Bioengineering News

November 2004 Bioengineering professor Song Li was featured in the November 17, 2004 issue of the World Journal, the largest Chinese newspaper in North America. Those who read mandarin can read the full story in pdf. 

November 2004  Bioengineering undergraduates Laleh Jalilian and Marcio von Muhlen won First Place in the Fall 2004 Undergraduate Engineering and Science Poster Session. Their poster, “A Piezoelectric Microjet for Drug Delivery”, described the research they have been performing in Professor Dan Fletcher’s lab. Seventeen other students participated in the poster session, held November 17th in…

November 2004 Bioengineering professor Kevin Healy participated in a press conference Monday announcing UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau’s appointment to the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee. The committee is charged with overseeing the implementation of California’s new $3 billion stem cell research effort.

September 2004 Bioengineering professor Kimmen Sjölander was among five UC Berkeley researchers to receive the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation’s highest award for scientists at the early stages of their careers. Read more in the UC Berkeley NewsCenter

May 2004  The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Prof. Lisa Pruitt for receiving the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).

May 2004  Whether it is listening to his many interesting stories, or hearing about his rowing experiences, taking a class taught by Dr. Budinger, (BioE 100 – Ethics in Science and Engineering) is said to be one of the most intellectually-stimulating experiences the Department of Bioengineering and perhaps for that matter Cal has to offer.…

May 2004 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates the following students for getting involved and wanting to make a difference in the College of Engineering community! From a very competitive application pool, these FOUR bioengineering students were selected to serve on the faculty run committees.

March 2004  The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Ryan Doan for being selected as this year’s Departmental Citation Award winner. Ryan was nominated by Prof. Tony Keaveny.

February 2004 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Tyler Hillman – BioE senior – for having his work published in Genome Biology titled: “An unappreciated role for RNA surveillance” by R. Tyler Hillman, Richard E. Green, and Steven E. Brenner.

January 2004 Prof. Dick Karp, Ph.D., University Professor of Computer Science, Bioengineering and Mathematics recently received the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science in recognition for his remarkable contributions to the understanding of computational complexity.

August 2003 It’s with great sadness that we say goodbye to one of our bioengineering family member Professor Werner Goldsmith. Goldsmith, Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of the Graduate School-Department of Bioengineering and recently Professor Emeritus Appointment in Bioengineering died Saturday, August 23, 2003 of complications from leukemia.

April 2003 The Berkeley-Stanford Innovators’ Challenge is a design contest in which engineering and science students from Berkeley and Stanford present their research to prominent industry leaders, famous technologists, and venture capitalists to compete for $25,000 in prize money. This year, we have 14 teams from Berkeley in the finals — most are Ph.D. projects, with…

April  2003 Last week, Guidant Corporation, a leader in the design and development of cardiovascular medical products, presented the Berkeley Bioengineering Department with a $70,000 check to support the Guidant Summer Research Program.

March  2003 The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Nathaniel Huebsch for being selected as this years Departmental Citation Award Winner. Nathaniel was nominated by Prof. Kevin Healy to receive this award.

April 2002 The Spring 2002 Poster Session Solve that Problem: Engineering & Science kicks off Tuesday, April 23 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The session will be held in the Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall and is open to all engineering and science students. The poster session allows students a chance to be creative by designing…