Developing, Testing, and Refining Curriculum: Utilizing Tensegrities to Explore Energy & Energy Transformation
Engineering design allows students to apply “classroom” science to real-life applications in a fun and exciting way.
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L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship — 2/1/2019
This postdoctoral fellowship recognizes and rewards the contributions women make in the STEM fields and identifies exceptional women researchers committed to serving as role models for younger generations. The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women … Continued
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Graduate Fellowship Program — 2/15/2019
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) announced that INL graduate fellowship program postings are now open. This year there are two INL Graduate Fellowship postings. The first is specific to National and Homeland Security research, the second is associated with other INL mission areas. The fellowship program … Continued
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) — 12/10/2018
Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) is calling for applications for six doctoral scholarships to start in 2019–2020 focusing on cutting-edge areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Upon the Ph.D. program completion, graduates receive two degrees, one from CMU, and another degree from the … Continued
UC Berkeley Bose Challenge — 10/16/2018
Berkeley Fung Institute’s 2018 Bose Design Challenge focuses on sound-based augmented reality and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students from all majors. Join industry mentors from Bose in this 12-day challenge to design augmented reality experiences that improve … Continued
Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship — 11/30/2018
Symantec will award Symantec Research Labs (SRL) Graduate Fellowships to outstanding Ph.D. students who meet the eligibility criteria listed below. A key goal of the program is to fund innovative research that has real-world value, in areas where Symantec conducts … Continued
Hertz Fellowships for Physical, Biological, & Engineering Sciences Ph.D. Students — 10/24/2018
The Hertz Foundation provides unique financial support to the nation’s most remarkable PhD students in the physical, biological and engineering sciences. The merit-based annual competition for graduate fellowships consists of a cost-of-education allowance and a personal-support stipend.
Academic Job Search Series — 8/21/2018
Whether you plan on wading or plunging into the market, here’s a chance to learn a little more about what you’re getting into.
Berkeley MEng Capstone Showcase — 5/2 and 5/4/2018
Leaders in the Bay Area — including recruiters, engineering/business professionals, UC Berkeley staff and faculty, entrepreneurs, and current/prospective industry project advisers — with a passion for innovation and creativity will gather to uncover the future of business and culture together. … Continued
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program — 3/31/2017
The Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program offers scientists and engineers from a wide variety of disciplines unique opportunities to conduct research in a wide range of topics relevant to the Intelligence Community. The research is conducted by the … Continued
Science Outside the Lab Program
The National Science Foundation has made available supplemental funds to improve graduate student preparedness for entering the workforce. NSF supports science and engineering doctoral students in gaining additional educational opportunities and student training in order to help acquire experience, skills and knowledge in … Continued
Shilpa Raja Awarded High Honors by the Material Research Society
Shilpa Raja, who recently received her doctoral degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was awarded “Graduate Student Gold” for quality research.
Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering Program: Information Sessions
The Berkeley Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) program invites you to join an information session on Berkeley’s campus. Learn how the MFE can help you leverage your training in computer science, engineering, physics, math, statistics, or economics to launch a career … Continued
UCBe: A Peer Mentor
EECS Peers is a network of upper level graduate students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. They serve as a resource to students who are navigating issues with classes, advisors, exams, stress, and conflict.
Science Outside the Lab Workshop — 3/30/2016
The long-running Washington, D.C. science policy immersion program returns for the summer of 2016. Graduate students in science, engineering, and related disciplines, who are interested in how decisions about science and innovation funding, regulation and policy are made, will benefit … Continued
U.S. Faculty Scholar Program — 1/31/2016
The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is pleased to announce the U.S. Faculty Scholar Program for Academic Year 2016-2017. VEF expects to award approximately four grants for U.S. professors to teach courses in English at Vietnamese universities either on-site in Vietnam or … Continued
SAGE-IGERT Fellowship Program — 10/19/15
The SAGE-IGERT Fellowship Program supports technology developments that will enable the conservation generation, or storage of clean energy, as well as innovative approaches to the evaluation of new technologies. The fellowship includes 2 years of funding, opportunities for international experiences, … Continued
The Career Center Hosts Academic Job Search Workshops
Whether you plan on wading or plunging into the market, here’s a chance to learn a little more about what you’re getting into. These workshops are designed to provide an overview of the academic job search process from the perspective of the … Continued
McKinsey & Company Offers Full-Time Opportunities — July 20, 2015
Are you receiving your degree in 2016 and beginning to search for employment? McKinsey & Company, a global management-consulting firm with more than 100 offices worldwide, invites Berkeley graduate students to apply for full-time positions that will begin after graduation … Continued
Berkeley Graduates Create a Mobile App to Bridge Communication Gaps
Recent engineering graduate students created the first real-time mobile app that allows deaf and hearing people to communicate.
Berkeley, a Top Host for Mexican Doctorate Scholars
Did you know that UC Berkeley is a top host for Mexican doctoral students?
