2018 Berkeley Engineering Homecoming Panel
Saturday, October 13, 2018
10:30 - 11:30 a.m
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
The 2018 College of Engineering Homecoming panel discussion - 150 Years of Innovation - was held on Saturday, October 13. For 150 years, UC Berkeley engineers have reimagined the world, invented the future and reshaped the possible. Berkeley Engineering Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu and fellow engineering faculty leaders from across the college discussed continuing Berkeley’s tradition of excellence in service to society and what the next 150 years might bring.
Presenters included:
Tsu-Jae King Liu: dean and professor electrical engineering and computer sciences. Tsu-Jae King Liu is internationally recognized in academia and industry for her innovations in semiconductor devices and technology, and is highly regarded for her achievements as an instructor, mentor and administrator. She began her tenure as dean on July 1, 2018.
Alex Bayen: Liao-Cho Innovation Endowed Chair; director of the Institute of Transportation Studies; professor, civil and environmental engineering and electrical engineering and computer sciences. Alex Bayen’s field of expertise is mobile sensing and optimization. A pioneer in using commuters’ mobile phones to sense traffic flow, he is now working on smarter apps that will talk to one another in order to prevent clogged freeways and city streets.
Amy Herr: Lloyd Distinguished Professor, bioengineering; investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub; faculty director, Bakar Fellows Program. Amy Herr, the co-inventor of scWestern technology and a recognized leader in microanalytical tool innovation, was part of the inaugural 2012-13 Bakar Fellows cohort. She created her start-up, Zephyrus Biosciences, to develop research tools enabling protein analysis at the single-cell level.
Kara Nelson: associate dean of equity and inclusion, College of Engineering; professor, civil and environmental engineering. Kara Nelson’s research program addresses innovative strategies to improve the sustainability of urban water infrastructure, including technologies for potable and non-potable water reuse, nutrient recovery, decentralized systems, intermittent water supply, household water treatment and affordable sanitation.
Ikhlaq Sidhu: faculty director and founder, Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship; Emerging Area Professor, industrial engineering and operations research. Ikhlaq Sidhu is a world-class expert in “real-life” technology innovation and leadership. Sidhu invented the technology used in Skype and other internet communications - he holds 75 patents - and developed the Data-X lab, course and framework for rapid implementation of digital transformation.