COLLEGEForefront OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY spring 2007

A. Richard Newton July 1, 1951–January 2, 2007 dean’s message Forefront takes you into the labs, classrooms and lives of professors, The legacy of Richard Newton students and alumni for an intimate look at the innovative research, teaching and campus life that define Berkeley Engineering.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY spring 2007 Published by Forefront UC Berkeley College of Engineering Office of Marketing & Communications Phone: 510.643.6898 www.coe.berkeley.edu contents Teresa Moore executive editor

Patti Meagher managing editor 12 DEAN A. RICHARD NEWTON A visionary catalyst for change, Richard Newton was larger than life Nancy Bronstein features editor

David Pescovitz, Writer-in-residence 17 BACTERIA’S BAD RAP REVISITED Karen Rhodes, Jeff Van Bueren, copy editors Berkeley researchers ferret out nature’s own army of Rachel Shafer, Engineering News editor peg skorpinski photo peg skorpinski Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Media Relations microorganisms for toxic cleanup contributors By David Pescovitz y the time you read these pages, nearly five months Alissar Rayes will have passed since theB death of Richard Newton, our dean and visionary leader for the design last seven years. His absence still leaves a tremendous void. 20 BREAKTHROUGH CANCER THERAPY LEAPS TO Fiona M. Doyle CLINICAL TRIALS acting dean a s As our Berkeley Engineering family continues to mourn Rich’s loss, we naturally turn to a n Bioengineer Rubinsky pioneers technique for eliminating tumors of Forefront as the appropriate place to document his incredible legacy. We considered every- Melissa Nidever sy te ur assistant dean, college relations co By Peter Jaret hic thing from a brief article to an entire issue devoted to him. We settled on something in auroral oval grap between, which we hope will convey the story of an extraordinary man whose contribu- Karin Mack tions touched engineering and academic communities throughout the world. We have director, alumni relations also tried to capture the spirit of warmth and humanity that has encircled the College Dawn Kramer these last few months: the memorial events, the presence and words of Rich’s family and assistant director, alumni relations friends, the outpouring of heartfelt messages and letters of condolence, for which I thank you all sincerely on behalf of everyone in the College. send comments and letters to: 2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An internal search is under way for a full-term dean with the goal of making an appointment [email protected] by July 1, 2007. In the meantime, I will serve as acting dean. Paul Gray, who preceded Rich submit your class note at: as engineering dean and recently returned to our faculty after serving the campus as exec- www.coe.berkeley.edu/classnotes 3 NEWS FROM THE NORTHSIDE utive vice chancellor and provost, has agreed to act as special assistant for space planning send change of address to: Berkeley to lead $500 million push for new biofuels research and development. I am delighted to welcome Paul back to the Dean’s Office and grateful [email protected] Teaching engineers to do the right thing for his expertise and support during this difficult transition. submit engineering gifts online at: THEMIS project will shed new light on auroras www.coe.berkeley.edu/giving Mind the gender gap in science and engineering, study group says Rich always said that we should leave the world a better place than we found it. He could or mail to: New metal shear wall design safer in earthquakes not have left a better example than the work he did at Berkeley and the truly vibrant Berkeley Engineering Fund Student housing goes green with environmentally friendly apartment College he has left behind. Our department chairs and faculty are dedicated to continuing 208 McLaughlin Hall #1722 Berkeley, CA 94720-1722 his tradition of research, teaching and service on behalf of California, the nation and the Phone: 510.642.2487 world. Every day, our gifted young students provide us an immediate source of comfort, © 2007 Regents of the University 11 INNOVATIONS a reminder of our mission of educating engineers for leadership positions throughout the of California Cutting-edge research from Berkeley Engineering world, and a vision of the better and brighter future that lies ahead. Not printed at state expense. Please send us your thoughts at [email protected]. 25 ALUMNI UPDATE On the cover Class notes — FIONA M. DOYLE Read the story on page 12. Eric Allman: The man who made e-mail go Acting Dean, College of Engineering A. Richard Newton, EECS professor and dean of Berkeley’s College of Mark Meltzer: Freefalling engineering alum Donald H. McLaughlin Professor of Mineral Engineering Engineering, died suddenly in January. Six Berkeley Engineering alumni named to NAE Known best as a pioneering techno- Christina Galitsky: When saving energy means safer lives logist, Newton was also a brilliant In memoriam entrepreneur, a tireless educator and a loving husband and father. Included are photos from his professional and personal life and tributes from those whose lives he touched.

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The biofuels conundrum In order to both conserve energy and student under Professor Gerwick. He was a reduce carbon dioxide emissions, one should man of many talents and a rare professional News from the Northside look more directly to available technologies among engineers. He could relate to both the that, although they may not have the “news broad scope and the details and was very good What’s New at Berkeley Engineering appeal” of switchgrass (an apparent favorite at leading people. He made many contribu- tions to society, his students, the profession of of President Bush’s), may reduce energy con- engineering and UC Berkeley. His contribu- sumption and thereby reduce carbon dioxide tions will be remembered for a long time. emissions. One such commercially available —MERLIN KIRSCHENMAN technology is Pneu-Logic, which optimizes Professor Emeritus, NDSU Moorhead, Minnesota the operation of air compressors. Considering (M.S.’76 Civil Engineering) that 70 to 80 percent of industry worldwide employs air compressors, energy savings ranging from 15 to 60 percent could have a (Editor’s Note: We received dozens of notes considerable impact on both reducing energy and letters in response to the death of A. demand and reducing carbon dioxide emis- Unfortunately, Professor Patzek is quite cor- Richard Newton, dean of the College of sions, and without the need for subsidies. rect regarding the use of ethanol as a means Engineering, on January 2, 2007. See pages of reducing environmental damage. (See Fall —FRANKLIN J. AGARDY 14–16 for excerpts.) President, Forensic Management Associates 2006 Forefront, “Can biofuels help break our Hillsborough (M.S.’58, Ph.D.’63 Civil Engineering) addiction to oil?”) A mass balance addressing ethanol production demonstrates the fallacy Write to us at [email protected] or of assuming that there is some “energy saving send your letters to Forefront letters, 1925

potential” resulting from ethanol use. There In memory of Ben Gerwick Walnut St., #1704, University of California, photo mcconnell steve is also a significant economic disadvantage to I was saddened to learn of the death of Professor Berkeley, CA 94720-1704. Please include your Dignitaries announcing Berkeley’s new Energy Biosciences Institute included (from left) California Senate Minority Leader Dick ethanol (except for the major producer, Archer Emeritus Ben C. Gerwick Jr. in the January name. Note that we cannot include all letters Ackerman, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, BP America Chairman Robert Malone, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, California Daniels Midland) when one factors in all of issue of ASCE News. (See brief obituary, page received, and those published may be edited for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, UC President Robert Dynes, UIUC Vice Chancellor for the subsidies involved. 32.) I had the opportunity to be a graduate length and clarity. Research Charles Zukoski, LBNL Director Steven Chu and BP Chief Scientist Steven Koonin. Berkeley to lead $500 million push for new biofuels research

UC Berkeley has been selected to lead the new talent” at UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley be broken down into their sugar building Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), the largest National Laboratory (LBNL) and the University blocks—and methods for fermenting them public-private partnership at any U.S. univer- of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), into ethanol. Work is expected to begin this sity, to explore the next generation of clean which was invited to join because of its agri- summer in temporary quarters in Calvin Lab Online Short Courses for the Engineering Professional transportation fuels produced through bio- cultural expertise. Last October, BP invited and Hildebrand Hall. A new permanent head- technology. Funded by $500 million over 10 five institutions to submit proposals for a quarters is planned, for which California Gov. Concentrated learning + online access = the next step in your career years from global energy giant BP, the effort research institute that could employ the tools Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legisla- was announced February 1 and heralded as of biotechnology in a search for cleaner fuels, ture have already pledged $70 million. an “unprecedented” collaboration that will initially focused on fuels for road transport. At a faculty forum in March, Berkeley Enroll in comprehensive, web-based short courses by renowned faculty in the UC Berkeley College of support “radical research” in alternative fuels, Berkeley’s funding proposal—spearheaded Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said the over- Engineering’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, featuring: potentially reducing the environmental by the California Institute for Quantitative whelming campus response to the EBI has impact of energy consumption worldwide. Biomedical Research—trumped proposals been positive. Shankar Sastry, EECS professor • Indexed lectures with synchronized lecture notes Controversy arose in the weeks following from UC San Diego, MIT, Cambridge and director of the Center for Information • Problem sets with solutions the announcement, as some faculty and stu- University and Imperial College London to Technology Research in the Interest of Society, • Technical Q&A via e-mail with course facilitator dents voiced concerns about the scope of the get the grant. said the agreement was in the fine tradition of partnership and its potential for industry The College of Engineering will have a role Berkeley industrial collaborations that have • Certificate of completion awarded influence on Berkeley’s academic autonomy in the work, as will the departments of plant had significant real-world impact. “That’s and integrity. In response, the Academic and microbial biology, molecular and cell what we’re good at here at Berkeley,” Sastry Several courses to choose from with modules in topic areas that include: Senate held two special faculty meetings on biology, chemistry, chemical engineering said. “There are few other places that have this the subject. Most recently, four Academic and Berkeley’s research programs in genetic magic sauce to be able to put such coalitions • Advanced digital circuits • Design for low power Senate committee chairs were invited by Beth engineering, synthetic biology and plant together.”

• Analog circuits and A/D conversion • Timing and sequential circuits Burnside, vice chancellor for research, to par- engineering. The “team-science” approach Go to www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/ spring 2007 • Computer architecture • Mixers ticipate in negotiations with BP to develop will facilitate “bold approaches that are well 2007/04/12_ebi.shtml for more on the EBI. F draft contract language. A signed agreement beyond the reach of a single investigator or uc berkeley media relations staff is expected by mid-summer 2007. discipline,” said Steven Chu, LBNL director. contributed to this report. To accelerate your career today, go to https://globe.berkeley.edu/disted.htm or call The EBI will harness what BP called “some Initial research efforts will focus on devel-

510-642-5776 for more information. Customized corporate packages also available. forefront of the world’s best science and engineering oping “cellulosic” feedstocks—plants that can berkeley engineering berkeley 3 2 4 berkeley engineering their father. oflifewith ing thatsingingwasvery muchapart Journey” attheJanuary6memorial,demonstrat- Amrita, 11,sangthe1944song“Sentimental Richard Newton’s daughtersNeris,13(left),and CITRIS benefactorsCITRIS namedforLandmarks capacity to buildnovelcapacity micro- andnanotech- advance which will theprogram’s laboratory, CITRISnanofabrication The Semiconductor. Marvell and Daiare alsocofounders of Sutardja The brothers Berkeley Engineering. of allgraduates Pantas Sutardja and Ting Chuk, SehatSutardja and Weili Daiand of support the acknowledging named Sutardja-Dai Hall, Venture CapitalinPalo Alto. Tallwood of partner Dado ismanaging and three Berkeley graduates, the parents of TheBanataosare theBanataoname. carries also (GLOBE), from Berkeley Engineering andOutreach GlobalLearning exchange, focusingoninternational new program TheCollege’s generous support. Banataos’ the @ CITRISBerkeley inrecognition of named theDadoandMaria BanataoInstitute announced lastDecember. itwas building, its Berkeley headquarters inlaunching and theprogram instrumental key benefactors whohave been the namesof carry will Society, Research intheInterest of theCenter forInformation Technology CITRIS, in thenews The CITRIS headquarters building will be buildingwill The CITRISheadquarters atBerkeley hasbeen The CITRISprogram

peg skorpinski photo hoisted andswungintoplace. brass plaquebearingthesignature ofthelatedean,A.Richard Newton,wasaffixed before thebeamwas evergreen inattendancesignedthebeam,anda tree, inthiscaseacitrustree,VIPs forgoodluck.CITRIS which celebrates placementofabuilding’s higheststructural element, istraditionally accompanied by an now underconstructionandslatedforcompletionby January2009. headquarters, The “topping-out”ritual, At aMarch 2“topping-out”ceremony, thehighestbeamwasprepared forSutardja-Dai Hall,the newCITRIS Tributes reveal many sidesofRichardNewton be viewed at be viewed filled Zellerbach Auditorium’s firstfloor Bothevents publicized to includetheentirewas widely campusandBay Area community. 11, heldFebruary second The event, Bette Newton. Melbourne to care fortheirailingmother, quicklyto andreturn to participate Jennifer Hayes, to allow andNewton’s Robert sister, I’m aBerkeley lifer!” “Robert, which Rich replied, to recent abouthisown totold persuadehisbrother astory efforts to return to Australia, Newton andRobert read alove to letter him; shehadwritten Petra Michel, hiswife, sang; 11, and Amrita, 13, Neris, His daughters, fromintimate eulogies hisfamilyandclosestfriends. calm—were introspection andspiritual alsorevealed in lullabiesandthemanof singer of syntheticbiology. recently field of theemerging most hebelieved in, asanunabashedchampion foreverything campus-wide was known Newton colleagues. fromcommon through tributes campusandengineering themesrunning Thesewere the thequintessential optimistwhobelieved thatnothingwasimpossible: teacher, engineering. chair anddeanof department professor, years here asstudent, Australia whocameto inhis31 Berkeley asadoctoral studentin1975andleftalastingmark native thecharismatic of of Richard Newton detailedportrait andrichly painted awarm of colleagues andfamilymembers friends, In two campusevents hisdeath inJanuary, following elri oo fRcadNwo,Jean and Richard Newton, Keller in honor of Kenneth Paul andJudy Gray, Jeffrey Chan, Helen and Bechtel Jr., ing includeStephen D. recognized build- intheCITRIS headquarters Laboratory.fabrication benamed theMarvell Nano- will nologies, See ourcover onRich Newton onpage12. story beginning semester butwasscheduled thespring preceded of thestart 6, heldJanuary The firstevent, the theaccomplished vegetarian cook, Newton’s lesser-known qualities—theprankster, thegenerous theintense thinker goingamillionmilesminute, technologist, The brilliant Other leadership benefactors who will be Other leadershipbenefactors whowill www.coe.berkeley.edu/multimedia/index.html. hc et bu ,0.Vdo fbothevents can Videos of which seatsabout1,000. , and Eugene andJoan Wong. Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Taiwan QUALCOMM Incorporated, Neerhout, Barbara Valentine of inmemory A. andCheryl John Neerhout Jr. Hodges, David David andJoanne Lee inhonorof James andKatherine Lau, Floyd Kvamme, E. F F