Berkeley Graduates are Named in “Forbes 30 Under 30”
Recent graduates were recognized in “Forbes” magazine for their innovations in the energy and healthcare industries.
Academic Job Search Workshops — 8/14–9/9/14
Going on the job market? Find out what you’re getting into and prepare yourself to be the strongest possible candidate. These sessions are conducted by Ph.D. career counselor Andrew Green. Before his return to Berkeley, Dr. Green spent six years … Continued
National Defense and Science Engineering Fellowships — 12/20/2013
The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship benefits selected U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in one of 15 supported disciplines. Intended for students at or near the beginning of their doctoral studies, the … Continued
Prestigious fellowship offers funding, flexibility
Each year, ARCS Foundation Fellowships support a dozen University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. candidates in science and engineering. These fellowships come with an added benefit to students: more flexibility to follow their interests when choosing a research project.
NOGLSTP offers LGBT-supportive scholarships — 6/3/13
STEM students active in the LGBT communities are invited to apply for NOGLSTIP scholarships by June 3, 2013.
Sandia hosting Women in Science & Engineering Career Networking Event
Learn about Sandia – who we are, what we do, and how you can join our team as an intern or employee. Get connected. Meet some of our impressive and diverse scientists and engineers – and of course, other bright and motivated students just like yourself.
Getting ready to start your startup
At Berkeley today, budding entrepreneurs can test their mettle in competitions, team up with like-minded thinkers, bend the ears of faculty and industry experts, and find guidance toward funding, all on campus or very nearby.
Switzer Environmental Fellowship — 1/10/2013
The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation specifically seeks innovators and problem-solvers who have the ability, determination, and integrity to become environmental leaders in the 21st century.
2012 at Berkeley: a quick look back
A year with leaping lizards and tailed robots, a $60-million-dollar institute for Berkeley, a theory proven 40 years later, a crucial election, and a transition at the very top of the campus food chain.
NASA Space Technology Fellowships — 11/13/2013
NASA sponsors research at its centers and R&D labs by graduate students who can contribute to its strategic goals and missions in the area of space technology.
National Physical Science Consortium (NPSC) Fellowships — 11/30/2012
The NPSC seeks a broad applicant pool for its multi-year fellowships, with special emphasis on underrepresented minorities and women.
Battelle/NOGLSTP Out to Innovate Scholarships
Applications are being accepted through June 2, 2012, for the 2012 Battelle/NOGLSTP Out To Innovate Scholarships. The scholarships, funded at a minimum of $5,000 each, will be awarded for the fall, 2012 academic year. Students currently enrolled at any U.S.-based college or … Continued
The Symantec/UC Berkeley Symposium — a confluence of minds on computer security and more
On February 15, two normally quite separate entities got together — to exchange ideas and information, and to simply get to know each other better. That was the plan, and it clearly worked. They spent the entire afternoon together, and … Continued
Top honors will be given to grad alumni by the Cal Alumni Association
Three alumni with Berkeley graduate degrees will be honored March 24 at the Cal Alumni Association’s traditional Charter Gala, being held this year at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel.
ARCS Scholar Doubles His Impact
An ARCS Foundation Scholar, Brian is combining his Ph.D. studies in engineering with a master’s program through the Goldman School of Public Policy.
Earth-shaken ’89 cal grad student now leads the fix of the broken Bay Bridge
Marwan Nader (M.S.’89, Ph.D.’92 CE) was walking outside Davis Hall when the earthquake struck. Twenty-two years later, he’s the lead design engineer of the new portion of the Bay Bridge.
Graduation season — A cause for celebration
Graduation season, like a compass, is marked with a series of degrees. But the word “graduation” seems too, well, gradual for what actually happens when the campus blossoms with academic regalia, floral (and currency!) leis, and smiling relatives from all over the planet.
Berkeley engineers invent a cell-phone microscope
What the world needs now — besides love, of course — is a new technology for diagnosing infectious disease that’s inexpensive and portable yet highly effective. The World Health Organization estimates that there were about 247 million cases of malaria … Continued
A knighthood for Berkeley alumnus Arun Sarin
When the British Foreign Office announced spring honors for 2010 it listed all the specific awards the Queen “was graciously pleased to approve.” They included, in “The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division),” the name Arun Sarin, “for services to the communication industry.” Born in central India, Sarin has two 1978 master’s degrees from Berkeley, one an M.B.A. and the other in material sciences and engineering.
The NAS picks six from Berkeley in its crop of new members
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of America’s most prestigious societies of scholars engaged in science and engineering research, at the end of April announced its election of 72 members, six of whom are Berkeley researchers.
Dramatic rise in minority science Ph.D.s detailed in new report
At most universities participating in the AGEP program, the number of underrepresented minority Ph.D. recipients in science and engineering has increased by as much as 50 percent. Berkeley Edge, UC Berkeley’s AGEP program, was the top producer of Ph.D.s among 79 participating U.S. universities.