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Professor Zuo-Jun "Max" Shen has just been named to be the next chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Professor Shen will take over for Professor Ken Goldberg who will complete his term as chair at the end of...

Lily Maxwell, smart cities content writer for iomob.net, interviews Susan Shaheen Ph.D., a pioneer in future mobility strategies. She was among the first to observe, research, and write about changing dynamics in shared mobility and the likely scenarios through which automated vehicles will gain prominence. She is an internationally recognized expert in...

Last month, the state of California issued its latest assessment of the many challenges the state faces from climate change — including wildfires like those still raging throughout the state – and highlighted for the first time the regional impacts with nine deep-dive reports spearheaded by University of California scientists.

Half of the 24 authors of the...

A manuscript entitled “Efficient thermal management of Li-ion batteries with a passive interfacial thermal regulator based on shape memory alloy,” co-authored by Professor Scott Moura, was recently accepted for publication into Nature Energy. The co-authors include CEE PhD student Saehong Park, and Mechanical Engineering colleagues Dr. Menglong Hao and Prof...