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6 berkeley engineering has beenimpossible toresolve because ofthesheersize ofthemagnetosphere. disruption, whichoccurs approximately orby magneticreconnection, 60,000kilometersfrom whichoccursatabout120,000 Earth, NASA’s satellitesinthemagnetosphere. Their datawillindicate whetherthesubstormsgenerated by graphic so shows the THEMIS Paul Turin (B.S.’80 ME). Ph.D.’95Michael Sholl(M.S.’92, ME)and Jeremy McCauley (B.S.’96(M.S.’99 ME), ME), working ontheproject are Duck Robert alums Berkeley Other Vassilis Angelopoulos. Berkeley physicist under thedirection of Austrian andCanadianSpace Agencies French, NASA andtheGerman, a jointproject of workingmechanical onTHEMIS, engineers five Berkeley Dalton isoneof disciplines.” theway inallmechanical engineering of “It step haschallenged usevery (B.S.’03 ME). says SSLaerospace Greg engineer Dalton feat,” the auroras begin. where the dataneededto solve themystery of andrelay gather thetools thatwill telescopes, electrostatic analyzers andsolid-state meters, magneto- fieldinstruments, electric lites with have beenresponsible foroutfittingthesatel- alumni, including several Berkeley Engineering Berkeley’s (SSL), Space Sciences Laboratory at As many as65staff rocket. aboard asingle scientific satellites ever launched by NASA thelargestnumber marks of in themaking, 10years intheplanningandfouryears ise”), ern lights. and southern from theEarth’svisible surface as responsible shows forthe spectacularlight thephenomena substorms, geomagnetic to determine preciselyjourney triggers what andbeingreadied foratwo-yeartheir orbits 17 from CapeCanaveral are now coasting in Five satellites launched into space February auroras shed new lighton project will THEMIS in thenews “This project hasbeenareal-life“This engineering The THEMISmission(rhymes with “prem- Sun the north- Earth they appearfromCanadaandAlaska. will take photosofsubstormeventsas Twenty ground-basedobservatories “I’ve lights,”Dalton says,“butsomedayIhopewill.” never seenthe northern neers have over ever seenthephenomenonthathasoccupiedsomuchoftheireffort thepastthree years. probes priortotheFebruary 17launchfrom Cape Canaveral. Few,one ofthe THEMIS ifany, oftheseengi- performedpreflightBerkeley SpaceSciencesLabaerospace testingon engineerGreg Dalton(B.S.’03ME) known in the north astheaurora borealis inthenorth known the scintillatingbands upwith skyto light night causethe they hit Earth’s upperatmosphere, When theseelectrons over thepolarregions. charged particles electrically flinging loaded, which canbecome over- or magnetosphere, Earth’s interacts with energy field, magnetic This space around andflowing theEarth. expanding through 400 kilometers persecond, thesunatspeedsof electrons thatblows off ionsand aninvisible stream of by solarwind, Scientists know thattheauroras are caused (100 kmaltitude) Substorm onset GRAPHIC COURTESY OFNASA GRAPHIC occurs 60,000kmfromEarth. 1: Theory wave Current disruption record data in the Earth’s magnetosphereduringsubstorms. record dataintheEarth’s The fiveTHEMISsatellites,attheirassigned locations,will hc iltk bu 5mlinpoo,one 45millionphotos, about which take will inCanada and based observatories Alaska, thatfromthis in-space 20ground- datawith themissionandcoordinate over of theperiod onanestimatedinformation 30substorms collect systems will instrument satellites’ The North inwinter’sAmerica darkness. putting istippedback, lineandEarth Earth positionsalong thesun– to theirassigned are they directed when science datathiswinter, and inthesouthasaurora australis. The THEMIS probes will collectThe THEMISprobes theirprime will occurs 120,000kmfromEarth. 2: Theory kilometers.Untilnow, themystery lar windare triggered by current Magnetic reconnection

nasa/jack pfaller photo precisely triggers thephenomenon. vide theanswer totheresearchers' questionofwhat surface. Onewinter ofcoordinated datashouldpro- graphic dataofthesamesubstormfrom theEarth’s tories inAlaskaandCanadawillberecording photo- Earth’s magnetosphere, theground-based observa- satellites are collectingphysicaldatafrom the Alaska. Duringagiven substorm,whilethe THEMIS the aurora borealis inthenightskyover Fairbanks, The brightgreen streaks oflightare characteristic of o oedtis goto For more details, Jevan Furmansky and William Tyler.Tien Tan, ME professor Hari Dharan’s students graduate and includingJonghak Kim; students, graduate his David Auslander of andseveral emeritus MEprofessor include lecturer Pankow; David radiation. particle of effects lites andhumans inspace from theadverse could helpprotect future commercial satel- andprovide that information solar wind, how Earth’s atmosphere shields us from the clarify andcommunications systems, grids how power terrestrial substorms interrupt tosphere (seegraphic). themagne- missions dueto thehuge size of sible to resolve single-satellite previous with Thecontroversy hasbeenimpos- a substorm. explains thephysical occurrence thattriggers two theories 30-year debate over which of Her namesake enda project will justice. order and theGreek goddessof name of isalsothe Substorms, Interactions during Events andMacroscale Time of History title, storm hitsthespacecraft.” beexactly whenthe thingwill important most The have. and how they much energy theirflux direction they’re coming from, detect what the electrostatic analyzer will andmeasure howparticles fastthey’re going; solid-state telescopes “The count the sphere. monitor substorm events inthemagneto- explaining how thesatellites will (B.A.’79 CS), says THEMISproject managerPeter Harvey sky.in thenight events as they appear of seconds, three every Other Berkeley Engineering participants Other Berkeley Engineering alsoexplain Scientists hopeTHEMISwill anacronym fortheofficialmission THEMIS, particles,” stream aflowing “Imagine of www.nasa.gov/themis. F in thenews

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photo courtesy of sheila humphreys copresident ofBerkeley’s Women inComputerScienceandEngineering.“Itboostsyour confidence.” “It’s really helpfultobearound somanysuccessfulwomen,”saysJulietHolwill(third from right,backrow), women theconfidenceandskillsneededtocompeteinmale-dominatedacademicscienceengineering. professorComputing, thetypeofnetworkingevent AliceAgogino(front center, ME inred) saysgives Eighteen BerkeleyEngineeringwomenattendedlastfall’s Grace Murray HopperCelebration of Women in and Barriers.” lastfallinthereport findings “Beyond Bias which publishedits was alsoonthepanel, Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau Robert fields. these ischasing themoutof engineering against women intheacademicsciences and that foundpervasive discrimination Sciences study panel a National Academy of 18membersof Agogino wasoneof practice.” “It affectshow we doourresearch and says. male. American 170-pound sively ontheaverage 5'10", were inwhich airbags tested exclu- research, because women were notinvolved inearly is says Berkeley MEprofessor Alice Agogino, This, casesby someestimates. 40 percent of in women andchildren, primarily in others, actuallycausedinjury butthey collisions; of front-seat occupants in10percentfor “average” death decreased of therisk vehicles until1998, installedinmotor airbags, First-generation Mind thegendergap, study group says in thenews Dsrmnto sbdsine”Agogino isbadscience,” “Discrimination at butcumulative micro-discrimination, past, the “It’s of notthegross discrimination says. don’tand they Agogino know they’re doingit,” and develop coping strategies. underrepresented groups findpeersupport to help professional societiesare “critical” and mentoring groups, says support two, motherof a Agogino, searches are unbiased. instituting oversight to ensure thatacademic forworking parentsproviding and support ing timetablesforcareer advances like tenure, extend- sively personnelprocedures, altering require will aggres- says, the report demia, women inaca- Maximizing thepotential of on theirrecruiting andretention policies. and urgesuniversities to score themselves citesreport research from multiple sources The and promotion policiesthatfavor men. to achilly atmosphere andinherent hiring due said, thereport science andengineering, “Both menandwomen equally, discriminate Women are poorlyrepresented inacademic 224 86578 18 men intheseacademicfields. honors andfewer leadershippositionsthan fewer slower promotions, receive lower pay, ferences thatwomen butdoesreport generally study discounts any dif- biological significant Sciences TheNational Academy of science. nation forwhy women don’t pursuemathand be conducted expla- onapossiblebiological suggestingthat research should Harvard, of thenpresident in 2005by Lawrence Summers, is lessthan10percent. forexample, ment (mechanical engineering), inherdepart- women studentsandfaculty Thepercentage of womenhiring faculty. disciplines inrecruiting women studentsand hasmadelessprogressgenerally thanother engineering Agogino says, are improving, inparticular andbioengineering engineering environmental While of thespecialties today. from 15in2000to 27 faculty, engineering women onthe nearly doubledthenumber of strong advocate forwomen and engineers collaborative projects. by peersandpassedoverundervalued for feelconstantlysaying thatthey scrutinized, satisfied thantheirjuniorcounterparts, academic women are thatthey less report Senior andlifesciences. behavioral social, barely reaches except doubledigits inthe women are professors who full percentage of where the even lower inresearch universities, Representation is workforce inthosefields. theU.S. women constitute of justonequarter Ph.D.s, science andengineering cent of thebachelor’s degrees and38per- half earn women happentimeafter asthey time.” to subtlebehaviors bother thatbegin very 11741.html#toc Go to The study wasmotivated by remarks made The late DeanRichard Newton wasa While they Among thereport’s findings: 4 By thenumbers 9 695 27 15 11539846 9 882 7 130 http://newton.nap.edu/catalog/ in in of Engineering Women facultyintheCollege 0 015 7 2007 2000 81 1 0272 2 5 to seethereport. 26578 46032 4 5876912 9 4 882 9658 0 015603 0 5 127 58 10028 6 64 F 4 695 8 382 7 7 618 12 1 7 1 0 2

