Mechanical_Engineering_May_2015

C2_Color: PMS 541 & PMS 131 & BLACK SPRING 2015W O M E N Engineering For All Every single woman in our department Welcome to the Department of has a story to tell that highlights Mechanical Engineering’s first special her creativity, dedication, passion edition newsletter! This particular edition and impact. focuses on some of the women in our • discussion of implicit biasesC3_Color:PMS541&PMS124 department—undergraduate and graduate that may help to perpetuate underrepresentation and anstudents, as well as faculty—and their varied lives in the unwelcoming climate.department. Some of the articles feature personal stories Every single woman in our department has a story to tell thatabout entering the field, while others focus more on the highlights her creativity, dedication, passion and impact. In the interestresearch and projects that these women engage in. All of of brevity, the ones published here have been chosen to represent ourthese profiles give you a sense of how much these women female population.are valued in our community, even while their population In engineering, the leadership necessary for change to occur willremains far too small. come from individuals like the ones profiled here.Since 2007, McKinsey & Com- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion pany has published annual (EDI) team George C. Johnson studies under the title Wom- Professor, Department Equity Adviser en Matter, demonstrating The Department of Mechanical Lisa A. Pruittthe importance of having a diverse Engineering has responded to these Professor and Vice Chair, Graduate Studiesleadership team on a company’s challenges by forming an Equity, Lawrence Talbot Chair in Engineeringbottom line. Those organizations with Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team to Jyh-Yuan Chenmore diversity outperform similar or- address a broad range of issues, Professor and Vice Chair, Instructionganizations with more homogeneous including David A. Dornfeldleadership. While the McKinsey stud- Chair, Mechanical Engineering, Will C. Hallies focus on corporations, many of • gender and racial/ethnic Family Chair in Engineering Professortheir findings resonate in engineering underrepresentation,as well: there are too few women inboth corporate leadership and in en- • departmental environment andgineering in general; as things stand, culture to ensure that memberschange will be very slow; the model of our community feel a strongfor success is currently very much sense of belonging,male-oriented; and the culture of theorganization matters. • outreach to the broader community surrounding campus,

OM EN [ STUDENT ] are equally demanding: Cal softball players practice four hours per dayW Mary Lee: Cal Varsity Athlete during the off-season and play four to six games per week during their & Mechanical Engineer February to June game season. The team travels ten weeks out of the Mary Lee is a senior in Off the field, Mary is a star of the fourteen week spring semester. mechanical engineering ME program at Cal. She is a member of and varsity athlete on the Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor In this interview, we talked to Mary to Cal women’s softball team. society (3.9 minimum GPA to join as a find out how she does it all: top student Growing up in San Diego, Mary has junior), and Pi Tau Sigma international in mechanical engineering, varsity athlete, been playing softball since she was in mechanical engineering honor society. In and all-around amazing person. kindergarten. She comes from a family 2014, Mary received the “Cal Athletics of talented softball players: her father, Golden Bear Award” for the highest GPA ROSEANNE WARREN: Jason Lee, was one of her coaches; her on the softball team. Why did you decide to come to Cal? younger sister Taylor Lee played softball for Cal in 2013; and her youngest sister Mechanical engineering is one of MARY LEE: Carolyn Lee will begin playing for Stan- the toughest majors at Cal, with 119 I grew up a Cal fan because my dad ford next year. Mary is an infielder for the required units, 5-6 upper division went here, but ultimately I decided to Cal Bears and has an outstanding 0.500 technical courses, and 8 required attend Cal because I wanted to get the batting average. project/lab-based classes. For varsity best engineering education possible. athletes, practice and game schedules I also wanted to go to a big school, to challenge myself, and learn from the I liked the broad scope of best professors and students. mechanical engineering and the ability to do systems level RW: What do you like most about being design. I enjoy applying logic at Cal? and an engineering mindset to solve new problems and ML: I really like the energy of the student body here. I like being challenged challenges. everyday. There’s always an opportunity to learn, whether it’s athletically