UC Berkeley Fung Institute For Engineering Leadership

04/25/2025

Rushing into burning buildings, Thomas Galeon knew exactly how he was saving lives. As a first responder of the Paris Fire Brigade Unit of the French Army, his duty was straightforward. Yet left with a burning inkling to make a broader impact on healthcare, he turned to engineering to reach this goal.

✍️ Aalaya Wudaru
🏆 Third place in the Berkeley MEng Op-Ed contest (category: Life in Tech)
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/23/2025

A one-to-one replacement of a sustainable alternative that resembles its
conventional counterpart in appearance and function. The greater the similarity, the more likely is consumer acceptance due to familiarity.

✍️ Ragini Vidyashankar
🏆 Third place in the Berkeley MEng Op-Ed contest (category: An Engineer's Perspective)
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/21/2025

When a person is diagnosed with B cell lymphoma, there is a 30% chance they will be dead in five years. Their physician will talk them through treatment options, and maybe mention a treatment called chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells). They are a personalized medicine that reprograms the patient’s very immune system with phenomenal results.

✍️ Zubin Havewala
🏆 Third place in the Berkeley MEng Op-Ed contest (category: An Engineer's Perspective)
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/19/2025

The Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) program is looking for up to 6-7 graduate students to join our teaching team of TAs next year. Our TAs come from a variety of disciplines; we are looking for motivated candidates to provide feedback and mentoring to future engineering leaders developing technology that will have a commercial and/or societal impact. The focus is on building strong communication skills (presentation and writing) for future engineering leaders.

The positions are for Fall 2025 with the opportunity to continue into Spring 2026. We will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis and start interviewing candidates after April 25, 2025.

HOW TO APPLY:

- Learn more about the program at: meng.berkeley.edu
- Please apply by completing this online application form, which includes uploading a PDF of your resume: https://bit.ly/3EEi28h
- We will begin interviewing candidates on a rolling basis starting April 25, and would like to find our team by mid-May.
- Questions? Please contact [email protected]

To sign in to a Special Purpose Account (SPA) via a list, add a "+" to your CalNet ID (e.g., "+mycalnetid"), then enter your passphrase. The next screen will show a drop-down list of all the SPAs you have permission to access. Select the SPA you wish to sign in as.

04/18/2025

It is vital for current leaders in mechanical engineering (and other hardware-focused disciplines) to initiate cultural shifts in the way employers and employees view parenthood to ensure the basic desire to have a family doesn’t disproportionately impact the career aspirations of young engineers.

✍️ Kendall Cooney
🏆 Second place in the Berkeley MEng Op-Ed contest (category: An Engineer's Perspective)
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/18/2025

Course Coordinators Wanted for Summer Engineering Leadership Class

The Berkeley Master of Engineering program is looking for up to 10 Course Coordinators to join our team. Compensation is $20 per hour.

As a Course Coordinator, you will be required to join our online and/or in-person lectures and case discussions to track student attendance and participation, provide administrative support for instructors, plus data entry.

Applicants are required to be available daily for the duration of the summer class: August 12 – 21, 2025 (8 days excluding weekends). In preparation for the summer class, there will be mandatory onboarding training webinars and check-in meetings with your assigned instructor before the class starts to assist with preparations.

NEXT STEPS:
Handshake link to apply: https://berkeley.joinhandshake.com/stu/jobs/9819406?ref=preview-header-click&search_id=3982441e-27bf-42fb-b2bd-4fb141568cdf
HandShake Job #: 9819406
The job posting will be available until 5/1.

Questions? Please contact Felicia Rabang at [email protected]

04/17/2025

We are excited to host this year's Fung Institute End of Year Showcase on Thursday, May 8 from 4-6pm PDT at the Mudd Hall Lawn!

This free, two-hour event is open to the public and will feature Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) capstone teams and Fung Fellowship undergraduate teams showcasing their end-of-year projects.

Connect with Berkeley students, faculty, and alumni in learning more about cutting edge work in engineering and innovation for social impact alongside our community and industry partners and other UC Berkeley innovation communities.

Light refreshments and appetizers will be served.
RSVP at

Come and celebrate the achievements of the UC Berkeley Fung Institute's Master of Engineering cohort and undergraduate Fung Fellows!

04/17/2025

When startups like Musk’s Neuralink are implanting the first brain-controlled interfaces (BCIs) into humans, perhaps the appropriate question is: Do you want him to know yours?

✍️ Aalaya Wudaru
🏆 Second place in the Berkeley MEng Op-Ed contest (category: An Engineer's Perspective)
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/11/2025

Max Ng’s journey demonstrates how civil engineering expertise can evolve in unexpected and exciting ways. By combining his engineering foundation with cross-disciplinary skills gained during his overseas PhD, Max has not only crossed geographical borders but also redefined what's possible in our field.

✍️ Chun-hin (Anson) Sit
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/09/2025

In July, 2024, a team of scientists examining the seafloor stumbled upon what they called “dark oxygen” which can be produced in the absence of light and life! For years, scientists have been confused by the high oxygen level at the dark seafloor. Now the mystery has been solved.

✍️ Phung Le
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

04/08/2025

Instead of searching for the fountain of youth, why not create it?

This alternative is what scientists in the field of aging research are trying to achieve — develop ways to slow down or reverse the aging process and extend our healthspan. While there are things we can do to promote longevity, such as exercising and eating healthily, they only tackle a fraction of the causes of aging, and so far, no method has put the brakes on every aspect of the phenomenon.

Nevertheless, researchers have been probing the mechanisms behind aging to identify the best approaches to rejuvenation.

✍️ Ganchai Siriwatcharapiboo
🔗 Read the rest of the story at the link in bio

03/27/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to Hard Rock Cafe for our annual MEng Alumni Happy Hour! We hope all of our current students and alumni had fun and connected over some complimentary dishes and drinks 🥂 and we are so grateful for our MEng community 🙌

A huge thank you also goes out to Hard Rock Cafe San Francisco for hosting!

03/25/2025

The Fung Institute is excited to announce the winners of our annual op-ed writing contest! Congratulations to Ganchai Siriwatcharapibool, Phung Le, Kendall Coonev and Aalaya Wudaru.

03/19/2025

The College of Engineering and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership are excited to announce Jacob Bolano, Qiyuan Liu and Tyler Zierer as the recipients of the 2024–2025 Eaton-Hachigian Fellowships!

Eaton-Hachigian Fellows are UC Berkeley Master’s of Engineering students, pursuing studies in energy-efficient electrical and power hardware or software solutions, wireless communications and sensing devices, or specialty materials.