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Uncracked profile: a values-led startup takes on seafood sustainability
Team Uncracked’s journey from a group of likeminded students to the winner of the Collider Cup XII, Berkeley’s prestigious technology showcase and startup pitch event, is a testament to their shared values. Using what they learned in the SCET course AltMeat: Product Design of Plant-Based Foods (ENGIN 183C-001), they created a plant-based crab meat product…
High school innovators pitch social impact projects at UC Berkeley
In April, SCET hosted 18 energetic high school students from The Purpose Academy in India. The Purpose Academy is part of One Million One Billion (1M1B) an SCET global partner. These students came to SCET to build their entrepreneurship skills and pitch their social impact projects to mentors, faculty and local high school students. The student’s…
Disaster Lab Director Dr. Thomas Azwell honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
Dr. Thomas Azwell, UC Berkeley faculty and director for the Disaster Lab, has been honored with the prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Public Service. The award celebrates his substantial contributions to diversifying the firefighting industry through the FIRE Foundry program. Dr. Azwell initially launched the program to serve communities in Marin County, with a keen focus…
SCET Faculty Shuo Chen on Corporate Social Justice & the Future of Data Privacy
SCET faculty, commission member in California’s Mental Health Commission and industry fellow, Shuo Chen, was recently interviewed on The Robots Are Coming podcast where she talked about how future business models can be created without selling data, how Web3 can help with data privacy by allowing users to own their data, how data privacy can…
How to have an outstanding Y Combinator application
If you’re serious about growing your startup and ready to devote yourself to building it full time, joining an accelerator can be a viable next step to expanding your network, accessing investment, and receiving feedback from expert advisors and mentors. Berkeley has its own ecosystem of accelerators and incubators – you can see a full list…
SCET Instructor and Executive Scholar, Shuo Chen, named Forbes 30 under 30
The Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at UC Berkeley is excited to celebrate SCET instructor and executive scholar, Shuo Chen, who was just named to Forbes’ prestigious 30 under 30 list for 2022 in the venture capital category. Shuo is a new instructor at UC Berkeley SCET College of Engineering and a faculty…
Data X Mentor Spotlights: Recognizing the Pivotal Role Mentorship Plays in our Programs
With the semester coming to an end, SCET would like to recognize the incredibly valuable role that mentors play in our courses. To help students develop cutting-edge venture projects, SCET recruits alumni and friends with industrial and startup roles to provide feedback and advice. Below we highlight mentors from the Fall 2021 Applied Data Science…
How Design Thinking Can Help Create Affordable Meat Alternatives
SCET Alt:Meat Lab Director Co-Authors Chapter in ‘Design Thinking for Food Well-Being’ with Two Other UC Berkeley Professors and Launches New ‘Design of Affordable Plant-Based Foods’ Class One of the latest books on food design thinking to hit the shelves, ‘Design Thinking for Food Well-Being’ features several UC Berkeley professors as contributors, including Ricardo San…
SCET is Celebrating Fifteen Years with Ikhlaq Sidhu
SCET Faculty Director and Chief Scientist, Ikhlaq Sidhu, has created a new model for the academic innovation center that embraces innovation in both academia and industry. This model has led to new ways of teaching and practicing technology innovation for university students and professionals that includes frequent interaction between academia and industry, learning of entrepreneurial…