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e r y 11 forefront spring 2007 peg skorpinski photo 12 berkeley engineering Dean A.Richard Newton T developing nations. thoseof particularly society’s mostdifficultchallenges, couldthe role play engineering intacklingsome of drew attentionmagnetism widespread to hisideasfor Newton’s personaleloquence and industry, technology inthe circuit and avisionary and integrated design automation Apioneerinelectronic design He was55. pancreatic cancer inJanuary. diedof Engineering, of theCollege professor anddeanof Richard Newton, A. Teacher, Leader,Innovator, Friend he College lost one of its luminaries when itsluminaries he College lostoneof to meet society’s mostpressing needs. technologies by developing of thenext generation public service research and education, for universities to theirmissions of fulfill campus center new collaborative asarevolutionary framework Newton envisioned thefour- established in2001, (CITRIS), Society Information Technology Research intheInterest of amongothers. Simplex SolutionsandCrossbow, Cadence), Systems PIE Design of (now part Synopsys, Systems), companies includingSDAnology Systems (now Cadence Design tech- design helpingto foundanumber of needs, industry with technicalHe insights possessedanunmatched to marry ability more thantwo dozen newcompanies. early-stage development of Newton contributed to and theevaluation tech, focused onhigh two leadingSilicon ValleyVenture venture capitalfirms Capital, Known theMayfield forhiswork with Fund andTallwood design. future chip to addressthe semiconductor thechallenges of industry government and collaborative theU.S. research with partnership MARCO/DARPA a Silicon Gigascale Research Center (GSRC), in2000. Engineering Professor of Carlson theCollege andtheRoy W. He wasnameddeanof 1999. in theEECSdepartment andchair of fullprofessor in1985, 1982, fromrising assistantprofessor in1978to associate professor in He quicklyscaledtheacademicladder, faculty. to theengineering and computer sciences in1978andlater thatyear wasappointed immediate dean. predecessor asengineering andNewton’sBerkeley executive chancellor vice andprovost, former EECSprofessor, saidPaul Gray, for thesesimulation tools,” the project whenhecameto Berkeley in1975. Circuit Emphasis)andwent onto become amajorforce behind SPICE (Simulation Integrated Program with an earlyversion of Pederson collaborated he with on While stillastudentin Australia, Newton’sstarted lifelonginterest automation. inelectronic design Berkeley’s jump- EECSdepartment Professor DonaldPederson of meetingintheearly1970swith Afortuitous 1973 and1975. Melbourne in lor’s andmaster’s degrees from theUniversity of He hisbache- earned where to helearned repair TVsandradios. by wasignited longhourstinkeringneering inthefamilygarage, problems.” new ways andheconnected themto addressing society’s toughest inentirely andtechnology engineering understood thepower of Chancellor Birgeneau Robert The driving forceThe driving behind theUCBerkeley–led Center for the Newton asfoundingdirector served of From 1998to 2002, Newton engineering hisdoctorate earned atBerkeley inelectrical itweren’t wouldn’t semiconductor industry “The exist today if Newton’s interest inengi- Australia, As ateenager inMelbourne, said incomparable vision,” “Rich Newton wasamanof “Dynamic andentrepreneurial,Newtonunderstoodthepowerof engineering andtechnologyinentirelynewways.” Dnmcadeternuil he andentrepreneurial, “Dynamic . student in1975. came toBerkeleyasadoctoral College ofEngineeringwhenhe began his31-year career withthe A native ofAustralia, Newton ul novdi aetn agtr ei,1,adArt,11. and Amrita, 13, involvedfully inparenting Neris, daughters to be bothprofessional andpersonal, he madehuge sacrifices, in many ways.” that there stretch are outthere engineers whocantruly your mind He showed me Thischanged after ImetRichard. my mind. stretch whowere ableto andthelike, artists writers, thosehourswith spent “I shesays. at work butavoided my themduring private time,” neers engi- “Idealtwith had invited Newton to bethekeynote speaker. where she Germany thetwo when metataconference inJapan, wasanexecutive atSiemens in Petra Michel, His wife, father. and Electronics Engineers. Electrical theInstitute of Computing andafellow Machinery of the Association for He wasanactive memberof andSciences. Arts andin2006to the Engineering American Academy of Academy of hewasnamedto theNational In 2004, automation industry. and entrepreneurial to contributions theelectronic design recognition forresearch thehighest 2003 PhilKaufman award, high-tech careers. academia andgovernment recruit andretain women leadersin Borg Institute for Women which helpsindustry, andTechnology, Trustees forthe Anita He ontheBoard served of College faculty. women onthe doublingthenumber nearly of in engineering, launched lastyear. ResearchEngineering Center (SynBERC), Center forSynthetic andtheNSF-funded Biology Synthetic Biology fortheBerkeley research support synthetic biology by garnering He assumedamajorrole inmakingBerkeley ahub forpioneering to thelifesciences. principles engineering applying as ameansof For more goto and Michel says, It washewhoconvinced herto have children, Newton hisrole cherished ashusband and In hispersonallife, Among thenumerous awards hereceived wastheprestigious Newton promoted vigorously women Throughout hisdeanship, Newton saw field theemerging syntheticbiology, A champion of www.coe.berkeley.edu/newsroom/newton. 13 forefront spring 2007 14 berkeley engineering to thecustomchip inyour mobilephone. the last25years, from theprocessor inyour PC nearly every integrated circuit developed during derivatives hasbeenwielded in thedesignof open-source software, oroneofitsmyriad SPICE simulation program SPICE. The prototype of Newton wasamajorforce behindthe computer Integrated (SPICE) CircuitEmphasis 1972: The “Newton Effect” and His enthusiasms wereRichard many, Newton’s deathisablow. continuehis impactwill to befeltformany to generations come. but begreatly missed, He will changed my lifetheway Rich did. Very fewpeople healways madestudentshispriority. engineering, themostdemandingjobsasdeanof Despite having oneof friend. hewasalso agreat mentor and Rich wasmore thanjustanadvisor; are postedontheCollege They websiteat ing memories. theCollege expressing from shockandsadness allovertheworld letters hasreceived Newton’sSince Dean deathinJanuary, Richard Newton, wonderful ambassadorforBerkeley. He wasa that thediscussionswere well grounded andpurposeful. Technology Forum andSociety inKyoto helpedensure Science, events such asthe World Economic Forum inDavos andthe His presence atinternational onthedeveloping world. nologies andcommunication information tech- the potential of impact and ourdiscussionsaboutsyntheticbiology especially him, with pling of the letters, some of which have been edited for length and clarity toincludeasmany aspossible. andclarity have which editedforlength been of some theletters, pling of Nature a legacyofcontributions in ourownwords Simulation with Program spgswr niee eas fthecontacts Ihad ’s pageswere enlivened becauseof —OMAR BAKR, — PHILIP CAMPBELL, CBree,EC hD student EECSPh.D. UC Berkeley, Editor-in-Chief, Silicon ResearchCenter(GSRC) have yet toimagine. airplanes, cellphones andfuture deviceswe ductors toincrease chipcapacityforuseincars, ing thefuture ofdesignautomationforsemicon- industry andgovernment. The GSRCispioneer- fundedbyresearch universities, consortium Cofounded by Newton,GSRCisa19-campus 1998: www.coe.berkeley.edu/newsroom/newton/memories.html. MARCO/DARPA Gigascale Nature itrngt o l i il,adta ekn,Iwsoeo hisgirls. Iwasoneof andthatweekend, forallhisgirls, nights winter Petrathe morning told methatRichard thecold didthisduring In Ifoundahotwater bottleinmy bed. house foralongweekend, Once whenIwasstaying attheir caringly. watched hiswife ingly, lov- He hisgirls taught kindness. but hehadanincredible senseof Not alargevision, onlywasheamanwith nature affected everybody. andeasygoing charm His warmth, Richard wasaneasymanto like. andcreative caring thisvery tions with individual. deeplymissmy Iwill interac- and working together to achieve it. knew thatallgreat endeavors peoplehaving avision with begin He instinctively those studentsmake adifference intheworld. qualifiedstudentsandhelping forall opportunities engineering He wasapassionate believer inproviding Students. Engineering involvement theCollege’s with Center forUnderrepresented my I cameto know Richard over thelastthree of years aspart bart nagel photo Advanced Systems, Boeing, Integrated Defense Systems Systems Integrated Defense Boeing, Advanced Systems, preparedness. in energy, healthcare, education anddisaster collaborate ontheworld’s mosturgent problems to engineers, socialscientistsandpolicy experts asahubfor campuses. HeenvisionedCITRIS in theInterest ofSociety, whichinvolves fourUC based CenterforInformation Technology Research Newton wasatireless championfortheBerkeley- 2001: — SABRINA FOX, CITRIS — LUIS FIGUEROA, writer andfamilyfriend writer Here isasam- Director, shar-

aaron walburg photo ihr:Berkeley grooms communicators leaders. andengineering Richard: Ourrole asBerkeley spokespeople becameclearthrough you did. And He inspired you to pursueideas. taken through awhirlwind. you feltlike you hadbeen Richard Newton hisaudience; enthralled We have lostaquintessential leaderandagoodhuman being. come. profession societalchanges to andtheseedsforsignificant vibrant a community, He leftavibrant entrepreneur andadministrator. Richard Newton definedwhatitmeantto beasuccessful academic, May beablessing. hismemory howimagine much funRich andIwould have hadinperson! Icanonly cancomeinsight through sopowerfully character and inane-mail, someone’s depthof If engineering. hisschool of of He wassoproud the passionandintelligence—that drew mein. theenergy, his—the provocative challenges to conventional wisdom, But there wassomethingabout overtures becauseIgettoo many. don’t I respond to such Normally, reached e-mail. outto mevia buthe We never met, Rich Newton friend. wasmy firstvirtual Billions (ICT4B) Communication Technologyfor and Systems toprovide informationtechnology Health andtheSchool ofInformationManagement Haas SchoolofBusiness, theSchoolofPublic faculty andstudentsfrom BerkeleyEngineering, is aninterdisciplinary project thatbringstogether Conceived by Newtonandhiscolleagues,ICT4B 2004: — RAJESH GUPTA, Information and from left: ICT4B classmeeting. inconversation withMicrosoft’sa 2006dinnerparty; Ph.D.studen atZellerbach auditorium,October2004;withEECS BillGates November atCommencement,May2005;preparing mushroom r 2006;withalumnus andGoogleCEOEricSchmidt(M.S.’79Ph.D.’82EECS) — HMSL FRIEDMAN, THOMAS L. Newton witheldestdaughterNeris(left)andwifePetra MichelattheCollege’s DistinguishedEngineeringAlumniAwards banquet photo courtesy gib myers M.S.’86 EECS; Professor of Computer Science Computer Science M.S.’86 EECS;Professor of and Engineering, UC San Diego UCSanDiego and Engineering, and author, Columnist, village level andbeyond. Uganda andsparkeconomicchange atthe used tohelppeople everywhere from Chinato works toalternative energy systems,couldbe how informationtechnology, from wireless net- ships forstudentstotravel abroad toexplore inspired research projects, to peopleindeveloping The World Is Flat New YorkTimes , nations. Newton’s idea classes andfellow- have him. known himandhislegacyIamhumbled andproud to feel proud of I propel Thishelped me. Icould feelit. me. Richard wasproud of will notbelost. will lifeandyour living many ideasthathave become reality Your way of andcourageous. sovisionary sohuman andsoreal, model to me, you have beenanincredible role Rich, people andorganizations. impactonsomanyRich wassomeonewhohadatransformational than Ihadrealized onmy own. my mindto aworld thatismuch biggerandbrighter opening of my innerpersonandthe to meisthestrengtheningbiggest gift of Richard’s Indeed, that success canbeachieved inmany different ways. Richard working with andunderstanding opening experience of My love dueto themind- forBerkeley isinlargepart Berkeley. I grew upinTexas inadifferent andmore conservative world than — DEIRDRE HANFORD, —

