which destroys cell walls without harming nearby tissue vessels.

"I truly think that this will be viewed as one of the most important advances in the treatment of tumors in years,” Rubinsky told Berkeley News back in 2007.

Text: “Boris Rubinsky is behind one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!” An illustration of needles delivering an electric pulse. (Courtesy NanoKnife AngioDynamics)

Did you know? Boris Rubinsky, professor emeritus of bioengineering and of mechanical engineering, is behind one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!

The NanoKnife is revolutionizing care for prostate cancer by using electric currents to quickly and easily reach remote tumors.

My story on Lining Yao and the Morphing Matter Lab was recently published by @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social in Berkeley Engineer magazine.

Chancellor Rich Lyons is seated in a Formula Electric racing car during open house at Richmond Field Station. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Chancellor Lyons tours STAR's booth displaying rockets and machine parts. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Students in blue hard hats observe the machinery at the SOAR labs. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Three students observe the machinery at the SOAR labs. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

ICYMI: We launched the Student Organization Applied Research (SOAR) labs at Richmond Field Station (RFS) on Saturday!

Now, student orgs can design, build and develop projects using high-end technology and equipment that improves both efficiency and safety.

Read our story: bit.ly/3XxlPKr

We’re SOARin’, flyin’ ✈️

At the Student Organization Applied Research (SOAR) labs, that is! Today marks the launch of this new hub for creativity, hands-on learning and teamwork at Richmond Field Station.

Here’s to kicking off a new era of student innovation!

Testing the waters - Berkeley Engineering Researchers have found that stored drinking water is a key transmission pathway for E. coli

From the latest issue of Berkeley Engineering mag: Research by QB3-Berkeley affiliate Amy Pickering shows that stored drinking water is a major source of E. coli transmission in developing countries. Read more from @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social: engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/11...

Berkeley Engineer cover featuring Lining Yao, who holds a 4D printed object that folds itself into a flower shape when heated. (Photo by Adam Lau / Berkeley Engineering)

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

How a major Bay Area earthquake could endanger healthcare access - Berkeley Engineering Study shows that damage to hospitals and transportation networks could compound failures across the region

Their findings revealed life-threatening disruptions that could potentially be mitigated through a combination of more resilient healthcare and transportation infrastructure.

How a major Bay Area earthquake could endanger healthcare access - Berkeley Engineering Study shows that damage to hospitals and transportation networks could compound failures across the region

As reported in Nature Communications, researchers led by Luis Ceferino, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, simulated a major earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area, then studied its impact on access to acute care hospitals.

How a major Bay Area earthquake could endanger healthcare access - Berkeley Engineering Study shows that damage to hospitals and transportation networks could compound failures across the region

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.

Heart-on-a-chip may lead to new treatments for heart failure - Berkeley Engineering Model helps identify nanoparticles that can deliver mRNA directly into heart muscle cells

“By using organ-on-a-chip models to predict heart-targeted delivery and safety,” Healy said, “we can potentially accelerate programs for heart failure therapeutics, cardioprotective factors and gene correction, while reducing time and cost to translation.”

Read our story: bit.ly/4qEeK87

A blurred image of a cardiac microphysiological system under fluorescent lighting with fluidic tubing. Text: “Heart-on-a-chip may lead to new care for heart failure.” (Image courtesy of the researchers)

Text: A team led by Kevin Healy, professor of BioE and MSE, found a lipid nanoparticle that can penetrate the dense heart muscle to efficiently deliver therapeutic gene therapies into heart muscle cells.

Text: “‘We can potentially accelerate programs for heart failure therapeutics, cardioprotective factors and gene correction, while reducing time and cost to translation,’ said Healy.”

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

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)

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)

Berkeley alums develop at-home robotic rehabilitation device - Berkeley Engineering ATDev co-founders advance new possibilities for assistive technologies

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...

Made possible through the generosity of brothers Roger and Hans Strauch, trustees of the Mosse Foundation, and the creative vision of sculptor Susan Narduli.

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.

Professor Dan Fletcher

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.

Three students smiling at a work station. (Photo by Adam Lau / UC Berkeley Engineering)

Two students arrange the filament. (Photo by Adam Lau / UC Berkeley Engineering)

Three students sit at a table, as the middle participant reaches for the filament. (Photo by Adam Lau / UC Berkeley Engineering)

A wide group shot of participants each waving two arms in the air. The PrintSprint sign is posted on the wall above. (Photo by Adam Lau / UC Berkeley Engineering)

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.

William Tarpeh awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship - Berkeley Engineering Berkeley Engineering alum is pioneering methods to recover resources from wastewater

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.

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Berkeley News Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

He created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures with myriad applications.

He split the prize with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Japan.

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Berkeley News Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.

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.

With these devices, the doctor is always in - Berkeley Engineering Berkeley engineer Rikky Muller explains how implantable and wearable technologies are redefining patient care

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.

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