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Exploring the Bay Area’s manufacturing ecosystem
Exploring the Bay Area’s manufacturing ecosystem
At Jacobs Hall, students have access to a wide range of tools for design, prototyping, and fabrication, from a waterjet cutter and CNC…
Jacobs Institute
Jun 20, 2018
Design innovation then/now: Designing infrastructure
Design innovation then/now: Designing infrastructure
In celebration of UC Berkeley’s 150th birthday, we’re exploring Berkeley-driven design innovation from 1868 to today. Over the course of…
Jacobs Institute
Jun 6, 2018
Innovation Catalysts program boosts student innovations
Innovation Catalysts program boosts student innovations
This spring, ten diverse student teams accessed project funding, Maker Passes, and other resources through a new grant program: the Jacobs…
Jacobs Institute
May 14, 2018
Stair-climbing robots: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Stair-climbing robots: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Team update, Global Product Development | By Platypus Labs: Ashis Ghosh, Purva Juvekar, Jacqueline Nguyen, Michael Oudenhoven
Purva Juvekar
Apr 30, 2018
Cuddle Cub: Making the bedtime process a little bit easier
Cuddle Cub: Making the bedtime process a little bit easier
Team update, Global Product Development | By team Bluem: Joseph Akoni, Jeremy Hammer, Angela Lee, Katherine Qiu
Bluem
Apr 27, 2018
Getting Back2Bed: The story of how we are helping everyone sit up
Getting Back2Bed: The story of how we are helping everyone sit up
Team update, Global Product Development | By team Back2Bed
Mudit Kakkar
Apr 18, 2018
Cycle Paths: Taking the bike lane wherever your adventures may lead you
Cycle Paths: Taking the bike lane wherever your adventures may lead you
Team update, Global Product Development | By team Cycle Paths: Cristal Banh, Chelsey Campillo, Gabriela Cibils, Nisha Pathak, and Yu Wu
Chelsey Campillo
Apr 13, 2018
Tools of the trade
Tools of the trade
Here at Jacobs Hall, students often enter the building with exciting ideas, looking for specific tools to turn these ideas into reality…
Junaid Maknojia
Apr 12, 2018
A beginner’s guide to making
A beginner’s guide to making
Menglong Guo is a third-year mechanical engineering student who is on Jacobs Hall’s team of advanced prototypers, serving as a peer…
FRANCHESCA SPEKTOR
Mar 14, 2018
Million Hands: A prosthetic finger for everyone
Million Hands: A prosthetic finger for everyone
Team update, Global Product Development | By team Million Hands: Alejandro García Salas, Daniel Lim, Holly Stein, and Jeff Ying
Daniel Lim
Mar 8, 2018
Alumni perspectives: Designing beyond Berkeley
Alumni perspectives: Designing beyond Berkeley
Since the Jacobs Institute’s launch in 2015, it has served as a gathering point for Berkeley’s diverse and ever-evolving design community…
Jacobs Institute
Feb 28, 2018
Design innovation then/now: Spotlight on assistive technology
Design innovation then/now: Spotlight on assistive technology
In celebration of UC Berkeley’s 150th birthday, we’re exploring Berkeley-driven design innovation from 1868 to today. Over the course of…
Jacobs Institute
Feb 13, 2018
TapSwitch: Transitioning to Global Product Development
TapSwitch: Transitioning to Global Product Development
Team update, Global Product Development | By team JARAD: James Napoli, Aldo Suseno, Roger Isied, Arnav Chaturvedi, and Dominic Chiavacci
TapSwitch by JARAD
Feb 7, 2018
Hybrid structures and new applications: Exploring digital fabrication at Jacobs Hall
Hybrid structures and new applications: Exploring digital fabrication at Jacobs Hall
A reconfigurable lampshade, a portable scientific instrument, an affordable tool for surgery planning: these student projects may not seem…
Jacobs Institute
Jan 16, 2018
Fall talks at Jacobs Hall: Three themes for design innovators
Fall talks at Jacobs Hall: Three themes for design innovators
This fall, we welcomed a diverse group of speakers to Jacobs Hall for the Jacobs Design Conversations and Design Field Notes speaker…
Jacobs Institute
Dec 19, 2017
New course takes flight at Jacobs Hall
New course takes flight at Jacobs Hall
This fall, passersby on the top floor of Jacobs Hall might have seen an unusual sight: a large net dropped down from the ceiling, with a…
Jacobs Institute
Dec 18, 2017
Reimagining mobility, one working session at a time
Reimagining mobility, one working session at a time
Being a graduate student at UC Berkeley comes with a few perks. My primary focus on product design has acquired a few new dimensions this…
Mudit Kakkar
Nov 28, 2017
Making abstract ideas tangible: Five questions with Purin Phanichphant
Making abstract ideas tangible: Five questions with Purin Phanichphant
Purin Phanichphant is an artist and designer whose work spans broad areas: he has served as a product and interaction designer with clients…
Jacobs Institute
Nov 27, 2017
Building a team, building culture
Building a team, building culture
“From the beginning, we’ve had the intention to create a culture through our staff.” — Joey Gottbrath, technical labs lead, Jacobs…
Jacobs Institute
Oct 3, 2017
Inside the studio: Teaching design innovation
Inside the studio: Teaching design innovation
“Starting in fall 2015,” read a spring 2015 Berkeley Engineer magazine feature on Jacobs Hall, the then-future home of the Jacobs Institute…
Jacobs Institute
Jul 12, 2017
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