Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center

Professor Ashok Ajoy Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

“Quantum sensor” technologies have opened attractive new applications stemming from the ir sensitive detection of magnetic fields. This is typified by the Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) center in diamond that has allowed the nanoscale...Read more about BSAC Technology Seminar: Hyperpolarized Quantum Sensors

Thank you to everyone that joined BSAC for the Fall 2021 Conference!

Watching television in the shower might not rank terribly high on the scale of today’s available personal-tech indulgences. But imagine if the TV — or other small electronic device — was powered by water vapor billowing up from the marble floor tiles.

Such moisture-induced energy...Read more about Lin Lab: With a Damp TV, Berkeley Engineers Demonstrate the Potential of a Green Energy Harvester

Stress and strain, applied in just the right manner, can sometimes produce amazing results.

That is what researchers, led by a team at UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, discovered about an emerging semiconductor material — black phosphorus (BP) —...Read more about Javey Lab: Researchers Demonstrate New Semiconductor Device Possibilities using Black Phosphorus

Please join BSAC in congratulating Alexander Alvara of the Pister group on being awarded the 2021 Space Science Lab's Lin Fellowship.

Alexander is a doctoral student in the Berkeley mechanical...Read more about Alexander Alvara Awarded the 2021 Space Science Lab's Lin Fellowship

Many insects and spiders get their uncanny ability to scurry up walls and walk upside down on ceilings with the help of specialized sticky footpads that allow them to adhere to surfaces in places where no human would dare to go.

Engineers at the University of California,...Read more about Lin Lab: Insect-Sized Robot Navigates Mazes with the Agility of a Cheetah