Archive for July 2022
Yoon Lee (PhD ’23 IEOR) Wins 2022 Hearts to Humanity Eternal (H2H8) Research Grant
IEOR PhD candidate, Yoon Lee (PhD ’23 IEOR) has won the 2022 Hearts to Humanity Eternal (H2H8) research grant award for his research addressing inadequate access to clean water in developing countries. Lee’s research project is titled: Local Water Inventory Management for the Developing World, and offers the following abstract: Cities in the developing world…
Read MoreZeyu Zheng Awarded Hellman Fellowship
Assistant Professor Zeyu Zheng has been awarded the prestigious Hellman Fellowship. The Society of Hellman Fellows is an endowed program that provides research funding to promising assistant professors who show capacity for great distinction in their chosen fields. Many early career faculty who receive the Hellman Fellowship go on to become award-winning researchers, department chairs,…
Read MoreWhen Mentorship Comes Full Circle: Professor Rhonda Righter Named Inaugural Ronald W. Wolff Chancellor’s Chair
When Mentorship Comes Full Circle: Professor Rhonda Righter Named Inaugural Ronald W. Wolff Chancellor’s Chair Professor Righter teaching her class on Decision Analytics | Spring 2022 Thanks to the generous donation from IEOR Professor Emeritus and former department chair Ron Wolff, Rhonda Righter has been announced as the inaugural Ronald W. Wolff Chancellor’s Chair in…
Read MoreVishrut Rana (B.S. ’22 IEOR) on Choosing Academia
IEOR sat down with brand new UC Berkeley Alumnus, Vishrut Rana, to discuss his decision to pursue a Ph.D. after graduating from the IEOR department this past Fall. Where will you be pursuing your doctorate, and when does your program begin? I’ll pursue my doctorate studies at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in the…
Read MoreJob market placements for this year’s doctoral graduate students
Caleb Bugg Postdoctoral Researcher, Georgia Institute of Technology Anran Hu Hooke Research Fellow, University of Oxford Yusuke Kikuchi Genentech Heyuan Liu Quantitative Researcher, Two Sigma Igor Molybog Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa Meng Qi Assistant Professor, Cornell Business School
Read MoreCollege of Engineering featured in 35 Innovators Under 35 list
Last week, MIT Technology Review announced an inspiring new group of Innovators under 35. This annual list showcases some of the brightest young minds in technology today, and so it was no surprise to see the College of Engineering included in this year’s class. The 2022 list features UC Berkeley Materials Science and Engineering Postdoc,…
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