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PBDE levels inhumans seemto have exponen- beenrising Worse, discovered PBDEs hadmadetheirway into human breast milk. yet itwasn’t until1999thatscientistsfirst development problems, believe are thatthey not.” We were butnow they once inert thought blood andsewage. where. “PBDEsare and toxic contaminants fornearlytwo decades. hasfocusedherresearch who onbioremediation Alvarez-Cohen, says andenvironmental professor Berkeley civil Lisa engineering and could bejeopardizing ourhealth. are they contaminating theenvironment ontheother, variations; 209different PBDEsare alifesaving chemical family of one hand, Onthe fromcarpets catching fire andourlaptops from exploding. our have kept from up, burning ourtelevisions flame retardants, process themanufacturing plastics andfoamsduring to as serve could they make sick. usvery in thefuture, And Halloween decorations andthefoodswe eat. to ourtoddlers’ from householddustandcreek sludge chemicals are allaround us, But these ushave to never pronounce tried oreven heard of. of Polybrominated diphenyl ether(PBDE)—it’s amouthfulthatmost by david pescovitz Many PBDEsare toxic disruptors linked endocrine to and growth PBDEsare ourgeneration’s contaminants,” newlyemerging “Sadly, thechemical additives thatare blendedinto PBDEs, For 30years, hyaemr rls mirsn norsi,fo,air, food, areThey more orlessomnipresent inoursoil, | photos byjeffshaw Nature’s army ofmicroorganisms tappedfortoxiccleanup every- ak tgssain eoete ec ae upis Sometimes, tanks atgasstations before reach they water supplies. leakyunderground chemicalsmicrobes seepingoutof degrade indigenous when for example, bioremediation occurs naturally, microorganisms to cleanup environmental pollutants. of tion activity.” Ourjobis to to bendthemto optimize bioremedia- ourwill safer. which ismuch chlorinated solvents andbreathe salt, outchloride canbreathe bacteria incontaminants like more molecules, benign converting thetoxins into Capableof arebacteria ourfriends. In thatregard, eliminate thecompounds asenvironmental threats. “Sometimes we findpathways thatcanhelp shesays. compounds,” microorganisms. using nature’s antipollutantarmy, own ways chemicals andidentifying to nasty cleanthemup studying Alvarez-Cohen’s specializes in laboratory After all, their danger. awareness atleastraise about inthenearer term, tion processes or, could leadto effective bioremedia- andgenetics, ecology biology, chemistry, which bridges The team’s research, multidisciplinary to uncover makes what PBDEsticklike timebomb. abiological saving usfrom thisinvisible poison. hopes of to more scientistsscramble learn abouttheminthe passing day, water andbodiesfaster each andingreater quantitieswith soil, Alvarez-Cohen to isreferring interesting “Our jobisto out theenvironmental ferret fate of Alvarez-Cohen studentKristin Robrock andCEEgraduate hope in situ irmdain theuse bioremediation, In situ In 17 forefront spring 2007 18 berkeley engineering tee(C)adtihootee(C) commonly foundatdes- (TCE), (PCE)andtrichloroethene ethene In thecase them. biodegrade might gasoline additives themicroorganisms that andPBDEs—alongwith cleaning solvents andintense to degreasers usedinmanufacturing environmental contaminants—from dry chlorine-based of variety less necessary. may become thanksto this Berkeley research, and, lastresort very isoften bioaugmentation the cultured bacteria, $1,000 perliter of sometimesreaching cost, itshigh But with into thesubsurface. fedorinjected underpressure may nutrients begravity stew of cultured ina organisms For example, bioaugmentation. called technique a microbes boosted, orthesupplyof can beadded, Nutrients andsubstrates process thenatural needsanudge. though, nrcn er,Alvarez-Cohen andherstudentshave studieda In recent years, of chlorine pollutantsperchloro- chlorine of Dehalococcoides, theteam thegenomeof isstudying hazardousignated waste sites, and herteam study are as known That “emerging contaminants.” thecompounds that Alvarez-Cohen mostof are well established, more groundwater,” Alvarez-Cohen says. by costing lessandcleaningup environmentally andfinancially, California. County, through fieldstudiesatSealBeach Naval Weapons StationinOrange validated they theirlabresults researching chlorinated solvents, In tobacteria introduce forthemostefficientbioremediation. their science canhelpdetermine theideal For example, out. carried andhow iseven itshouldbe necessary bioaugmentation whether able to helpoptimize by bioremediation determining efforts producing thenontoxic byproducts etheneandchloride. for energy, atoms thechlorine oneby one, a chemical reaction thatremoves, microbe The setsoff shesays. safechemical, a breathes outethene,” “ hl h agr fchlorinated compounds inourgroundwater While thedangersof both “Improving saves thebioremediation strategies resources, theresearchers are thebacteria, With abetter understandingof Dehalococcoides Dehalococcoides bacteria thatcompletelybacteria detoxify thesolvents. actually breathesactually inchlorinated solvents and the environment. stand how bacteriamighttransform in PBDEs mixtures ofsamples,theycanbegintounder- samples, eitherpure speciesorwell-defined dation process involves. Bystudyingbacterial biodegrade,PBDEs and ifso,whatthedegra- student KristinRobrock hopetolearnwhether Lisa Alvarez-Cohen graduate (right)and CEE With U.S.levels ontherise,Professor ofPBDEs hs ihfv n ih rmns epciey f themarket. off respectively, five bromines, those with andeight manufacturers takingpenta-BDEs andocta-BDEs, led to U.S. thetoxicity concerns she andRobrock launched their PBDEproject, Ayear would after have “That beengoodnews.” adds Alvarez-Cohen. PBDEs,” microorganisms occurring thatbiodegrade find naturally leadsto itsdangerous levels. impactonhormone in ourblood, themajorthyroid hormone Thechemical’s to thyroxin, similarity fat. molecule ismore easilypicked upby ourbodiesandaccumulated in That’s becausethesmaller the toxicity. thehigher the compound, Thefewer bromines in the “congener,” theconfiguration of rings. bromines allaround with andoxygen between the a circular form, studied. had previously chemicals thegroup andothernasty some electronics products, hazardous compounds usedin chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), issimilarinsomeways to poly- Robrock explains, compounds, of Thegroup PBDEs were targetfortheBerkeley researchers. anatural atall. if even abouthow lesswasknown may they bebiodegraded, And abouthowknown PBDEsmake theirway through ourworld. littlewas very though, Surprisingly, fivedoubling every years. PBDEsinhumans are apparently thelevels of Worse, animals. tory lowered andotherhealthproblems immunity inlabora- problems, thyroid cancer, PBDEwith was available levels of linkinghigh Sometoxicology data Robrock diginto thescientificliterature. suggested she that Troubled by thereport, in human breast milk. reported onflameretardants story The now beingfound paper. that Alvarez-Cohen article stumbleduponinalocalnews- a brief evolved thecontaminant. to boostitsefficacyatdegrading cally could thebacterium potentially begeneti- Based onthatknowledge, iskeyspecific genethatcodes to enzyme foracertain theprocess. a alsoconfirmed thattheexpression they of thecompound, grade not onlyidentifiedthemicroorganisms thatmosteffectively biode- the Alvarez-Cohen group Next, wastewater. from of thechlorination revealed program ronmental thatNDMAisproduced engineering otherresearchers inBerkeley’s envi- First, wastewater treatment. disinfectionbyproduct a of ironically, a potent carcinogen thatis, contaminantOne emerging is to known forexample—not betoxic. previously and herbicides, somecontaminants—pharmaceuticals to reveal theprevalence of onlyrecently have technologies beensensitive analytical enough is, “We went into we could thisthinkingthatperhaps originally atoms linked by bondsin groups of two rings, PBDEs consist of With themany unanswered threat level, questions andthehigh by wasspurred specifically onPBDEs, Their mostrecent work, N -nitrosodimeth auesonatpluatam,microorganisms. nature’s ownantipollutant army, identifyingwaystocleanthemupusing chemicals, Alvarez-Cohen’s laboratory specializes innasty lmn ( ylamine NDMA), frequent contributorto ate withtheInstitute fortheFuture, andeditor-at-large of aegte a a,andI’m here to change that.” have gotten abadrap, “Bacteria Alvarez-Cohento helpremediate says. contaminants,” clean upthepotentially deadlymesseswe make. unwittingly to study these invisible hazards andhow helpus nature might SoRobrock and Alvarez-Cohen continue has already beendone. how thequestionarises much damage And even post-ban, ately. toswitch onethatdoesn’t happento looklike athyroid hormone.” We could are“There many chemicals thatcanactasflameretardants. “And Robrock adds. thereAlvarez-Cohen are alternatives,” says. there could beaprofound ecological effect,” bial reactions globally, not onlyto peoplebutto microbes aswell. thetwo recently discovered thatPBDEsare toxicWorse thanthat, “But sofarwe’re justfindingmore andmore toxic intermediates.” PBDEs alltheway Alvarez-Cohen to nontoxic says. endproducts,” take thecompounds pastthetoxic congeners forms. into benign process abioremediation process indetailmight emergethatwould Onlyby understandingthe pathways behindthedebromination. she’s sussingoutthebiochemical dimensional gaschromatograph, Using two- astate-of-the-art tion foraslongthree months. andmonitors thebacterium adds thereac- congener, a particular abottlecontaining with Shebegins how thecompounds degrade. accomplish isto make peoplerecognize thatthisisanissue.” “So thefirstthingwe hopeourresearch will Alvarez-Cohen says. into turn congeners thoselowerthe higher will oneseventually,” includingpenta-BDEs. toxictheir ugly cousins, theminto transforming even thedeca-BDEs, or debrominate, researchers discovered thatmicrobes slowly remove thebromines, The microorganisms. certain until they’re inthepresence of sheexplains, That’s true, Robrockbody says. can’t them,” absorb insulationsandotherelectronic components. wire enclosures, computer to sellandareenough usedinmany still TVcabinets, were deemedsafe includingthepopulardeca-BDEs, Other forms, David Pescovitz Imawy soihdb h aua aaiiiso organisms “I’m always astonished by capabilities of thenatural itwon’t happenimmedi- While thatwould beanidealsolution, thischemical micro- down isslowing “You could thatif imagine from “We were would hopingthat they gofrom soupto nuts, Robrock isconducting to experiments understand now, Right butwe have to beaware“We that canban thelower congeners, andyour wasthatthey’re thought “The sobigthatthey’re inert, ([email protected]) iscoeditorof Forefront . BoingBoing.net, MAKE: Magazine MAKE: a research affili- F . Heisa 19 forefront spring 2007 20 berkeley engineering Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering. BREAKTHROUGH CANCERTHERAPY Arnold andBarbara Silverman Professor BorisRubinsky, BioE’s Rubinskypioneerstechnique LEAPS TOCLINICALTRIALS for eliminatingtumorswithunprecedentedprecision used to blast tiny cells thatmake lethalholesin the malignant up thesame technique could be Rubinsky andDavalos wondered if gested usingIREasaway incontaminated to bacteria kill water. Oneresearch group sug- that cells leaked theircontents and died. thecell so membrane damaging irreversible (IRE), electroporation pulsewouldalready induce electrical knewthatastrong enough Researchers Ph.D.’02(M.S.’95 ME/BioE) hadadifferent notion. ME, cellsallowing to survive. treatment, following untiltheholescloseupnaturally permeability increases which temporarily cell membranes’ this reversible mode, more to permeable cancer-killing drugs. electroporation to make tumorcell insidethebody membranes Cancer researchers are alsoinvest DNA used to where insert itiswidely sequences into cells. nology, hence theterm electroporation. walls, the precisely modulated pulsescreate nanoscalepores