or academically. RW: How did you choose mechanical engineering? ML: I always thought I wanted to be an engineer because I like problem solving. I found myself asking questions about things that mechanical engineers do in everyday product settings. Take a boom box, for example—how come when I press a button, the sound will then play? From a young age, that was what I was curious about and interested in. When it came time to choose a major, I liked the broad scope of mechanical engineering and the ability to do systems level design. I enjoy applying logic and an engineering mindset to solve new problems and challenges. RW: Which ME classes have been your favorite? ML: I really like project courses because you get to define what you want to do and all the steps you need 2 Mechanical Engineering

to accomplish to get there. Not only Proud to be awardee and keynote speaker at Assemblymember Nancy Skinner’s 2014 STEM Womendo we use the technical details of the of the Year Ceremony.mechanical engineering curriculum, butwe also have the opportunity to apply [ FACULTY]engineering intuition and work on a teamto overcome challenges. Professor Alice Merner Agogino: Long-Time Advocate of Underrepresented StudentsRW: How do you balance playingsoftball with the challenges of the ALICE MERNER AGOGINO has been draws advanced students for the sameME curriculum? a faculty member in the Mechanical reasons. Alice not only has a reputation Engineering department at UC Berkeley as a fantastic educator, but recognitionML: I was very fortunate to have great since 1984, and has been a celebrated from her students too—she was justpreparation in high school so that researcher, advisor, teacher, and recently selected as the Pi Tau Sigmawhen I came to Cal I understood the mentor ever since. Over the course of Professor of the Year in 2011.good balance and discipline required supervising more than 40 PhD students,to manage school and sports. I just 110 M.S. students, and countless Even with these wide-reachingfocus a lot of planning and trying to undergraduates, Professor Agogino impacts, Professor Agogino remainswork ahead, especially in the spring has developed award-winning research approachable to her students andwhen we are in season—whether it’s across many disciplines in engineering makes time for mentorship. Hercommunicating with professors and GSIs design, education, sustainability, reputation has her weekly office hourson travel timing, coordinating efforts with intelligent control, and gender equity. packed with students looking formy project groups, or working with my She holds an endowed professorship, her advice on any number of topics.coaches to schedule labs. I have come is an elected member of the National Her own graduate students haveto learn the art of studying on airplanes Academy of Engineering, and still makes honored her for her mentorship withand buses and in airports and hotel time to initiate new programs such as numerous awards.rooms. Overall, the support of my family, the university’s Development Engineeringteammates, coaches, classmates, and Graduate Group. Our department is extremely proudCal faculty has enabled me to balance of Professor Agogino’s accomplishmentsand enjoy being a student-athlete at Cal. Professor Agogino’s perspectives and abilities and is honored to haveI am very grateful and fortunate for the from her time in industry before her as part of our faculty. Go Alice!opportunity to truly live the dream and becoming an academic shine throughpursue a major I am passionate about, in her well-loved courses in the TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUTwhile competing in the sport that I love department. The undergraduate Professor Agogino’s lab,and representing Cal. And that makes capstone course, Introduction to visit www.best.berkeley.edu.the balance worth it and makes me Product Development, draws from hersmile every day! research and her extensive experiences. Professor Agogino’s lab webpage Students flock to this perpetually-filled has all of her recent work onRW: What do you like to do to relax? class for her instruction on creativity space robotics, tensegrity systems, and ideation as part of engineering sustainable housing with theML: I like spending time with friends and design. Her graduate-level course on Pinoleville Pomo Nation, andfamily, supporting other Cal athletics, Innovation through Design Thinking development engineering.and eating frozen yogurt. Mechanical Engineering 3RW: What are your future plans?ML: After I graduate I’ll be workingfor Microsoft on the Surface Team in“New Product Introduction”. My rolewill be at the intersection of productdesign and supply chain development–basically making sure that designs aremanufacturable and properly executed.RW: Any advice for current and futureME students?ML: Enjoy the moment and appreciateall of the opportunities Cal has to offer!

