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Two BioE students speak at graduation

Bioengineering majors were both the keynote and student speakers at the 2023 Engineering Undergraduate Commencement! Dave Gilboa, B.S.’03 BioE and Co-founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker was this year’s keynote speaker, and graduating senior Sharicka Zutshi was the student speaker.

Congratulations 2023 Undergraduate Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2023 undergraduate award winners: Baiyu Shi, Departmental Citation, Connor Tou and Jacob Bryan, Chair’s Award in Bioengineering, and Reet Mishra, Bioengineering Service Award. Outstanding work by all! The Departmental Citation This is long-standing award is given to one bioengineering major for their exceptional academic performance, in addition to impressive achievements in other…

Bioengineer Andy Yau takes first place in Collider Cup!

photo of the Uncracked team and Collider Cup guests

BioE MEng student Andy Yau and his teammates in the AltMeat: Product Design of Plant-Based Foods course took first place at Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology’s (SCET) Collider Cup XII, its competitive venture showcase for promising student venture projects. The Uncracked team designed a plant-based crab alternative that is more tasty and nutritious than current alternatives, low in sodium and high in protein and omega-3 fatty acids.

Alumnus Chen named Schmidt Science Fellow

Josh Chen, BS 2017, has been named to the 2023 class of Schmidt Science Fellows. The program recognizes exceptional early career scientists, who will receive support to develop research projects and the leadership skills necessary to harness interdisciplinary science to tackle some of the world’s most intractable problems.

Student spotlight: Priyanshi Porwal

photo of student in front of Sather Gate

On developing medical devices and healthcare with her background in mechanical and biomedical engineering.

Congratulations new NSF Fellows!

Congratulations to our new NSF Graduate Research Fellows! Among the winners are current PhD students Ian O’Kidhain and Diana Cruz Garcia; incoming PhD students Stephanie Crater, Giselle Jiminez, and David McMullin; and graduating undergrads Jing-Yi Jing Chung, Dekel I Galor Gluskin, Roey Lazarovits, and Mrunali Manjrekar. Well done!!

Fletcher receives graduate student mentoring award

Professor Dan Fletcher has received the 2023 the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award, a highly competitive campuswide award that recognizes faculty for outstanding mentorship of graduate students at UC Berkeley. Fletcher was nominated by his current and former graduate students and has long been a sought-after mentor of students and faculty of all levels.

Student spotlight: Brontë Kolar, MEng ’23

On entrepreneurship, learning by doing, and leaving the world healthier than you found it.

H.R. Lissner Medal Awarded to Boris Rubinsky

Professor Emeritus Boris Rubinsky has been awarded the 2023 H.R. Lissner Medal in Bioengineering from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Medal recognizes achievements in the form of significant research contributions in bioengineering; development of new methods of measuring in bioengineering; design of new equipment and instrumentation in bioengineering; and/or educational impact in the training of bioengineers. Rubinsky is known for developing several technologies that are now clinical standards in the field, including imaging-monitored cryosurgery, non-thermal irreversible electroporation, non-invasive electromagnetic detection of internal bleeding, and MEMS technology for single cell analysis.

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