inthecell Subsequent research suggested that making themmore permeable. cells, living of pulsecouldvoltage themembranes disrupt electrical scientistsdiscovered thatamillisecond-long high- the mid-1960s, In current to inorder cell membranes to openpores—isn’t new. surgeons around theworld. powerful newway to treat cancer may soonbeinthehandsof a all goeswell, If notion to promising investigational therapy. considered by quickleapfrom mostanextraordinarily theoretical time of inaperiod human trials development to thefirstphaseof hehastaken hisideathrough research and Since then, years ago. firstoccurred to himafew using microsecond pulses, electrical results have“The beeneven better thanexpected.” restlessa compactly energy. with builtmanwhoseeyes sparkle “We Rubinsky, said hopes,” high outwith started in cancer treatment. whatcould beagenuine revolution of andthebeginning odyssey aremarkable scientific onephaseof ments marked theendof Theweek’s experi- exhaustion inequalmeasure. andexhilaration their faces reflecting backto Hall, hislabinEtcheverry straggled colleagues andateam of andmechanical engineering, neering bioengi- Berkeley professor of Rubinsky, Boris this pastDecember, Late inthedayatendofalongweekexperiments Rubinsky student RafaelDavalos graduate andhisformer in hasbeenusedprimarily electroporation Since itsdiscovery, theconcept biotech- oninmodern caught thelastdecade, During calledelectr The technique itself, killingcancer Rubinsky’s boldideaof igating whatiscalled “reversible” oporation—applying electric oporation—applying cells inawhollynewway, by peter jaret | photos bybart nagel behind, they will multiply to anothertumor. form will they behind, cells are malignant left If thecells. to destroy 100percent of thegoalis With cancer, precision. degree of ahigh ably andwith It hadto beableto destroy allthecells ina tumorreli- however. explained. Rubinsky nomenon andthatitcould beused to killtumorcells,” “We knewthenthatirreversible existed electroporation asaphe- or leave cel malignant candamage They niques allhave thatlimittheireffectiveness. drawbacks serious But thesetech- seeds thatdestroy therunaway cells. malignant oncologists implanttiny radioactive In prostate cancer, them. destroys cancer cells by freezing Rubinsky hasexplored extensively, atechnique Cryoablation, heat. killwith forexample, sound, ultra- Radio-frequency ablationandhigh-intensity solid tumors. We decidedto putitto use.” intheirapplications. troporation “Most to avoid peopletried irreversible killingcells elec- with said. Rubinsky itforcancer,” “Nobody of hadthought tumors inthebody. successfully usedIRE studentLirongraduate Miller andphysician Jonathan Leor— Rubinsky andtwo scientistsatTel Avivexperiment, University— In afollow-up to thetemperaturestrong raise significantly. enough tostrong make enough porous fatally butnot theirmembranes electricity thatcellsdemonstrated could bedestroyed adoseof with France— Cedex, atInstitute Gustave-Roussy in Villejuif Mir, L.M. and thenatSandiaNational inLivermore, Laboratories Davalos, Rubinsky’s firstresearch team—which included ematical analyses, and would notbelikely to offerany advantages. different from ablationmethodslike frequency radio orultrasound thenIREwould beno thekillingmechanism wassimplyheat, If Theanswer wascrucial. toit simplyheated them. kill themenough orwhether cells by makingtheircell wallsirreversibly permeable, What waswhetherthepulsedestroyed nooneknewforcertain cells. ablation actuallyexist? Clearly irreversible electroporation didthephenomenonof basic question: hehadto settleasurprisingly could explore thepotential benefits, But before he Rubinsky. said advantages,” offerimportant might The procedure hadto domore thankilltheoddcancer cell, nooit led oss ait fwy oalt,ordestroy, ways to ablate, of Oncologists already possessavariety eut rmpeiiaysuiswr norgn.Using math- Results studieswere from preliminary encouraging. “From irreversible we thought electroporation thebeginning elh isesronigatmr for example, healthy tissue surrounding atumor, ls behind, allowing tumorstogrow allowing back. ls behind, in vitro to destroy human liver cancer cells. , a strong electrical pulsecould a strong kill electrical , 21 forefront spring 2007 22 berkeley engineering “WE THINKTHISTECHNOLOGYMAY BEEFFECTIVEFOR uisy “WeRubinsky. tissueina fraction canactually ablate themalignant noted cedure lastsonlyaslongittakes to position theneedles,” thepro- “With irreversible electroporation ablation, ishing speed. aston- with sothetreatment canbeperformed needed to killcells, pulses are electrical short onlyvery First, IRE. associated with we’ve only beenableto contain.” untilnow, cancer that, reason to thinkwe may beableto completely cure of someforms Thatmeansthere’s good including connective tissueandbileducts. itleaves intact, other structures pulse affectsonlycell membranes, the because “What’s more, advances inprostate cancer treatment. hasdeveloped who otherimportant saidOnik, tion methods,” something we haven’t otherabla- beenableto dowith them, aging dam- bloodvessels without cells around of intissueall themargin sometimes forced to leave cells behind. somemalignant surgeons are Unable destroying to bloodvessels, risk growth. fortheirrunaway nourishment needagreat dealof after all, cells, Malignant face isthattumorsoften grow next to bloodvessels. problem Onestubborn oncologists ence between lifeanddeath.” precision can meanthediffer- thatkindof In cancer treatment, next toare thehealthy healthy right harming cells. tissuewithout prostatein menwith cancer. thetechnique of thefirstclinicaltrials supervise will two decades, Rubinsky andhascollaborated with eastern Florida formore than research Hospital Health atFlorida program Celebration innorth- directs who theprostate cancer Onik, monitored cryosurgery. imaging- fieldof cancer ablationandapioneerintheemerging cell. a single team wasableto destroy theresolution thetargeted of tissuewith Rubinsky’s By positioningelectrode needlesstrategically, precision. pulsescould becontrolledthat theelectrical unprecedented with Rubinsky’s team discovered In fact, Not sohere. body. in aliving What works inthelaboften encounters unexpected complications cancerat thispointthatexperimental differently from existing ablationmethods. onethatwaslikely to very perform ablatingtumorcells, way of hadacompletely knewthey they new With thosefindings, tion. could thetargetcells reliably all usingirreversible kill electropora- they waves, theelectrical by adjustingtheamplitudeandlengthof LUNG ANDPANCREATIC CANCERS.” A WIDERANGEOFSOLIDTUMORS,INCLUDINGLIVER, The team’s otherkey alsodemonstrated advantages experiments we’ve beenableto destroy “Using irreversible electroporation, “It’s possibleto usethistechnique to destroy tumorcells that in anexpert Onik, “That’s saidphysician Gary extraordinary,” It is The timehadcome to putIREto thetest inanimalstudies. theresearchers confirmed that, experiments, In of thenext series therapies frequently afoul. therapies run nooit ilb bet s lrsudt ud R,atleastin to be ableto guide IRE, useultrasound oncologists will factthatitdoesmeans thatsurgical The amystery to us.” thing of isstillsome- “Why, saidOnik. thetreated tissues,” of reflectivity the difference between treated anduntreated tissue. clearlyreveals already usedinhospitals, widely imaging, ultrasound But OnikandRubinsky discovered that Onikpointed out. doing,” you can’t you’re seewhat can’t to remove surgery perform atumorif “Youtissue hasbeenablated whilehealthy tissueisleftuntouched. itor theirwork inreal timeinorder to make sure themalignant all the cells die.” Allwe were ableto theeffectover doisobserve timeas naked eye. the nanoscale—that noonehasever themwith actuallyobserved inthecell are perforations membranes sosmall—ona “The said. Rubinsky we were doinganything atall,” sometimes wondered if “In we theearliestexperiments compared untreated tissue. with treated tissuedoesn’t changed lookvisibly the cell sosubtle, wall andthenanoscaledamageto thepulseissoshort Because therapy. the effectoncells would be.” studentswereand hisgraduate ableto predict almostexactly what Boris Using mathematicalmodeling, wasonpaper. everything ning, At thebegin- absolutely. theresearch, “It’s of thequality hesitation. heanswered without and development proceeded such speed, with or Asked soquickly.” why theresearch us expected itto gosowell, has licensed thenewtechnology. which New York, basedinQueensbury, firm AngioDynamics, nology biotech- were wasresearch to begin scientist William Hamilton of otherexisting ablationtherapies. than with shorter significantly reducing recovery to afewweeks, nonexistent, collateral damageto othertissuecomponents is cell membrane, Since thepulsedamagesonly thetreatment. during stationary aflashbulb—thatbloodflow isessentially brief—like theflashof thepulseisso With IRE, thetreatment. ishing thekillingpower of dimin- temperature, around thetumordissipates theextremes of bloodflow heatingandcooling ablationtechniques, traditional With more outtoalso turns bemore effective thanothermethods. perform. to sometimestake hours radio-frequency ablationandcryoablation, such as currently Other usedablationmethods, asecond.” of “Something aboutirreversible changes electroporation the That could have spelled trouble fo One potential didthreaten drawback to complicate thenew “Idon’t thinkany of Hamilton“It’s said. beenanamazingride,” Joining before thegroup forthefinalexperiments human trials thenewtechnique Because theelectroporation pulseissoshort, ugos whoneedto mon- r surgeons, pictured here. whoisnow teachingat Virginiacoinventor ofIRE Tech University, isnot Hamilton ofAngioDynamics.Berkeley EngineeringalumRafael Davalos, Thiessen, electrical engineerPaulCurt Mikus,Onik,Rubinsky, and William student Yair Granot, post-docstudent AntoniIvorra, Berkeleylicensingofficer Rubinsky's team(immediatelyabove) includes(from left)Berkeleygraduate cryosurgery whohascollaborated withRubinsky formore thantwodecades. Onik (above, center),apioneerintheemerging fieldofimaging-monitored founded attheHebrew University ofJerusaleminIsrael. Rubinsky withGary ofHumanityandSociety,Center forBioengineeringintheService whichhe Rubinsky (above, right)currently divideshistimebetween BerkeleyandIsrael’s a fewmonths. sound. Aprototypedeviceisexpected tobereadywithin use, requiringfarlessexpensive equipmentthanultra- Electrical impedancetomography promisestobeeasier measure usingelectrodes.” team. “Inthisway, theyconductelectricity, whichwecan ate studentYair Granot,amemberofRubinsky’s Berkeley freely acrossthemembrane,”explainsbiophysicsgradu- cell membrane,ionsinsideoroutsidethecanmove been electroporated.“Whenyouopenupnanoporesina measures theincreasedconductivityoftissuesthathave electrical impedancetomography, thenewtechnique ultrasound imaging,nowmostcommonlyused.Knownas ration thatwouldbecheaperandmoreaccessiblethan oping anewimagingtechniqueforirreversibleelectropo- several membersofRubinsky’s Berkeleyteamaredevel- To makethenewtreatmentevenmorewidelyavailable, of theworldwherehospitalfacilitiesarelimited. Faster recoverytimealsomakesitfeasibleinthoseparts treatment canbecompletedinamatterofminutes. since therequiredequipmentisrelativelysimple,and Irreversible electroporationoffersjustsuchatechnology, of thecenter.” available toeveryonearoundtheworld.That’s thegoal attention paidtomakingtheselifesavingtechnologies trying tohelp,”saysRubinsky. “Thereisnotenough solving problemsthatwealmostforgetthepeoplewe’re Jerusalem inIsrael.“Bioengineeringissofocusedon Society, whichhefoundedattheHebrewUniversityof for BioengineeringintheServiceofHumanityand Biomedical EngineeringLaboratoryandIsrael’s Center tumors, currentlydivideshistimebetweenBerkeley’s technique ofirreversibleelectroporationtodestroy Professor BorisRubinsky, whopioneeredtheemerging Extending IRE’s GlobalReach 23 forefront spring 2007 24 berkeley engineering

