ASUC President Misha Leybovich meets Steve Wozniak at the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award (DEAA) dinner. DEAA winners G. Wayne Clough (CE ’69), E. Floyd Kvamme (EE ’59), Wozniak (EECS ’86), and In Sik Rhee (EECS ’93) were honored September 18th for their impressive accomplishments, which have brought distinction to the College of Engineering. The event was attended by more than 180 friends, alumni, faculty, and students of the College.

Gearhead turned filmmaker premieres documentary November 7

Benn Karne (B.S.’72 ME) loves fast cars. Before he was old enough to drive, he updated the brake system of his dad’s 1930 Model A pickup from its original all mechanical arrangement to “modern” hydraulics. He speaks nostalgically of his first car, a big old 62 Chevy, and the Corvette he road-raced before settling down with the responsibilities of home, family, and a real job.

“The reason I got into engineering the first place was that I liked hot rods,” Karne says. Self-employed for 15 years, he now specializes in vehicle accident
reconstruction, that is, determining the events that occurred in a vehicle collision, usually to determine the pre-impact velocities and positions of those involved. Now he’s trying his hand at filmmaking, and guess what the film’s...[FULL STORY]

Sproul installation features state-of-the-art webcam

A robotic camera mounted atop UC Berkeley’s student union for six weeks last fall exhibited the latest webcam technology and simultaneously got people thinking about privacy in public places, all in conjunction with campus events celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement.

The brainchild of Ken Goldberg and multidisciplinary student team, Project “Demonstrate” was tested by more than....[FULL STORY]

Calling all seniors: Join the 2005 Senior Gift Campaign Committee

If this is your last year at Berkeley Engineering, join a group of your peers who will be leaving a legacy behind through the Senior Gift Campaign.

Q: What is the Senior Gift Campaign?

A: The Senior Gift Campaign is your first opportunity to begin your lifelong partnership with your soon-to-be alma
mater by saying “Thank You” to Berkeley Engineering. The goal of the campaign not as much about money as it is about....[FULL STORY]

Water engineer Luthy takes CEE chair at Stanford

“It doesn’t have the bustle of Sproul Plaza,” says Dick Luthy (B.S.’67 ChemE; M.S.’74, Ph.D.’76 CEE), “but the tranquil Stanford campus belies its exhilarating intellectual energy.”

After a youth spent in Palo Alto, three Berkeley Engineering degrees, and 24 years at Carnegie Mellon, Dick Luthy returned to his Bay Area roots in 1999 when he was recruited to Stanford, where he became CEE chair last fall.

“Stanford gave me the opportunity to do broad interdisciplinary research at the intersection of biology, geology, and industry,” he says. His work focuses on physical processes and aquatic chemistry... [FULL STORY]

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