Berkeley EECS researchers win Best Showcase Award at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit

EECS graduate students Logan Horowitz, Syed Tahmid Mahbub, Jiarui Zou, and Professor Robert Pilawa-Podgurski have received a Best Showcase Award at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. In collaboration with a team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and other academic and industry partners, the Berkeley team developed technology that aims to drastically improve the efficiency of future data centers. Their work focused on the design of a thermal test vehicle (TTV) for assessing cooling solutions.

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit convenes experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to address America’s energy challenges. The Summit offers a unique, three-day program, highlighting cutting-edge ideas with the most potential for meaningful impact.