SubscribeA forest-to-be of redwood trees and red-berried toyon shrubs sprouted on a hillside near Lawrence Hall of Science over the weekend, thanks to the hard work of 100 volunteers from the UC Berkeley campus and community. The project improves fire safety and sustainability in the Berkeley hills.
Tag: College of Engineering
100 pitch in to plant 200 redwoods
January 25, 2013:
Hot tech-startup idea? Apply to Venture Lab contest
April 10, 2013:
Campus students and post docs who seek to launch and grow a tech startup are invited to apply for funding, workspace and guidance from the Venture Lab competition. The contest deadline is April 17.
SkyDeck captures East Bay Catalyst Prize for supporting startups
February 14, 2013:
Skydeck, the UC Berkeley startup accelerator in downtown Berkeley, won the Catalyst Award at the first-ever East Bay Innovation Awards celebration.
Key to good design? Start with the end user
July 5, 2012:
An engineer working on a project to improve parks would do well to visit a nearby park to get “a fuller context of what visitors experience,” says mechanical engineering grad student Lora Oehlberg. Oehlberg instructs classes at Berkeley known as the human-centered design course thread, looking at incorporating the needs of the end user into the engineering of goods, products or services.
Preventive medicine for pipelines
May 21, 2012:
A pipeline-monitoring system using MRI technology could warn of dangerous wear before explosions occur. The innovation was developed by Professor Emeritus Jerome Singer and two College of Engineering alums.
