IEEE held its first annual EECS basketball tournament on March 13. In the first round, 11 teams competed through three round-robin games at the RSF before advancing into the playoffs. Team P-Spice Boys (not pictured) Eugene Lin, Hsin Young, Brady McCollum, Albert Wang and Tim Lee won the three-hour tournament and trophy. Team Mu (pictured from left) Eric Roller, Fin Luo, Cedric Han, Raman Gulati, and Wonsop Sim came in second.

BioE professor speaks on cell research at Berkeley in Silicon Valley event

A cell is an engineering tour de force, perfected through four billion years of research and development. That’s why many diseases are so tough to beat. Fortunately, researchers like Berkeley bioengineering professor Daniel Fletcher are developing new techniques to deepen our understanding of a cell’s mechanical properties. Teasing out those underlying engineering principles could pay off with new drugs that throw a wrench into the works of diseased cells.

“Much of my research is aimed at developing techniques that help us understand the mechanics of cells and proteins and their role in diseases,” says Fletcher, who will present his research at the Berkeley in Silicon Valley symposium on April 24...[FULL STORY]

SWE and EJC host second annual date auction

They say that money can’t buy you love, but it can buy you a date with an available engineer. Last week, a crowd gathered in the Valley Life Sciences auditorium to shop for a date, support friends, and discover the hidden talents of fellow engineers.

The second annual date auction, put on by the Society of Women Engineers and the Engineering Joint Council, raised $1635 for the Oakland Children’s Hospital last year and contributed another $1145 this year...[FULL STORY]

Berkeley’s Engineers Without Frontiers chapter is making an impact both locally and abroad

The Berkeley chapter of Engineers Without Frontiers doesn’t have to send its engineers as far as China or Mexico to find communities in need of technical assistance. Students with a fear of flying or an expired passport can contribute just next door in communities near Lake Merritt in Oakland.

“The primary mission of our organization is to help underserved communities wherever they are, and the Lake Merritt project qualifies,” says the organization’s president, Environmental Engineering Ph.D. candidate Kate Hucklebridge... [FULL STORY]

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