Innovation and Engineering Leadership with Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, Tesla Inc.

By Sienna Lam / July 25, 2024 / Comments Off on Innovation and Engineering Leadership with Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, Tesla Inc.

For over a decade, the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at UC Berkeley has hosted the Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP), which has helped more than 1,000 technical professionals hone their leadership skills and bring an innovative spirit to their firms.  On February 28, Marc Tarpenning (B.A. Computer Science ‘85), co-founder of Tesla…

From Pharmacist to Innovator: Rashmi Varma’s Journey to Bridging Health Gaps

By Sienna Lam / July 24, 2024 / Comments Off on From Pharmacist to Innovator: Rashmi Varma’s Journey to Bridging Health Gaps

Rashmi Varma joined Berkeley’s entrepreneurial community after taking a SCET class in her first year as a master’s student at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Since then, she has continued to share her passion for healthcare access in vulnerable communities and advocated for interdisciplinary collaboration to solve these complex global issues. Over the past…

Highlights from HyLight: A Conversation with Founder Thomas Laporte

By Sienna Lam / June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Highlights from HyLight: A Conversation with Founder Thomas Laporte

Thomas Laporte joined the SCET community in the spring of 2022 after participating in the Le Bridge Startup Fellows Program, hosted by Berkeley in collaboration with Emlyon Business School, where Laporte received his master’s degree in management. Here, Laporte met his future co-founders and set the foundation for HyLight, a company building Hydrogen-powered airship drones…

Impact Food Launches in Cal Dining: a Q&A with Founder Kelly Pan

By Sienna Lam / June 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Impact Food Launches in Cal Dining: a Q&A with Founder Kelly Pan

Impact Food, a startup bridging food innovation and sustainability, specializes in creating cost-effective, nutritional, and tasty alternative seafood. Founded in the Alt Meat Lab course offered by SCET, Impact Foods is the recipient of the Hult Prize as well as the People’s Choice in the Collider Cup in 2020. We followed up with co-founder Kelly…

Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Discusses War Crimes in the AI Era

By Sienna Lam / May 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Discusses War Crimes in the AI Era

The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology welcomed Oleksandra Matviichuk, recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in war crimes in Ukraine, the global implications of disinformation, and human rights. On April 16, 2024, The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) hosted an event titled “Tracking War…