photos courtesy of boris rubinsky in upstateNew York, for$25million. was recently acquired by AngioDynamics,Inc.,amedicaldevicemanufacturer ny Rubinsky foundedtomarkethissofttissueablationtechnology. Oncobionic commercial prototype produced by Oncobionic,Inc.,theSanFrancisco compa- men withprostate cancer. The four-probe electroporation system(below) isa thefirstclinicaltrialsofirreversibleFlorida, willsupervise electroporation in research program atFloridaHospitalCelebration Healthinnortheastern Onik(above),Cancer ablationspecialistGary whodirects theprostate cancer Peter Jaret narrowed bloodvessels. andprevent usedto widen clottingin implanted stents, surgically removing around thescartissuethatforms alsobecapableof day, one Irreversible electroporationmight, the sameresult inseconds. IREcould accomplish surgery. openheart an hourormore during atechnique thatcantake beats, cells heart responsible foraberrant to destroy clusters of cryosurgery with forexample, arrhythmias, Surgeons now treat dangerous heart that respond to ablation. there’s almostnothingwe candoforthesepatients.” moment, “At the hecontinued. lungandpancreatic cancers,” including liver, saidOnik. easy forsurgeonsto master itsuse,” “It shouldbevery likeablation therapies radio-frequency ablation. similarto electrodes isvery commonly inserting used technique of thepractical themethodfordestroying thecellsAlthough isnew, bequickl Onik expects thatIREwill Given itssubstantial advantages over othertherapies, function. including incontinence andsexual dys- techniques, other ablation also belesslikely to causetheunwanted thatbedevil sideeffects soitmay andpatientsafaster recovery time, according to Onik, control, The procedure promises surgeonsanunmatched degree of prostate with onindividuals cancer beganinFebruary.clinical trials anddestroyed down tracked by theimmune system.” any tumorcells leftinthebody would be after treatment, that, itwould mean itpansout, “But if Oniksaid. research to do,” lot of “We stillhavedestroy tumorcellsa leftbehindby thetreatment. immune cells to targetand of legions activating immune system, reveal thatirreversible electroporationappearsto mobilize the page23.) (Seesidebar, nologies. comes to acquiringmedicine’s newest andmostexpensive tech- which are often lastinlinewhenit hospitalsandclinics, rural aswell to as urban only inthedeveloped world butelsewhere, not IREcould bemademuchment with available, more widely advanced minimallyinvasive treat- surgical theirwork succeeds, If that would require farlessexpensive equipmentthanultrasound. team are currently working onaninnovative technique imaging Rubinsky’s Several membersof itsapplication. the earlystagesof 12_IRE.shtml Hippocrates, NationalGeographic, The New York Times Self-Defense: The HumanImmuneSystem Go to thetechnique haspotential inotherdisorders Beyond cancer, solidtumors, “We thinkIREmay beeffective of range forawide Following Food andDrug Administration approval lastDecember, thelatest conducted experiments atUCBerkeley Meanwhile, www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/ is coauthorof for more ontheIREtechnique. Impact: From theFrontlines ofGlobalHealth . 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Sun Microsystems and Oracle, tech andsoftware companies and leadershippositionsathigh- 19-year career includesengineering tions for Bahadori’sWebTrends Inc. softwareenterprise company. an and anarchitect at ViewStar, ing director atPlumtree Software architect andengineer- chief Server, manager forMicrosoft BizTalk hewasaleadprogram Previously, brokerage basedinSeattle. firm Microsoft. salesmanagerfor as aregional isworking Washington, Lynnwood, hydraulics andhydrology. storm water management, of and planningsolutionsintheareas tally sensitive designs engineering andenvironmen-for hispioneering the of Society American section of Private Sector by theLos Angeles inthe Outstanding Civil Engineer HAMID BAHADORI HAMID BAHADORI MICHAEL YOUNG DAVID YANG JENNIFER WU technological issuesinlitigation.” complexhandy dealingwith when My degree comes in engineering Tolles &OlsonLLPinLos Angeles. am now Munger, anassociate with degree from BoaltHall in2006and “Ireceived alaw Los Angeles writes, s (B.S.’99 EECS) (B.A.’93 CS) hosted opera- opment and product devel- president of appointed vice hasbeen City Redwood of estate online areal Redfin, officer of technology appointed chief has been Washington, Bellevue, of Ph.D.’88 EECS) was recognized Susilo branch, Los Angeles its manager of GeoSyntec and associate at An (ASCE). 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AARON FISHER company. aproduction test equipment of and isnow executive president vice 25 years inthedatastorage industry LosGatos hasspentmore than of WAYNE ERICKSON BRIAN DEMCZYK iemyr aetatre,he Apatent attorney, mayor. vice ning commission andoneyear as council andtheplan- on thecity service severalfollowing years of Sunnyvale lastNovember, was selected the57thmayor of OTTO LEE releases/2006/10/19_funggift.shtm www.berkeley.edu/news/media/ COLEMAN FUNG 1998 to 2001. from Alumni Society Engineering theCal director andtreasurer of Fukumoto was lastfall. China, brought homefrom Chongqing, was who EmmaLuna, child, theirfirst celebrate theadoptionof Morgan Hill of Becky, and hiswife, BRIAN FUKUMOTO for more details. snw“eirtrd and is now “semi-retired” (B.S.’89 NE/ChE) (M.S.’81 EECS) Center atUC Research Management Fung Risk the Coleman has established New York, ton, EastWillis- of with bringing and technology, products of presidentvice SMSC assenior has joined Pennsylvania, Allentown, of (B.S.’87 IEOR) (M.S.’85 Eng. (B.S.’80 ME) (B.S.’89 ME) l as vice presidentas vice inthetechnology where heserved Intel Corporation, hada20-year Spirakis career at tors. direc- joined the ArchPro board of Visions Program atStanford. UniversityClara andtheDigital Social BenefitIncubator atSanta entrepreneurs through theGlobal Meissner alsoadvises Materials. KLA-Tencor and Applied Coherent, tive leadershippositionswith and semiconductors includesexecu- His 18-year career inoptics tions. telecommunica-products forglobal CE) mander intheNaval Reserve. EECS/MSE) PAUL MEISSNER GREG SPIRAKIS FRIEDER SEIBLE JAMES ROBERTS tutes across Germany. research structural insti- rate with Weimar andcollabo- visit andwill attheBauhaus-Universityulty in fac- hosted by engineering thecivil He be will and man-madedisasters. extreme loadscausedby natural under structures performance of concepts thatcould improve the to investigate fundamentaldesign plans Engineering, Jacobs School of UCSD’s deanof Seible, Germany. ahostuniversityects with in outresearchinvited proj- to carry Award are winners achievements. lifetimeacademic recognition of given to eminentforeign scholars in most prestigious scientifichonors, Germany’s of one Research Award, a2006Humboldt the recipient of based in Watsonville. structure-related buildingcompany aninfra- Company, Construction presidenta seniorvice atGranite fCre aly aiona is California, Valley, Carmel of fSrtg,California, Saratoga, of (B.S.’82 (B.S.’85 MSE) BS’9 M.S.’80 (B.S.’79, tunable laser reliable turer of based manufac- the Fremont- Corporation, Santur CEO of been appointed San Jose has ako com- of rank also holdsthe He Group LLP. Law Property Intellectual of attorney managing is founderand (Ph.D.’82 CE) of is The manwhomadee-mailgo porting thesoftware forfree. porting ical” forhimtohandlealone;untilthen,hehadbeendistributingand sup- company in1998,aftere-mailbecamewildlypopularandtoo“mission crit- 1000companiesin33countries.AllmanfoundedtheEmeryville Fortune security andahostofothermailmanagementfunctionstomajority of Sendmail’s primary commercial product, Mailstream Manager, provides and milter(mailfilter)tobetterprotect ourelectronic mailfrom interlopers. (DomainKeysauthentication andencryptiontoolslikeDKIM IdentifiedMail) sharing, notsecurity. into earlyversions, Allmansays,becausetheemphasisbackthenwason The spamfiltersthatare indispensabletodaycouldnothave beenbuilt could destroy it,”heexplains.“I’d liketothinkbetterofthehumanrace.” says, hemightnever have tacklede-mail. e-mail. Butifhehadknown thenwhatheknows now aboutspam,Allman in theearly1970s—andnow delivers more than70percent oftheworld’s Distribution—the open-source operating systemdeveloped by theCSRG elementoftheBerkeleySoftware last fall.Sendmailbecameanimportant tion amongresearchers. Defense fordeveloping anoperating systemthatwouldfacilitatecollabora- Research of Group (CSRG),whichhadacontract withtheDepartment time anddistributingtheprogram toBerkeley’s ComputerSystems used todeliver mail.Allmanperfectedhisquickhack,workingonown (SimpleMail Transfer Protocol), theInternetprotocol mentations ofSMTP back outagain.Itwasaquickhack,butitworked.” machine sotheydon’t have toswitchthismachine,andthenforwards it software tothisothersoftware, forwards mailfrom Arpanettotheirprimary He wastheonlyoneinhisgroup whoknewanythingaboute-mail. ate studentswantedaccountsonourmachine,butthatwasimpossible.” network, arare luxurycoveted by thecomputerscientistsinEvans Hall. stafflikeAllmanhadaccesstothepowerful Arpanet computer, INGRES influential relational databasemanagementsystems.OntheirCoryHall project, oneoftheworld’sand workingonBerkeley’s firstandmost INGRES days, limitedtoacademicresearchers workingondefenseprojects. ofDefense.Accesstothispowerful toolwasexclusiveDepartment inthose cent formknown asArpanet,thenetworking systemdeveloped by theU.S. hadn’t beenbuilt. The Internetwasbarely 10years oldandstillinitsnas- It was1980.Personal computershadn’t beeninvented yet, andSodaHall M.S.’81 ME) LAURENS VANEVELD opportunities. consultingment andtechnology left Intel in2005to pursueinvest- He council. technology the design andchair of technology design of director group, and manufacturing ing and promoting energy efficient ing andpromoting energy Now chiefscienceofficerof Sendmail,Inc.,Allmanfocusesondeveloping “It bugsmethatpeopleare usingthissystemwithoutrealizing thatthey The product, betterknown assendmail,celebrated its25th anniversary From thatsimpleproblem-solving exercise evolved oneofthefirstimple- “At onepointIfigured, OK,Icanwritesomesoftware thatgluesthisone were“There sometimesfights,”Allmansays.“A lotoffacultyandgradu- M.S.’80CS)waspursuinghismaster’sEric Allman(B.S.’77EECS, degree fHayward isdesign- of (B.S.’79, SIMON WONG Ph.D.’83 EECS) niern tSafr,Wong is at Stanford, engineering electrical Aprofessor of last fall. directors Corporation’s board of elected to Pericom Semiconductor tion andairconditioning systems. ventila- cepts forbuildingheating, and sustainablesystems andcon- fPalowas Alto of (M.S.’78 EE, sendmail’s 25th anniversary. to bebroken.” time peopleeven know itexistsiswhenit’s broken. Andyou never wantit ware. But with amailtransfer agent,you wantittobeinvisible. The only of peoplewanttocodevideogames;theyyou toknow it’s their soft- name maynotbeasfamousthese,heprefers itthatway. andretired Fabry. BerkeleyprofessorPh.D.’82 EECS) Robert While Allman’s andEricSchmidt(M.S.’79, including fellow alumsBillJoy (M.S.’79EECS) rubbed shoulderswithsomeofthemostfamousnamesinbusiness, whotookasabbaticalfrom BellLabs.”Healso the originalauthorsofUNIX, remembers. “Ilearnedfrom Ken oneof Thompson [B.S.’65,M.S.’66EECS], from theworld. gay butstillinthecloset,Allmansayscomputersallowed himtoescape recode theoperating system.Aself-described“social outcast”whowas on acomputer, 1401,andoneofthefirstthingshedidwasto anIBM and dealwithit!’” explains, “Iwanttosay, ‘Guys,getupandwalkintothatperson’s office fordays,he to bemade,forexample,ande-mailsgobackforth overusethinks bothordinary peopleandexperts it. When adecision needs Communications. cofoundand helped Atheros Technology Research Institute Hong Kong Applied Science and the asCEOof heserved Previously, for radio-frequency operations. components andintegrated devices oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) metal- incomplementary an expert Go to “It requires adifferent egotowritethiskindofsoftware,” hesays.