About Our Research
Research is the foundation of Berkeley EECS Faculty and students work together on cutting-edge projects that cross disciplinary boundaries to improve everyday life and make a difference. Our leadership in research is the key to maintaining a vibrant curriculum that prepares our students to become leaders in their chosen fields.
EECS researchers join together to explore a broad range of areas and ideas, from the tiniest nano particle to the latest Artificial Intelligence.
PVDF cockroach-inspired robot (photo: Stephen McNally)
Our Researchers delve deeply into a wide variety of subjects, from the Chisel language for advanced hardware design to wearable sensor arrays for personalized medicine.
Vahid Vahedi gives his talk, “Engineering the future of semiconductors with atomic precision and AI” on October 22, 2025.
The weekly EECS Colloquium offers our faculty a chance to invite speakers offering a wide range of experiences covering topics in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to engage with the department.
Research allows you to pursue your interests, to learn something new, to hone your problem-solving skills and to challenge yourself in new ways. Working on a faculty-initiated research project gives you the opportunity work closely with a mentor–a faculty member or other experienced researcher. With a self-initiated research project, you leave Berkeley with a product that represents the distillation of your interests and studies and, possibly, a real contribution to knowledge.