Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Pinned“Together Again” at annual Fung Institute end of year showcaseOn Thursday, May 5, 2022, the Fung Institute community gathered at the Mudd Hall Lawn to highlight year long projects from both the graduate Master of Engineering and undergraduate Fung Fellowship student teams. The “Together Again” theme celebrated the first in-person end of year showcase since before the COVID-19 pandemic…Engineering4 min readEngineering4 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·3 days agoJohnson Kanjirathinkal, MEng ’20 (IEOR): “Grit goes a long way.”On entrepreneurship, immigration, and spearheading the skills-first future of hiring — Shane Battier did nothing exceptional. As a basketball player, his stats were unremarkable; yet, every time he stepped foot on the court, his opponents were outplayed. So, how do you find people like Shane, who don’t conform to the traditional ways that we assess success? That was the question that…6 min read6 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Nov 22Engineering Leadership Instructor Sarah Holliman on helping Berkeley MEng students find their voiceThe daughter of a college administrator, Sarah Holliman grew up on a college campus. Though she was destined for teaching and thought she would one day earn a PhD, she ended up in banking right out of college, a career that — while valuable in building management skills — more…7 min read7 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Oct 262023-24 Eaton-Hachigian Fellowship RecipientsThe College of Engineering and the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023–2024…3 min read3 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Sep 27Engineering Leadership Instructor Janel Wellborn: “I’m learning just as much as they are.”Janel Wellborn has spent the past six years running her own consulting company. With each new client, Janel makes it her mission to embed herself within their organization, a tactic she says is the most effective way to transform a company’s culture. …14 min read14 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Sep 26Ese Asoro awarded the 2023–24 Murray Slater Foundation fellowship“I am embarking on this journey with excitement.” — Ese Asoro, MEng ’24 (ME) is the latest recipient of funding from the Murray Slater Foundation, an award he says means “the world” to him. …3 min read3 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Sep 19UC Berkeley MEng Class of 2024 Full-Time ProfileThe Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership welcomes its class of 448 full-time Master of Engineering students. — Each year, the UC Berkeley Master of Engineering (MEng) program admits students from around the world who go on to become leaders in their respective fields. With 40 countries represented in the Class of 2024, the Fung Institute welcomes a student body of technical leaders who come from many different…Students2 min readStudents2 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Sep 11Engineering Leadership Instructor Jim Morris on helping Berkeley MEng students “embrace the chaos”How one instructor is teaching students to pull something from nothing, make the right product, and solve the unsolvable — Jim Morris was a product manager well before there was such a thing as product management because he saw something that others didn’t. Having worked in early stage start-ups, tech companies and Fortune 100 corporations, Jim realized that the key to a successful product was figuring out not just how…9 min read9 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Aug 11Bill Zhou, MEng ’23 (CEE), gives “commuter student” a whole new meaningOn the ins and outs of transportation engineering and catching a plane to school — Bill Zhou graduated from UC Berkeley’s Master of Engineering program with a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering this past May. The catch? He lived in Los Angeles while pursuing a degree in Berkeley. Knowing he wanted to return to his previous LA employer after he graduated, Bill chose to…4 min read4 min read
Published inBerkeley Master of Engineering·Jul 19The Fung Institute welcomes John Robichaux as Executive DirectorFresh out of a position directing education at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, John Robichaux is ready to help shape the engineering leaders of the future as Executive Director of the Fung Institute. Throughout his more than 25-year career, Robichaux has helped to train high-impact decision makers at the…8 min read8 min read