“A lot “When IcametoBerkeleyin1973,itwasatrulyexceptional time,”he Allman, anElCerritonative, was14years oldwhenhefirstgothishands What Allmanlikesbestaboute-mail,hesays,isitsarchival value, buthe 70 percent ofe-mailtraffic worldwide. Emeryville-based Sendmail,Inc.,isnow responsible fordelivering “send.” by Allman’sThe product, stillmarketedandsupported that moves your e-mailtosomeoneelse’s inbox whenyou hit Engineering whenhedeveloped sendmail,theinvisibleprogram M.S.’80CS)wasastudentatBerkeley Eric Allman(B.S.’77EECS, www.sendmail.com/webprograms/25 1970 ME) Lawrence Livermore National overseeing at safety engineer, [DOE] Energy of a Department SHERMAN CHAO Commercial inSeattle. Airplanes ate technical fellow atBoeing isassoci- Washington, Issaquah, of THOMAS BUTLER fSnFacsowie,“Iam SanFrancisco writes, of for more on Allmanand s BS’2 M.S.’73 (B.S.’72, (B.S.’73 ME) 27 forefront spring 2007 photos courtesy mark meltzer 28 berkeley engineering Freefalling engineer think, wastogetyou usedtostressful situationssoyou didn’t panic.” instructors wouldscream atyou, likeamilitaryoperation. The purpose,I on anoldshackcaughtmyattention.”For $50hecouldlearntoskydive. lookingatderelict DC-6sandStratocruisersOakland Airport whenasign but thecostofflightlessonswasbeyond mymeans.OnedayIwasat what hasbecomealifelongpassion. Berkeley. Alove of classic planes,notadolescentthrills,lured himinto skydiving in1968asafreshman at started Mark Meltzer (B.S.’72 EECS) CSnaCu ic 01 Kang is UC SantaCruz since 2001, STEVE KANG TOM TAMIO HORIYE www.nnsa.doe.gov/futureleaders. with mywith family.” traveling year to every Disneyland I enjoy Anthony andRyan. sons, more than23years andhave two Theresa andIhave for beenmarried “My wife He writes, Semiconductor. Micro andNational Devices workedand previously at Advanced neer director atSipex Corporation EE) intern recruiting website at Seeour internship positions. DOE for anemphasisondiversity, with graduates, or recent engineering I’m alsorecruiting new Laboratory. “I was definitely nervous thatfirsttime,”hesays.“Itwasgrueling. “I wasdefinitelynervous The “I’ve alwaysbeenfascinatedby aviation,”Meltzer says.“Iwantedtofly, fSanJose isaproduct engi- of (Ph.D.’75 EE) Engineering at Engineering School of theBaskin of Dean in March. UCMerced of new chancellor office asthe Mateo took (B.S.’78 fSan of It’s avery soulfulexperience.” cluesthatyou’reinertial fallingat120mph. feel likeyou’re floatingonair;you have no “Once you accelerate toterminalvelocity, you 1968, saysevery jumpisequallyexciting. askydiverMark Meltzer since (B.S.’72EECS), ” Ph.D.’70 EE) engineer Iusedto be.”engineer than theelectrical rather biologist Iamnow aplant Ifeelasif Energy. of panies andtheDepartment ethanolcom- moting themto U.S. technologies andpro-fermentation working oncrop-enhancement and Science andTechnology, “Iamnow from Japan’swrites Nara Institute of and Technology. Science Korea Advanced Institute of EECSatthe professor of visiting He wasalsoachaired Society. of Technology Research intheInterest and theCenter forInformation Quantitative Biomedical Research Instituteboth theCalifornia for campusesat partner laborated with andcol- programs interdisciplinary heinitiated several While atUCSC, anationwidefollowing search. He wasselected chips. peripheral CMOS microprocessor chips and theworld’s first32-bit opment of recognized asaleaderinthedevel- HIRO KAWAMOTO fNr iy Japan, Nara City, of (M.S.’66, can’t wear twohelmets,butIwouldifcould.” his reserve chuteifhefallsbelow 700feetatfreefall velocity. ture “blackbox” digitalflightrecorder andanautomatic devicethatdeploys cautious andcarriestwovisualaltimeters,audibleaminia- also makeshimasaferskydiver. Heloves theadrenaline rushbutissuper think logically.” Hisknowledge ofstatics,dynamicsandvectors, hesays, “Engineering hasprovided mewithagreat background forlearninghow to him toward anengineeringcareer. boat usedby hislatefather, whotaughthimthefishingtrade butsteered earned hiswaythrough schoolskipperingfishingboatsandstillhasthe defibrillatorcircuits) andcommercial salmonfishing.He al patentsforheart including notjustskydiving andaviation,butalsoelectronics (hehassever- ing lives andlimbs,”hesays.Likemanyengineers,hisinterests abound, would otherwisehave beenamputatedduetocloggedarteries. plaque excision systemthathesayshassaved hundreds oflimbsthat the Silicon Valley medicaldevicefirm. The company’s primaryproduct isa Technologies, hehandlesintellectualproperty, litigationandcontracts for his degree in1975.Now vicepresident andgeneral counselatFoxHollow main chuteanddeploy hisreserve canopy. tioned andhehadonlyaboutseven secondstocutawayfrom thefouled injury. Hehashadclosecalls,likethetwotimeshismaincanopymalfunc- In nearly40years hehascompletedhundreds ofjumpswithoutasingle wing strut,screaming, by herinstructor—Meltzer couldn’t waittogoagain. rachel shafercontributed to thisstory. afarso land. acres of half now live ononeanda inMartinez have 33years and beenmarried He Linda andhiswife since 1978. atthesamelocation Corporation Bears!” And Go love thegolf. Now, work. love theexecutive management didn’t “Loved work, theengineering He writes, president positions. vice thelast13 invarious industry, after 28years inthesemiconductor retired in2003, California, Belmont, Ph.D.’70 CE) ME) Columbia University. Mechanicsand Engineering at Civil Engineering of the Department of hasbeennamedchairman Jersey, nvriyo eaa Reno. Nevada, University of in educationalpsychology atthe is currently pursuinghisdoctorate JOHN MORANJR. ED MITCHELL CHRISTIAN MEYER ROBERT KLUBER JR. “As anengineer, Iknow there isnoperfectsystem,”Meltzer says.“You “Law schoolwaseasycompared withengineering,”Meltzer says. “I love workingwithreally bright,innovative peoplewhoare literally sav- Following degree, Hastings,earning Meltzer studiedlawatUC hisEECS After hisfirstjump—even thoughafellow studenthadtobepriedoffthe has beenemployed by Henkel [email protected] fDmrs,New Demarest, of (B.S.’76 EECS) (B.A.’70 CS) (M.S.’66, (B.S.’78 of (GPU) code for Adobe. processingdeveloping graphics unit isnow consulting, three years of KEVIN WALSH (M.S.’78 EECS) KENNETH TURKOWSKI havehis wife two teenage children. He and andweb infrastructure. tion consolida- server computing, handle that servers high-end x64 systems, directoris anengineering developing where he year atSun Microsystems, Los Altos isapproaching his20th of DIMITRY STRUVE JAMES RAY einsrie.In his15-year career services. design semiconductors and cores, property reusable intellectual a supplierof SanJose, ChipSystemsArasan of ing andbusinessdevelopment at market- appointed president vice of hasbeen California, Lafayette, for theEastsideLyric Theater. He assecretary/treasurer alsoserves Commercial inSeattle. Airplanes controlsin flight forBoeing works Washington, Bellevue, (M.S.’74 EE) fMnoPr,after Menlo Park, of (B.S.’76 EE) (B.S.’77 ME) of of 1960 ...7 u.Ad.) M.B.A.’78 Bus. in theworld. itskind the mostpowerful laserof Livermore National Laboratory, diode-pumped laseratLawrence manager forthesolid-state all atthesametime.” not fortunately grandchildren, eight “Ialsoentertain He writes, tions. five nonprofit organiza- board of College onthe Hartnell andserves time forChapmanUniversity and zational leadershipcourses part- isteaching businessandorgani- He on missilesandnuclear weapons. where heworked Army, in theU.S. Peninsula after more than28years enjoying retirement intheMonterey EE) ME) DAVID LANG project.tion 1994 by working on thespace sta- completing his tenure there in tion, from McDonnell Corpora- Douglas retired California, Mission Viejo, of TERRENCE LANDEN years intheaerospace industry. retired in2004after working 42 California, Manhattan Beach, of STEPHEN KLINGER ANTHONY JOHNSON RALPH IWENS ALBERT GREEN ROBERT YAMAMOTO RICHARD WISEHART andSimplexDesign Solutions. Sapphire inSilicon, at Synopsys, He heldpositions previously ucts. launched andmanagedmany prod- Walsh hassuccessfully ment, in software marketing andmanage- M.S.’69 Naval Architecture) h umro 2006inGermany. the summerof He spent andhiswife Observatory. the NASA X-ray Chandra Orbiting His lastbigproject was several years. Mary and daughter Sue anddaughter inSonora. Mary He lives hiswife with California. Power inMoccasin, operations at theirHetch Hetchy Water and SanFrancisco of andCounty City Forest before joiningthe Service IEOR) rts “Iretired in2003andnow writes, helping atmonthlybooksales. and BeniciaLibrary Friends of with busyvolunteering isstill California, CE) has beenretired from TRW for spent 30 years with theU.S.spent 30years with fSacramento isprogram of fCre,Clfri,is California, Carmel, of s BS’6 M.S.’67 CE, (B.S.’66, MS’4 Ph.D.’67 (M.S.’64, fPleasantHill of (B.S.’67 ME, (B.S.’63 ME) (B.S.’64 EE) (B.S.’77 fBenicia, of (B.S.’60 (M.S.’76 Morales. (from left)Changkuon, Wallace and Visiting MachuPicchulastOctoberare historical society.historical thelocal aspresident of serving keeps world travel busywith and He now and33atTRW. General which hespentat Aerojet of eight after 41years,aerospace industry retired in2002from the California, ls f1960.” class of from engineers the for othercivil “I’m always on thelookout writes, He Public Works County Agency. Fremont isretired from the Alameda fCitod igna and Virginia, Clintwood, of WINSTON WALLACE CARLOS MORALES (B.S.’61 ME) STEPHEN MEISENHOLDER [email protected] JACK LINDLEY Jury Grand for2006–2007. County He isalsoontheSantaCruz ence. andmanagementexperi- neering usinghisengi- Conference Center, volunteers atMount Hermon He now Bechtel Corporation. retired in2002after 37years with California, Mount Hermon, of ARMAND LANGMO [email protected] GoBears!” and golf. bicycling where Ienjoy skiing, Tahoe, Francisco Bay Area andNorth Lake split my timebetween theSan IEOR) CHANGKUON the fall.” tolook forward ournext meetingin theBerkeley Big BangCluband of We are allmembers great museums. and architecture itscolonial with Peru’s capital, andLima, Inca empire, the seatof Cusco, to visit opportunity we hadthe achievement, engineering thisancient of atthewonder veling from Apart mar- southeastern Peru. inthe Andes Mountains of Picchu, Machu visiting had thepleasure of Ecuador—andourwives Guayaquil, other Berkeley Engineering grads— other Berkeley Engineering Iandtwo “LastOctober, writes, fJcsn New Jersey, Jackson, of fManhattan Beach, of (B.S.’68 EECS) (B.S.’60 CE) (B.S.’69 (B.S.’60 ME) (B.S.’67 CE) JOSÉ of of Ph.D.’61 NE) as ahardware engineer. design for Hewlett-Packard inSanDiego reactors. water forlight on accident safety atextbook He iswriting Stockholm. Technology in Royal Institute of nuclear power atthe safety fessor of Publishing. Butterflies, World:on An Book Alphabet Activity dren’s bookentitled Hedywife justcompleted achil- He andhis Francisco College. City the architecture atSan department Yee waschair of Now retired, 2007. bepublishedinJunewhich will thethird editionof Inc., & Sons, Methods, Types and A Visual Compendium of author of RENDOW YEE WU L. PAUL S. BAL RAG SEHGAL ME) death from pancreatic cancerearlythisyear. Leader Award. wasNewton’s The DEAA lastofficialevent asdeanbefore his and Desai,professor ofphysiologyatUCSF, received theOutstanding Young cofounder ofIntelCorporation, received theLifetimeAchievement Award, Betty andGordon Moore Lobby ofHearstMemorialMiningBuilding.Grove, banquet,heldlastNovemberEngineering AlumniAward (DEAA) 18inthe Richard NewtonattheCollegeofEngineering’s 32ndannualDistinguished Grove (Ph.D.’63ChemE)and Tejal Desai(Ph.D.’98BioE)celebrated withDean Distinguished engineers,oneandall: fEcnts aiona works California, Encinitas, of published by John Wiley Architectural Drawing: published by Trafford [email protected] retired in2004aspro- (B.S.’65 CE) BS’3 M.S.’64 (B.S.’63, ig fthe Wings of (M.S.’57, is the 1950 CE) California. retired in andliving Alamo, isnow engineer, mer transportation JOHN COONEY Aircraft/General Motors/Raytheon. LockheedandHughes Autonetics, testing includedpositionsat and design listic missileresearch, year career inintercontinental bal- His 35- Howard Hughes Fellowship. a of thesupport with California Southern in EEattheUniversity of hepursuedhismaster’s Cal degree, After gettinghis retired since 1996. hasbeen California, Templeton, of JASPER COLEBANK ERNEST BLEE Spring SiteSpring Remedial Action Project. project director for the Weldon mining construction andsenior managerfor assistantgeneral Plant, Mountain Underground Power project forthe Portage engineer He as served Group International). (now Washington Inc. Knudsen, after Morrison- 47years with fBie dh,retired in1999 Idaho, Boise, of alumni update s Honorees (from left)Andy (B.S.’51 CE) BS’1 M.S.’53 (B.S.’51, (B.S.’58 EE) ,a for-

