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Inspiring Innovation: 2020 Summer Reading List
Prof. Max Shen comments on supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 & how operations research can help in Berkeley Conversation
Diana Salazar recognized with Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
IEOR staff member Diana Salazar has just been awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement – Staff Award. Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community. Diana was nominated for her work to…
Read MoreSmart Villages: Students Pitch to Chief Minister of Meghalaya
Students taking the Smart Villages Challenge Lab have been tasked with developing digital technologies and platforms to help impoverished Indian villages to utilize their natural resources and access global markets. The area selected this semester was the state of Meghalaya, and each team was assigned one particular challenge in regards to improving Meghalayan villages: Eco-Tourism,…
Read MoreBerkeley Students Take on the National Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Conference
By Kelly Han and Nicholas Foo | September 16, 2019 A crucial component of academic and professional development is the exploration of knowledge and possibility. It can be learned in many ways through classes, mentorships, internships, peers, etc., but there was one place that combined all of these and on a national platform. This is…
Read MoreHow heat waves can shut down power systems — Prof. Lavaei quoted in Bloomberg
Master of Engineering alum helps Syrian refugees create makerspaces to grow their skills
When Patrick Thelen (MEng IEOR ’17) was a kid, he loved building LEGO
Read MoreAlum Coleman Fung on the connection between mindfulness and engineering
On Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30, 2019, the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is hosting the What’s After Mindfulness? retreat at UC Berkeley. The bi-annual retreat will come to the Bay Area for the first time in decades thanks in part to Blue Goji CEO and IEOR alum Coleman Fung. The Berkeley community can…
Read MoreNew machine learning technique may help prevent blindness for millions of people with diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common cause of vision loss among people with diabetes and a leading cause of blindness. Right now, there are an estimated 415 million people suffering from diabetes worldwide, and this number is projected to grow to 642 million by 2040. Approximately one-third of diabetic patients have DR. While blindness…
Read MoreUC researchers show how better placement of defibrillators can save lives
Sudden cardiac arrest, which occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, kills more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and Canada every year. Death happens within minutes if not treated, and 92 percent who suffer an attack outside of a hospital don’t survive. Alum and assistant professor of decisions, operations and technology management at UCLA,…
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