Students from the Medical Polymer Group. particularly difficult joint to understand is the shoulder. “We still don’t understand[ FACULTY ] all the kinematics of the way in which the shoulder functions, and how to bestProfessor Lisa Pruitt: Artificial Joint Research simulate it in the lab is a challenge,” reveals Pruitt. Students in the Medical LISA PRUITT about putting an implant in someone Polymer Group are up to the challenge: is Professor of under the age of sixty,” says Pruitt. they recently designed and built their own Mechanical “Today, we want to put it in a younger, custom “Tribo-tester” to simulate rolling, Engineering more active patient. The demands on rotation, and sliding loads in the shoulder. (Lawrence the device are much greater – more Talbot Chair in cyclic loads, higher stresses, and now The Future of Artificial Joints Engineering) and we are pushing some of the aspects of Vice Chair of our materials to their limit.” Once they have a better understanding Graduate Study for of joint loading, the next step for Pruitt’sthe Mechanical Engineering Depart- In response to these increased researchers is to test different artificialment. Professor Pruitt’s research group, demands, the orthopedics community joint designs and materials underthe “Medical Polymer Group”, investi- changed the materials processing for simulated loading conditions. “We havegates the design and material properties artificial joints to increase polymer to determine whether the polymers offerof biomaterials, medical polymers, and strength (“more crosslinking of the sufficient integrity to resist propagationorthopedic tissues. polymers,” explains Pruitt). The goal of a flaw to a critical size in the lifetime of was to extend the lifetime of artificial the device,” says Pruitt. “A combinationResearch Focus joints from twenty years to thirty or of tribology work, and also fracture forty years. What happened, however, mechanics and basic mechanical testingA current research focus of the Medical was that many of these new joint becomes the foundation of what we doPolymer Group is understanding the materials began exhibiting a different in the lab.” Besides studying traditionalloading conditions and failure modes of mode of failure: fracture due to crack polyethylene joints, Professor Pruitt’sartificial joints. In particular, Professor propagation in the polymer. In some group is also looking at new materialsPruitt’s group is using mechanical cases, the joints did not last more than for orthopedic devices, includingtesting to assess the mechanical five years. polyurethane-based artificial joints.integrity of ultra-high-molecular-weight- Students are performing initial testingpolyethylene joints under conditions Professor Pruitt is working to solve (focusing on the shoulder joint) toof high cycle fatigue loading. The these problems through better design determine whether the polyurethane-research is motivated by a shift in of artificial joints and materials. The based material is a good candidatethe orthopedics field in the past few first step, according to Pruitt, is to better for artificial joints. As Professor Pruittdecades. “Twenty or thirty years ago, understand the loading conditions in the explains: “It will be some time yet –orthopedic surgeons wouldn’t think joints, and how these loading conditions another five years - before we know if can produce stress concentrations. One the evolution of the material has made a significant improvement.” Outside of her research, Professor Pruitt also serves as the Vice Chair for Graduate Study in the Mechanical Engineering Department. In this role, Professor Pruitt oversees the graduate program, making sure that all 350 mechanical engineering graduate students are on-track with their degree. She also manages the graduate admissions process (the ME graduate program receives over 1200 applicants for an incoming class size of approximately 100 students). In addition, Professor Pruitt is the author of a textbook, Mechanics of Biomaterials, published in 2011. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT Professor Pruitt and her lab, visit http://mpg.berkeley.edu/index.html.4 Mechanical Engineering

OM EN [ STUDENT ]W Farzana Ansari: Graduate Class of 2015L eadership seems to be a run- She says, “I even considered dropping “Get involved in research ning theme in the life of Farzana out of the program.” By building her or other hands-on projects Ansari, a current PhD student connections and relationships with in the field of Biomechanical her fellow students, and of course, her that allow you to breakEngineering. As a Biomedical Engineer- research adviser, she persevered and and fix things. Also, talk toing undergraduate at the University of was eventually persuaded to stay for her professional engineers toSouthern California, she served as an doctorate degree. She admits that one understand both the breadthEngineering Ambassador for her peers of her biggest challenges has been to of the major and possibleand prospective students and was an refrain from comparing herself to othersactive member of the Society of Women and finding her own direction, but she career options.”Engineers. At UC Berkeley, she leads an has found a strong support systemongoing collaboration with three orthope- in the department which has alloweddic surgeons to complete damage evalu- her grow both academicallyation studies of glenoid and humeral and professionally.implant retrieval, manages a team offifteen researchers, serves as an aca- The Medical Polymerdemic and professional mentor to 10-15 Group focuses on totalundergraduate members of the group joint replacement devicesthroughout the year, and has served as (hip, knee and shouldera peer adviser for her fellow students prostheses), with a particularand undergraduates in the program. As focus on the polymera Graduate Student Instructor, she has (soft) bearing known asaided numerous students in understand- ultrahigh molecular weighting materials science and engineering polyethylene (UHMWPE).concepts, and in 2012, she received Farzana’s research triesan Outstanding GSI award from the cam- to understand how designpus for her work in teaching. She sees features influence fatigueherself as a leader and a communicator and fracture events thatfor those in her field, and she hopes to have occurred in thecontinue such work when she transitions body. It is an intersectionto industry after graduation. between materials science (fracture mechanics) andThe Unexpected Path bioengineering (orthopedic devices). She sums it upInterestingly, Farzana’s journey in thusly: “I try to understandMechanical Engineering did not begin how materials break!” Heruntil her junior year at USC when she research has built expertisebegan to study related topics such as in materials testing, failurethe physics of the human heart. She analysis, design, and data/knew that she wanted to continue in image analysis.medicine, but after a year of workingon medical devices post-graduation, To students who areshe realized that she still had much to considering the path oflearn. After visiting the Medical Polymer Mechanical Engineering sheGroup lab and Professor Lisa Pruitt as a advises: “Get involved inprospective student, she initially pursued research or other hands-ona master’s degree in our department. projects that allow you toShe instantly felt a connection with the break and fix things. Also,students in her lab and her research talk to professional engineersadviser. But, as with many graduate to understand both thestudents, her first year was difficult. breadth of the major and possible career options.”

