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    University of California - Berkeley

    Feb. 23, 2016
    We aim to educate and inspire leaders for the global economy who can marshal strong entrepreneurial and management skills to match technological expertise. We believe the best new technologies can be brought to bear on improving living conditions around the world. Never before have there been so many opportunities for technological and scientific innovations to make such a significant impact on health, sustainability, poverty and other global challenges.
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    Sophia's Hand

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    Photo credit: Noah Berger

    Engineers at Berkeley are making a difference in the world of prosthetic's. Utilizing 3-D printing ideas downloaded from a large community on the internet, the impact of this project is real and effects current people in need.

    Read more about this fantastic story and about how UC Berkeley has helped Sophia

    BRETT - A Deep Learning Robot

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    Photo credit: Noah Berger

    Born into the PR2 family of personal robots made by the Willow Garage robotics research lab, BRETT joined EECS professor Pieter Abbeel’s artificial intelligence program in 2010, arriving fully grown but with infantile cognition. We asked BRETT (whose formal name is Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks) about its educational progress as we watched it learn to assemble a toy airplane. While BRETT has no organs of speech, nearby computer screens displayed its thought processes. Abbeel acted as our translator.

    Read more about BRETT

    Not your typical summer job

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    Photo credit: Noah Berger

    Summer jobs are as much a part of Berkeley’s undergraduate experience as dorm rooms and Tele-BEARS. For Harshil Goel, now a graduate student in mechanical engineering, the summer job he landed a few years ago changed his life — and maybe even the future of flight.

    As an undergraduate math major at Berkeley, Goel got a summer job at a wind tunnel in Kanpur, India.

    Read more about Harshil Goel and the Vires Aero project

    Pediatric exoskeleton proposal wins top robotics prize

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    Photography: Suit X | Story by: David Pierini

    SuitX, a company driven to lower the cost on bionic technology to help people walk, won a prestigious robotics competition that will help it fund a pediatric exoskeleton for children with neurological disorders.

    Last week started with SuitX debuting an exoskeleton for $40,000 and ended Saturday with a $1 million prize in the United Arab Emirates AI and Robotics Award for Good. Read More

    Berkeley Engineering

    The College of Engineering is recognized globally as a leader in engineering education. Our reputation for intellectual rigor, our talent for developing technologies that improve quality of life and our entrepreneurial spirit are reflected in our faculty and students, and by our physical environment.

    Quick Facts

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    Enrollment: 3,156 undergraduate enrollment and 1,845 graduate enrollment

    Rankings:

    • Computer Engineering - 4th in the nation
    • Electrical Engineering - 3rd in the nation
    • Mechanical Engineering - 3rd in the nation

    Students:

    • 4.5 average GPA of accepted applicants
    • 26% of the student body are women
    • 24% are international students

    Faculty:

    • 228 active faculty
    • 76 faculty, active and emeriti, in the NAE
    • 34 recipients, active and emeriti, of distinguished teaching awards
    Profile created by Penton using resources found on the university website or material provided directly from the college. The intention of these profiles is to highlight some of the top electrical/computer and mechanical engineering programs in the United States. Source:http://engineering.berkeley.edu/

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