March 14 (3/14) was national Pi Day. It was celebrated on north campus with a chalk rendition of Pi’s infinite number pattern up to the 1000th decimal. The number stretched from Evans Hall to Soda Hall. Pi day, the invention of mathematics teacher Pat Karpinski, was created to celebrate math in junior high schools. While an engineering student would have had a powerful enough calculator to render Pi to the 1000th place, we know they wouldn’t have had the free time to chalk each number by hand. Happy late Pi Day everyone!

Freshman says the struggle to balance engineering and baseball is worth it

Aside from the usual anxieties and adjustments of freshman year, CEE major Mike Van Winden has a lot to deal with. He is keeping one eye on his grade point average while the other eye is trained on his batting average.

After playing high school baseball in his home town of Napa, California, Van Winden now plays baseball for Cal alongside teammates with baseball scholarships, who aspire to careers as professional athletes...[FULL STORY]

Reap the rewards of giving back to the 2004 Senior Gift Campaign

There are many different reasons to give to the Senior Gift Campaign. Some gifts come from the heart, others from pragmatism, and yet others from a competitive spirit. No matter what the motivation, there are many rewards of giving.

The College has several ways of thanking student donors for their generosity. All donors are invitated to a reception at the Chancellor’s home in May and their names are published in a donor honor roll that will appear in the commencement program and online. Also, donors who give $20 or more will receive a Berkeley Engineering license plate frame...[FULL STORY]

MSE professor Ramesh is one of this year’s new faculty hires

This spring semester Berkeley Engineering welcomed home one of its own when they hired MSE professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh....[FULL STORY]

Freshman seminar delves into historical frauds and hoaxes and teaches presentation skills

Berkeley Engineering prides itself on teaching the latest, most accurate scientific theory, but NE professor Donald Olander is doing just the opposite. In his spring semester freshman seminar, entitled Scientific Frauds and Hoaxes, Olander is helping students identify viable science by giving them a historical survey of dubious scientific dogma and outright lies...[FULL STORY]

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