W [ STUDENT ] was getting into her dream institution. After touring some of our laboratory O M E N Sonja Davison: Junior facilities through her community college and she was eager to join Transfer and Student Parent the department.Sonja Davison entered our All of that changed when she A Study in Determination undergraduate program in the became pregnant with her daughter fall of 2014 as a Junior Transfer Kajsa. Wishing to be a better role model As any junior transfer student in the student in a cohort of 58. Like for her daughter, and hoping for the program will tell you, it’s a big leapmany junior transfers, her journey into better job prospects a higher education from attending community collegeMechanical Engineering is not what would bring, she enrolled at Santa Rosa to getting into the best public schoolmost students think of as linear or Junior College. There, she was most program in the country. Sonja hadtypical. She grew up in the East Bay of excited about her Physics and Math to juggle homework, tutoring, workCalifornia, left home when she was 16, courses as she was able to relate her and Kajsa while keeping her gradesand did not complete her high school studies to the physical world. Even as a up for eligibility and participating instudies (though she did earn her High child, Sonja had always enjoyed taking extracurricular activities to strengthenSchool Proficiency through examina- things apart to see how they worked her application. Through all of hertion). At that time, she had no plans to and she saw ME as a natural extension struggles, she has kept positive. Shecontinue her education. of her interest. Now, “all” there was left says, “I am a tenacious individual; if I set my mind to accomplish a task She stresses the importance there is little that can impede my of finding good mentors (especially success.” Being both a junior transfer and a student parent has been a double in engineering) and engaging on hardship, and balancing her academic hand-on activities when possible, and family life has proven challenging. saying that these factors made a However, she is working through this with enviable determination, goodwill huge impact in her case. and the self-knowledge of her strengths and limitations. She stresses the Sonja and her importance of finding good mentors daughter Kajsa. (especially in engineering) and engaging on hand-on activities when possible, saying that these factors made a huge impact in her case. Not only did these things inspire her to become an engineer, they keep her motivated when inevitable frustrations arise. Ultimately, Sonja wishes to teach at the university level and is considering a career in sustainable engineering. We look forward to seeing what she will accomplish. Student parents make up a very small percentage of the ME undergraduate population and they deal with various issues, not the least of which is the course-load of a technical program. There are a number of resources available to them including UC Berkeley’s Transfer Rentry Student Parent Center (TRSP). TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT UC Berkeley’s Transfer Rentry Student Parent Center (TRSP), at http://trsp.berkeley.edu/ studentparents.shtml.6 Mechanical Engineering

Lavanya with her sister, Melissa. her blood. Both of her parents are engineers, and she grew up playingW [ STUDENT ] with all sorts of gadgets and tools. In high school, she joined a first-year O M E N Lavanya Jawaharlal: FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) as one of the few women, and her team “It’s cool to be a nerd.” won the LA Regional tournament. This, most certainly, helped set herMany Mechanical Engi- careers at a young age and maintain- on the course to UC Berkeley. She neering undergraduates ing interest throughout middle and is a born leader whose projects have participate in outreach high school. [They] provide students obviously been heavily informed by to K12 students but few with an experiential education that her passions of teaching and impact-Engineers from UC Berkeley pursue excites, engages, and enriches ing children’s education. But it’s easyprofessional careers in outreach and through a unique, learn-by-doing to see that with her work with STEMeducation. Lavanya Jawaharlal (class curriculum.” Lavanya and her sister Center USA, her research, her posi-of 2016) has founded a company have also developed the Pi-Bot®, tion with the ASUC Senate, and herwith her sister, Melissa Jawahar- “a uniquely designed (and afford- studies can all be very difficult to jug-lal, which does exactly that. STEM able!) complete robot kit for anyone gle. She admits that one of her biggestCenter USA’s mission is to inspire interested in building and program- challenges is managing and balancingthe “next generation of STEM leaders ming robots,” to aid in the experiential her time, and