(Photo by Elena Zhukova) “Twisted crystals: a new material that could improve opto-electronics: Jie Yao, a 2022 Heising-Simons Faculty Fellow, has made it his mission to not only understand the crystals underlying today’s technology, but develop new types of crystal structures that interact with light and electricity in different and unusual ways.” -The Berkeleyan

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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today that UC Berkeley engineer and physicist Ramamoorthy Ramesh has been elected to the 2022 class of NAI Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. Ramesh, professor of materials science and engineering and of physics at Berkeley, and currently vice president for research at Rice University, is known…

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We are happy to announce that MSE graduate students: KyuJung Jun and Tina Chen from the Ceder group, and Jimin Kim from the Yang group have been selected to receive Materials Research Society (MRS) Silver award. Congratulations! Official announcement available at: https://www.mrs.org/careers-advancement/awards/spring-awards/graduate-student-awards/past-recipients Tweet from MRS: https://twitter.com/Materials_MRS/status/1598328645692579842?s=20&t=Ii2abwdwDdqgYYZZRk0MVw KyuJung Jun (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering) Tina Chen…

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MSE Alumnus Ilan Gur Leading UK Science Innovation Agency As of August 2022, MSE alumnus (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) Dr. Ilan Gur has become the founding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly established UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With nearly a billion dollars in initial funding, ARIA is designed to play a similar role…

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Kaichen Dong, a postdoc in the Berkeley Department of materials science and engineering working in Prof. Junqiao Wu and Prof. Jie Yao’s groups, has been named among MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 contest for 2022. He was honored for his invention of a smart roof coating that saves building energy.    Also selected into this year’s list is Dr.…

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Engineering Commencement Congratulations to all of our graduating students! 2022 commencement will be split into several ceremonies. Please check out the full details at the Engineering Commencement page. Due to continued coronavirus uncertainty, MSE/AS&T will host a brief reception and gift pickup between the masters and undergraduate ceremonies on Tuesday, May 17th from 12-1pm in the…

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      U.S. News and World Reports released its 2023 ranking of Engineering Colleges and Graduate Programs. The strong efforts of our students, staff, faculty, and alumni were widely recognized as the graduate program in MSE @ Berkeley was ranked the #2 program in “Materials Engineering” and the College of Engineering was ranked #3 overall.…

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GRADUATE ADMISSIONS Graduate Program Deadlines General Admissions RequirementsApplication RequirementsLetters of RecommendationGRE/TOEFL/IELTSFinancial AssistanceFrequently Asked QuestionsContact Degree/Program Online Application Deadline (Application available early September) All materials must be submitted by the deadline. Doctor of Philosophy (MS/Ph.D., Ph.D.) December 4, 2023 8:59 pm, Pacific Standard Time Masters of Engineering Program (M.Eng) January 8, 2024 8:59 pm, Pacific Standard…

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It is with great sadness that we pass on the news that Wladyslaw (Wladek) Walukiewicz, a leading mind in the field of semiconductor materials, passed away on November 9, 2022. Wladek received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and spent a few years working at the National…

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In a collaboration between the groups of MSE’s own Professors Robert Ritchie, Andrew Minor, and Mark Asta, together with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, researchers have produced the toughest material in the world. The work, published in Science, is focused on an alloy of chromium, cobalt, and nickel and shows a pathway to producing a material that is…

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