bart nagel photo 29 forefront spring 2007 30 berkeley engineering Teresa H.Meng Asad AliAbidi Six alumni namedto NAE Silvio Micali Rudolph Bonaparte alumni update and power plantsafety. tions tothefiniteelementmethod San Diego,wascitedforcontribu- Applied Science& Technology in M.S.’64, Ph.D.’67CE) robert e.nickell silvio micali wireless network technology. ing thedevelopment of distributed at Stanford, wascitedforpioneer- Professor ofElectricalEngineering Ph.D.’88 EECS) teresa h.meng robin k.mcguire rudolph bonaparte aliabidi asad members and188foreign associates. whichhas2,217U.S. in theNAE, one ofthehighestrepresentations Berkeley facultyandalumnihave Among academicinstitutions,UC tions foranAmericanengineer. of thehighestprofessional distinc- one Academy ofEngineering(NAE), were electedtotheNational Six BerkeleyEngineeringalumni quakes andothernatural hazards. bilistic riskassessmentinearth- engineering applicationsofproba- was recognized foradvances in Engineering Inc.inBoulder, Colorado, president andprincipalofRisk neering practice. leadership ingeotechnicalengi- waste-containment systemsand geosynthetics, designoflandfill ments ingeoengineeringwith was recognized foraccomplish- GeoSyntec ConsultantsinAtlanta, Ph.D.’82 CE) communications. semiconductor radio-frequency) circuits forMOSRF(metal-oxide- tions todeveloping integrated engineering, wascitedforcontribu- EECS) and pseudo-randomness theory. ment ofzero-knowledge protocols cryptography through thedevelop- ognized forcontributionstomodern computer scienceatMIT, wasrec- fessor ofelectricalengineeringand , UCLA professor ofelectrical , UCLA , president andCEOof , Reid Weaver Dennis (Ph.D.’83 CS), (M.S.’78, Ph.D.’81 (M.S.’84, , president of (M.S.’69 CE) (B.S.’63, (M.S.’78, pro- , daughter daughter including 13, their entire familyof took an with Alaskan cruise (Lew), Virginia year Lauandhiswife, Last engineering. civil of emeritus 1971–1990 andisnow professor Resources Research Center from the Water where hewasdirector of Hawaii atManoa, University of the of 1959 hejoinedthefaculty In Hawaii Press. University of publishedlastyear by the subject, law Berkeley inthe1960s. professor atUC Lau wasavisiting M.Arch.’92 Architecture) department atLockheed. department after 40years intheengineering retired is California, Laguna Woods, until 1997. where we worked Poly inPomona, atCalState and joinedthefaculty He retired in1992 from industry andanalysis. missile system design andanalysisworkeddesign in in electronic andcontrol system California Southern University of from the engineering in electrical He received hismaster’s Oregon. LEUNG KUSTEPHENLAU (B.S.’59 EE) ROBERT KENNERKNECHT TOM HARAMIS BURTON CORSEN CHARLES SCHEFFEY JOHN MUNRO JAMES LEPPER CE) Walnut Creek. currently retired in andliving happily retired inSanJose. make aliving.” to notmining, recycling, uses earth government andaneconomy that these peopleandcreate apueblo establish many connections with My objectives are to my newhome. patentstechnology to introduce in have I more than20 projects here. ormentor their and assistwith fromstudents andengineers Chile “Iwould like to contact any Chile, Ñuñoa, from hisnewhomeof SHANE DOONG fAlntn igna writes, Virginia, Arlington, of MELINA is now in living Amity, jim_lepper@msn.com (B.S.’51 ME) (B.S.’59 EE) (B.S.’51 CE) (B.A.’89, first bookon Islands, the Hawaiian Hydrology of author of Honolulu isthe Ph.D.’59 CE) M.S.’55, (B.S.’53, (B.S.’50 ME) (B.S.’90 CE) and son-in- (M.S.’51 the writes is of of is . 1940 Division. worked inthePrinter Systems where he ElSegundo, Xerox, retired in1987fromSanta Barbara electricity supply.”electricity that are now ourgreatsystem of from those plants paperdrawings andsecretaries creating clerks men, drafts- engineers, designers, crew of career leadingalarge satisfying very lookbackona I nuclear engineer, mechanical and retirement aschief “On He writes, steam power plants. leader foradozen largepost-war where hebecameconstruction a40-yearbeginning career atPG&E, bomberfleetbeforeon atorpedo tenant incarrier-based electronics Navy lieu- asaU.S. briefly served He school classreunion. high Lafayette lastyear attended his66th arch DaminPunjab.” Bhakra concretethe 742-foot-high gravity- working on India inOctober 1956, whomIhadmetin Carlson, Roy W. 1957 onarecommendation from came to UCBerkeley inFebruary “Ifirst He writes, engineer. regional where hislastpositionwasdeputy San Francisco Regional Office, Commission’s Regulatory Energy 2002fromin January theFederal be nearmy sonandmetclassmate “I moved to Grass Valley in2006to Ph.D.’62 EE) BILL BRIDGES JAMES WARD (M.S.’58 CE) VIRENDER KUMARSONDHI journey to Junction, Grand journey my Kay wife andIhadamemorable but often take thesedays, thetrain “One doesn’t SanJose writes, of BILL CHAMBERLIN is now in SanJose. living He retired in1984and Switzerland. including SanJose andZurich, for 38years cities, invarious He endedupworking there Navy. theU.S. whenhegotoutof Electric General applied foronejobwith CHARLES CARROLL ANDREW ARIEY JOHN ALRICH Independent Living.” We metandstilllive inSunrise to Marguerite (Shay) Scheffey. 2005, onDecember Iremarried 10, 2004. passedaway in Ella, “My firstwife, s quite by accident.” fSanRamonretired of (B.S.’56 EE) (B.S.’48 EE) BS’6 M.S.’57, (B.S.’56, (B.S.’44 EE) (B.S.’43 ME) (B.S.’45 ME) writes, of of I didn’t feelIshouldbesingledout.” The Darfur project, initiated by fellow of theyear’s top35young innovators. Review testing acheapmethodforfiltering arsenicfrom drinking water. computer software forCalifornia’s wineries,toBangladesh,where sheis inefficient practices takesherfrom theNapa Valley, where sheisrefining Herworkdiagnosingandremedying energy- Berkeley NationalLab(LBNL). safeguard theirlives. burning stove couldcuttheirfirewood consumptionand,atthesametime, her basicSudaneserecipes, shedemonstrated how ahigh-efficiencywood- 2005 inanextendedreciprocal cookingclass. While localwomentaught (M.S.’99ChemE) spentNovemberlive inmakeshifttents, Christina Galitsky In OtashCampoutsideNyala,where someofDarfur’s 2.2millionrefugees photo courtesy christina galitsky When saving energy meanssaferlives bridges in northern California. innorthern bridges building working atCaltrans, of Sacramento isretired after 41years carrier aircraft maintenance officer.carrier Navy asa theU.S. active with duty fouryears SanDiegospent in of JOHN KOSHEAR JR. MYRON JACOBS JOHN GOERL yourglue eyes to thewhite line!” andnoneedto Spectacular scenery, River Canyons. andRioGrande through theFeather Colorado, clubs and property management. clubs andproperty service active veterans with groups, ment work andiscurrently keeping active construction anddevelop- retired from California, Alamo, improve energy efficiency. cooking needs,justoneoftheprojects sheisinvolved inworldwidetohelp in Darfurtoadaptthehigh-efficiencysheet-metalstove shown here totheir Researcher (M.S.’99ChemE)workedwithrefugee families ChristinaGalitsky “I wassurprised,” shesaysaboutthehonor. “We workinteamshere, so isaresearcher withtheInternationalEnergyGalitsky Group atLawrence magazine named Galitsky its2006Humanitarianofthe Yearmagazine namedGalitsky andone (B.S.’48 IE) (B.S.’44 EE) (B.S.’42 ME) of of etClwl,New Jersey.”West Caldwell, community in nearourdaughter “We are inalovely living lifecare writes, He late-stage Alzheimer’s. HughesCo. Aircraft Litton and Space Technology Labs, North Aviation American Pumps, He later worked Peerless with ME) CE) JAMES NEIGHBOURS IRVAN MENDENHALL Florida. andNaples, California southern He splitshistimebetween spring. last D.C., in Engineers Washington, Civil of Society the American pastpresidents of 2006 meetingof fLos Angeles attended the of is caring for his wife, who has who forhiswife, is caring Technology (B.S.’40 (B.S.’41 Profile.aspx?TRID=469. help,” shesays.For more, goto resources. “Anything Icandoanywhere ontheplanettosave energy isa ourlimitedstore findssatisfactionhelpingtoconserve ofnatural Galitsky cut firewood foraging tripsinhalf. The decreased fueldemandcouldsave eachhousehold $160peryear and ture andmicro-financing inDarfur, thendeployment toabout2,000families. The newstove isnow intesting;plansincludeestablishinglocalmanufac- says. the technologyspecificallyforpeoplewhowilluseit,”Galitsky stabilizing stakeshadtobeaddedkeepthepotsfrom tippingover. assida flames; andsinceSudanesewomenvigorously stirtheirpotswhenmaking blow through theSudan,awindscreen hadtobeaddedprotect the designed forflatpotshadtobereshaped; becauseofthegustywindsthat the Sudancamps.SinceSudanesecookingpotsare round, arack originally originally designedforuseinIndiacouldbecustomized forconditionsin familiesaboutwhatandhow theycooksothatastoveingly interviewed worldwide forthemostenergy-efficient methods.InDarfur, shepainstak- number ofgrapes crushedtorefrigeration wineries tanksizes—and survey team hadtoinvestigate every stepofthewinemaking process—from the project, her Galitsky’s firststepisexhaustive factfinding.For theBEST entire industriesandentire nations. each one. says,haspotentialforapplicationacross The tool,Galitsky 100 energy- andwater-saving technologiesandcost-benefitanalysesfor efficiency againstacomparable hypotheticalwineryandsuggestsupto ration withFetzer Wineries. The program measures agiven winery’s energy marking andEnergy and Water Savings Tool developed incollabo- (BEST), Janjaweed militia. firewood, thegreater theirriskofbeingattackedandraped by marauding stripped nearlybare theywanderfrom ofwood. campseeking The farther must scavenge woodfrom neighboringareas, whichhave already been refugees. The women,whousetraditional three-stone fires forcooking, International,wasdesignedtofindcookingalternatives forDarfur CHF andimplementedwithaidorganization researcher AshokGadgil LBNL roads inthearea.” railroads andotherold logging lumberflumes, about theformer background to write engineering usingmy become alocalhistorian, “In retirement Ihave writes, He HistoricalCalifornia Societies. president attheConference of vice isaregional California, Bluff, club. spending timeattheengineers’ Rossmoor Community andenjoys Jewellwife in Walnut Creek’s He now lives his with San Leandro. retired aspublicworks director of RICHARD WARD EUGENE SERR While designingstoves wassomethingshe never anticipated doing, “Many aidprojects failbecausenooneresearched theconditionstotailor Whether herresearch takesherintoanindustrialsettingoroverseas, isoccupied withanotherproject, theBench- Closer tohome,Galitsky [email protected] , theflour-water pastethatisoneofthemainstaplestheirdiet, (B.S.’47 CE) (B.S.’49 CE) fRed of www.technologyreview.com/TR35/ 1930 civil engineer inNew engineer civil Jersey. worked asaconsulting miningand he After in1977, retiring New York. for engineer ASARCO inPlacer, II andnearly30years asamining Navy during World in theU.S. War five years asalieutenant America, South inColombia, engineer included two stintsasagoldmining had a40-year career that Jersey, ing busy with churching busywith activities.” andkeep- playing bridge year-old), notbadfora97- game recently, bowling (hada190 for seniors, directing game aduplicate bridge “Iamstill Sacramento writes, PAUL SHERIDAN JOHN LORD Metallurgy) s fTm ie,New Toms River, of (B.S.’36 Mining and (B.S.’30 CE) of 31 forefront spring 2007 32 berkeley engineering in memoriam LLOYD FOWLER CHARLES CARNIGLIA TODD BROOKS today. inuse still and analysisprogram marketed athin-filmoptimization acompany that Software, Designer ThinFilm founder in1987of He wasthe summer program. Rochester Optics Contemporary University andtheUniversity of SonomaState Maine-Orono, of positionsattheUniversityfaculty His teaching career included Laser. Energy’s NOVA of Department projects such asthe for many U.S. coatings inpractical contributions to key the Goos-Haenchen effect, to theoretical studiesof in teaching, fromranged awards forexcellence Business. of Inphi and Berkeley's Haas School including components company Brooks onmany served boards, attempted to fund. hisown raise Ventures andmore recently Mayfield Fund andJAFCO America as such firms capitalist with on eight damandreservoir projectson eight He worked ment andfloodcontrol. change inwater resources manage- tremendous of to aperiod tributed Fowlercon- Valley WaterDistrict, forSantaClara engineer As chief (M.S.’88 ChemE) BS’9 M.S.’53 (B.S.’49, n.Math) Eng. achievements His ness. extended ill- after an 2006, 21, on December Rosa died Santa of as aventure into acareer ductor field the semicon- early jobsin parlayed his He 2007. 15, February died on pneumonia. tions from complica- at age81of September died last California, Valley, CE) (B.S.’66 fScotts of 09_gerwick.shtml. edu/news/media/releases/2007/01/ ihhrgaut tde.Amother studies. hergraduate with to Berkeley inthe1980sto continue thenmoved at UCLAinthe1970s, Marron cameto to California study Beijing, native A of lung cancer. diedlastNovember of Carolina, o oedti,goto For more detail, theUSSScania. as commander of duty finishinghismilitary to 1946, Navy from 1940 intheU.S. served He also Alumni Award (1990). College’s DistinguishedEngineering Berkeley Citation (1989)andthe Among hismany awards were the fromBerkeley faculty 1971to 1989. Francisco onthe andserved companyconstruction inSan working athisfather’s and marine He his60-year started career Bridge. andtheSanMateo–HaywardBridge the SanFrancisco–Oakland Bay notably bridges, long suspension and buildings high-rise platforms, work includedoffshoretion oil hisconcrete founda- environments, construction inextreme methods of fordevelopingknown innovative Best He was87. a lunginfection. complications from December of diedin foundation construction, fordevelopingknown deep engineer andacivil emeritus Berkeley professor Oakland, of BEN GERWICK JR. (M.S.’90 EECS) FAYE (ZHANG)MARRON groundwater. pumping of over- a55-year of during period alldamaged roads andrailroads, storm andsewer systems, drainage wells, plies andrepaired levees, project thatreplenished water sup- He alsooversaw astate water plant. Clara Valley’s firstwater treatment Santa of and managedconstruction fDra,North Durham, of www.berkeley. (B.S.’40 CE) after hercancer diagnosis. shecontinued dancingeven dancer, two andanavid ballroom of tion in1981. Economic Development Corpora- the nonprofit founding memberof He wasa zen meetings. review he conducted publicpollsandciti- environmental andpublicinterests, private developers with interests of inclusive planthatbalanced the to In create hiseffort amore 1988. Planning Commission from 1974to the Los Angeles Regional County where hewasdirector of Angeles, Louis before relocating to Los Berkeley andSt. and thecitiesof Francisco Redevelopment Agency He worked fortheSan mia. chronic ane- of arare form plasia, October atage80from myelodys- NORMAN MURDOCH Rocklin campus. buildingonthe a newtechnology usethefundstowhich support will College Foundation,to theSierra $1million bequeathed hisestate of He College in1964. atSierra start Miller gothisengineering Berkeley, to UC Before transferring a liquid. fordegassing pump andanapparatus includingadual-piston devices, six patented He Mountain View. of Spectra-Physics Inc. primarily firms, heworked forseveral career, neering engi- his40-yearDuring electrical Parkinson’s diseaselastMarch. SanJose diedatage59of of LES MILLER (B.S.’04 EECS) SANMIGUELJR. ERLANDO Planning) M.S.’51 City andRegional CE, master’s degree from UCLAin2005. He his earned died lastSeptember. fLos Angeles diedlast of fHuntington Beach of BS’8 M.S.’69 EE) (B.S.’68, (B.S.’46 “We recognize that theexcellence ofBerkeley’s faculty on the University to carry outourintentions.”on theUniversity tocarry Engineering, recently awarded toProfessor DavidCuller, aneminentcomputerscientist. Cal’s funding onechair, giftplanningspecialists,theyhave already started theHoward Friesen Chairin plans includeprovisions advicefrom forendowed financialplanningandexpert facultychairs. Thanks tosmart Cal students,theFriesens have fundedmore than125scholarships. They’re thinkingahead,too;theirestate Candy Penther andHoward Friesen Berkeleyin1948andmarriedthree metat UC years later. Devoted tohelping www.coe.berkeley.edu/giving/planned_giving.html. contact Karen RhodesinCollege Relations at 510.643.8064 orgoto To of your part how estate planning, you Engineering learn canmakeBerkeley needs tobesupported.We’re gladto know we cancount —Howard B.S.’50)andCandy (EE (HumanitiesB.A.’50)Friesen

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