What’s better than getting a scholarship that you didn’t even have to apply for? This semester it happened to (from left) ME senior Lionel Mohri, EECS senior Hei Kam, EECS junior Robert Hennessy, ME junior Mike Morimoto, and IEOR junior Jonathan Tien. They were among the 11 engineering students who received a $3,000 scholarship from Ford Motors. The merit-based award is given for academic achievement and the winners are nominated by their respective departments. Recipients said the scholarship was a welcome surprise and thanked Ford for its generosity.

IEOR alum puts together a Berkeley team for the ultimate robot roadtrip

When the defense contractors couldn’t do it, the U.S. Defense Department decided to tap an alternative resource. They opened up the challenge to anyone willing to try it. IEOR alum (B.S. ’02 M.S. ’03) Anthony Levandowski is game.

A prize of one million dollars will go to the first vehicle to cross the finish line after traveling a 250 mile off-road desert course. The vehicle must finish in less than 10 hours with no driver or remote control to guide it... [FULL STORY]

ME professor Alice Agogino secures funding for design and product development classes

ME professor Alice Agogino and Haas professor Sara Beckman have won a three year award from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) to support classes for graduate and undergraduate students.

The grant will fund entrepreneur team (E-team) projects in one graduate and two undergraduate level classes...[FULL STORY]

Grad student’s project makes “Estrosense”

As a women engineer ME grad student Elizabeth Reilly wanted to use her technical talents to improve the lives of women. Last year, Reilly suggested that the group from her product design class create an at-home estrogen monitor. Her all-male group reacted with resistance, confusion and skepticism before they finally agreed.

“I guess the project went beyond the scope of what they were familiar with as men, so they weren’t eager to do it,” says Reilly. .[FULL STORY]

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