figuring out what herby developing a passion for STEM learning process. Their latest project is priorities should be. “I’ve made some a book for small children called “The mistakes along the way but I’ve always Technical Alphabet.” She explains, had a solid group of friends to fall back “These are the first things that kids on and family support.” learn…you can’t get earlier than that in terms of exposing them to STEM.” It is clear that many subfields of Engineering are still struggling with So Much To Do...So Little Time parity on many levels including, but not limited to, gender, socio-economic Talking to Lavanya, one gets the status, and ethnicity. The effects of impression that engineering runs in this are absolutely profound, both at the classroom level and in industry, The Pi-Bot® because those in these fields are creating technology, solutions, knowl- edge and policy for everyone, not just for those individuals with whom they might affiliate. Historically, numer- ous problems have resulted from the disconnect between those who create and those who use or are affected by that which is created. This fact makes Lavanya’s work of turning children on to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics even more critical. We need more women and underrep- resented kids to know that “it is cool to be a nerd” so that we can work on creating a more diversified workforce and a more diversified structure of knowledge in general. We applaud her work in this field and are excited to see what this Junior does next. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT Stem Center USA, the Pi-Bot®, and The Technical Alphabet at http://www.stemcenterusa.com/. Mechanical Engineering 7

O’Connell feels the positive experience “let the girls see that it is possible forwomen to be in engineering— it’s not just a ‘boy’s job.’”[ CONTRIBUTORS ] Professor Grace O'Connell working with the Girls in Engineering students.This Newsletter has been [ FACULTY ]brought to you by MechanicalEngineering’s Office of Equity, Professor Grace O’Connell: Girls in EngineeringDiversity and Inclusion: To encourage women to pursue careers also focused on the importance ofProfessor George Johnson in science, technology, engineering and technical communication, teamworkME Equity Adviser math, or the STEM-based fields, the and leadership in engineering.Shareena Samson College of Engineering hosted 60Undergraduate Student Services middle school students from East Bay Professor O’Connell discussedAdviser & Staff Equity, schools to participate in the Girls in engineering’s contributions to medical-Diversity and Inclusion Adviser Engineering Camp last summer. Female related issues and the impact theseRoseanne Warren graduate students and engineering contributions have made on healthcare.Graduate Student & faculty members, including ME Her demonstration included examplesStudent Ambassador Professors Lisa Pruitt and GRACE of cow knees that allowed students toAndrew Sabelhaus O’CONNELL, offered hands-on compare hard and soft tissues, includingGraduate Student & projects in areas including nanotechnol- bones, cartilage and ligaments. AlthoughStudent Ambassador ogy, robotics and optics. The goal of the some students were squeamish at first, program was to generate and advance they soon became engrossed in theAnd a special thanks to the interest in engineering, since many girls research and enjoyed the opportunityfollowing individuals: dismiss the idea of careers in this area to participate and understand anEmily Higgins by the time they reach high school age. example of what engineering can be.Communications Specialist The week-long camp was funded by The talk also included a discussion ofMarcel Kristel grants from the National Science biomedical devices used to enhanceLecturer Foundation, General Electric and the healing, including casts, and joint Baskin Foundation and included field replacement strategies. O’Connell feelsAnd, of course, a big thank you to trips to the Lawrence Hall of Science the positive experience “let the girls seethe Department for all their help and Pixar Animation Studios. that it is possible for women to be inand support for this special edition. engineering—it’s not just a ‘boy’s job.’” Professor Pruitt kicked off the 8 Mechanical Engineering Girls in Engineering program with TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT an overview lecture on the field of Professor O’Connell and her lab, engineering and how girls might see a visit http://oconnell.berkeley.edu/. role for themselves in these exciting technical fields. Over the week, Pruitt

