UC Berkeley’s mechanical engineering grad program is No. 3 in the nation, according to @usnews !
Not only that, but UC Berkeley Engineering remains the #1 public engineering school. 🐻 💙💛
Read @berkeley_engineering ’s writeup: bit.ly/3NQJkgy
Pictured: Text: “#3 Grad Program.” UC Berkeley Campanile in Berkeley, Calif. on Monday, June 20, 2016. (Photo by Keegan Houser)
UC Berkeley’s mechanical engineering program is No. 2 in the nation, according to @usnews !
We shot up two spots this year at the #1 public engineering school within the #1 public university.
Read @berkeley_engineering ’s writeup: bit.ly/3Ki3WMk
Pictured: Text: “#2 Undergrad Program.” Campanile at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, June 26, 2003. (Photo by Bart Nagel)
Meet Berkeley Engineering’s student speakers for this year’s commencement ceremonies!
Sarah Saadeh (B.S.’26 CE) will speak at the baccalaureate degree ceremony.
Devan Perkash (MEng’26 EECS) will speak at the master’s degree ceremony.
Megan Teng (Ph.D.’26 ME) will speak at the doctoral degree ceremony.
Learn more: bit.ly/3KziaDM
We’re proud to announce our keynote speakers for this year’s commencement ceremonies!
Warren “Woody” Hoburg (M.S.’11, Ph.D.’13 EECS), astronaut at @NASA , will speak at the baccalaureate degree ceremony.
Sandra Rivera, chair of the board at VSORA, will speak at the master’s degree ceremony.
Reginald DesRoches (B.S.’90 ME, M.S.’92 CE, Ph.D.’97 CEE), president at @RiceUniversity , will speak at the doctoral degree ceremony.
Learn more: bit.ly/3KziaDM
While we often think of hummingbirds as sucking nectar from flowers, they’re not sucking the way we suction juice through a straw — they’re really sponging up nectar with their tongues and squeezing the juice into their mouths by compressing their tongues with their beaks.
Humans are naturally able from birth to use mouth suction to draw in liquid, but it’s not easy if you don’t have lips to create an air-tight seal, and few animals besides mammals have lips.
But a new study by current and former Berkeley biologists found that sunbirds, the African and Asian counterparts of the nectar-sipping hummingbirds of the Americas, do use suction to slurp nectar. They’re the first animals known to employ their tongues to suction up liquids.
The results highlight the fact that nature often finds different solutions to similar problems — in this case, how to use a long, tubular and often curved beak to extract sustenance from deep within a flower. It’s referred to as convergent evolution.
“I knew I had to look into the convergent evolution of nectar-feeding birds, and I wanted to use my background in mechanical engineering to do so,” said alum David Cuban (B.S.’16, M.S.’19 ME), who now works as a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University.
Read the full Berkeley News story: bit.ly/42yKgcR
Thank you to everyone who came out to Cal Day today and watched us reveal our B26 racecar! 🏎️🏁
We also would like to thank and congratulate all of the new Cal admits! It was an absolute blast talking racing and engineering with you all, and we appreciate you for showing interest in Berkeley Formula Racing. We hope UC Berkeley can be your warming and fun community for the next four years, and BFR can be a part of that journey! Please visit our Berkeley FSAE website linked in our bio for future information regarding our fall recruiting cycle. Again, congrats to all the new Berkeley admits, and as always… GO BEARS! 🐻🎉
#ucberkeley #fsae #formula #racecars #engineering
Proudly presenting The M.T.B. (Modal Trail Bike) for Sea Otter 2026 🦦🦦🦦
Using filament wound tubes, 3D-printed aluminum lugs, and a custom rocker design, this bike easily flips between two modes for improved trail riding.
Come check us out in person at Sea Otter at booth L14 this weekend!
Plastic waste is a growing problem across much of the world — but Paige Balcom (Ph.D.’22 ME) is working to turn it into opportunity.
As co-founder and co-CEO of Takataka Plastics, a recycling social enterprise in northern Uganda, Balcom is helping to transform discarded PET plastics into durable wall tiles, providing an innovative solution to waste challenges while creating jobs for the local community.
The company, now in its sixth year, has 60 employees, half of whom are from vulnerable backgrounds, and recently received a large grant that will enable it to expand operations and establish a permanent facility.
But the growth of Takataka Plastics is about more than entrepreneurial success — it reflects a philosophy shaped by Balcom’s work as a development engineer: that lasting impact emerges through collaboration with local communities.
Read UC Berkeley Engineering’s story: bit.ly/47GeHky
A big THANK YOU to the #BerkeleyME community for coming together this #CalBigGive to write an incredible story in the stars for our #MEgaGive. Your gifts have ensured a brighter future for generations to come.
One more hour until the Campanile strikes 9PM, and the #CalBigGive comes to a close!
There’s still time to #MEgaGive: https://bit.ly/ucbmeche
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PhD Students Kelly Clevenson and Bruce Bathras got some special visitors in the Berkeley Fire Lab, where they demonstrated the “pulse burner,” which simulates ignition of fine fuels in wildfires.
#FundFutureEngineers with your #MEgaGive: https://bit.ly/ucbmeche
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