W [ ALUMNA ] With the construction of the Jacobs Center, ME students will be O M E N Nancy Diaz-Elsayed: given more opportunities to work on interdisciplinary teams. How do Recent Graduate you think this will enhance their experience in ME?Nancy Diaz-Elsayed is a Cal What aspects of the ME graduate alumna who received her program did you find best prepared you DIAZ-ELSAYED: As a student, I received PhD in mechanical engineer- for your current positions? certificates from both the ing in 2013, with a focus on Manufacturing of Technology programenergy characterization of manufacturing NANCY DIAZ-ELSAYED: One of the biggest and the Engineering and Businessprocesses. She currently holds a postdoc contributions and the greatest help was for Sustainability program. Theseposition at the University of South Florida, my experience teaching as a graduate programs allowed me the opportunityTampa, and is a sustainable manufac- student instructor, mentoring students to work on interdisciplinary teamsturing consultant for Autodesk. With and assisting them with their projects. and gave me experience inpositions in both academia and industry, Teaching applies to much of the work I collaborating with students fromDiaz-Elsayed relies on the teaching and do as a postdoc, including presenting diverse backgrounds, includingresearch experience she received in the material to an audience who may not be computer science and businessME graduate program. Here is what she experts on the subject. majors. All students should takehad to say about her time at Cal. advantage of the opportunity to work Many graduates pursue careers in with peers with different mindsets. The industry, why did you choose to collaborative effort sparks creativity pursue a career in both industry and prepares them for future careers. and academia? What do you miss most about Cal and DIAZ-ELSAYED: My long term goal is the Bay Area? to stay in academia and to become DIAZ-ELSAYED: I miss being able to a professor. But in an academic meet up with close friends and getting position, I would still connect coffee at Brewed Awakening or lunch with industry and at Stuffed Inn. I miss being able to pursue research take a break from studying to enjoy in manufacturing. the San Francisco skyline or to take a I love teaching trip to Yosemite. and interacting with students, and Final thoughts? research projects give me the opportunity to DIAZ-ELSAYED: I am very grateful to collaborate and work have been a part of such a terrific lab with them to find and graduate program at Cal. I look creative solutions. forward to maintaining my ties with my fellow alumni and continuing to learn about the cutting edge research that the ME program is leading. “All students should take advantage of the opportunity to work with peers with different mindsets. The collaborative effort sparks creativity and prepares them for future careers.” Mechanical Engineering 9

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID University of California C2_Color: PMS 541 & PMS 131 & BLACKUniversity of CaliforniaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering6141 Etcheverry Hall, MC #1740Berkeley, CA 94720-1740C3_Color: PMS 541 & PMS 124 MESupTpoort mVISeIT.berkeley.edu a GCEifhntogtooinsMeeee“rcMinhgaakn.”eical[ STUDENT ]Roseanne Warren: “Nanomaterials offer manyFuture Professor unique properties that are great for energy storageRoseanne Warren is a graduate Saudi Arabia and enjoy the and conversion.” student and PhD candidate in Professor Liwei Lin’s lab. beautiful KAUST campus. Her research is focused onnanomaterials for renewable energy and Warren adds, “It usuallyenergy storage applications. Warrensays, “Nanomaterials offer many unique only rains one day a year Roseanne will be teaching at theproperties that are great for energy stor- University of Utah starting in 2016.age and conversion.” there—last year it rained for On one of her research projects, 20 minutes.” mechatronics class. After helpingWarren is collaborating with a research When she’s not growing carbon students complete their final projects,group at King Abdullah University of she was instrumental in organizing theScience and Technology (KAUST) in nanotubes in the Lin lab or evaporating display of their work during the end-of-Saudi Arabia to develop new materials nanometer films of metal catalysts semesterVInisvietntors Open House. onto her samples in the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory in Sutardja After shVeisgirtaduates, Warren is Dai Hall, Warren is busy in her role excited to continue her research and as a diversity ambassador for the ME teaching in an academic career. Department. Warren also mentorsfor light-driven photo-electrolysis or undergraduate students through“water splitting.” The goal is to make Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUThydrogen directly from solar energy Apprenticeship Program and acts Professor Liwei Lin’s Lab, visitand water. This past May, Warren had as a Graduate Student Instructor http://linlab.me.berkeley.edu/.a chance to visit her collaborators in for ME102B, the senior design and