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On November 9th, BSAC hosted a gathering of the center's women alumni and researchers. The primary goal was to create a platform for women in academia and research to share their experiences, challenges, and triumphs, fostering a sense of community and empowerment.

One highlight of the gathering was the presence of Leslie A. Fields Ph.D., the pioneering woman who earned the distinction of becoming the center's first female Ph.D. graduate studying under BSAC's co-founding directors, Professor Richard S. Muller and Professor Richard M. White. Her journey and achievements inspired...

Please welcome Professor Rayne Zheng to BSAC's distinguished board of faculty co-directors.

Rayne Zheng is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research focuses on developing additive manufacturing/3D printing techniques for materials and structures with controlled topologies and encoded properties. His current interests are in developing new additive fabrication techniques, multi-material synthesis, structure-property relationships, and leveraging novel artificial intelligence to create intelligent materials and systems...

Image of a phonon-engineered superconducting qubit.

A team of eleven investigators at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) led by BSAC Co-Director Alp Sipahigil have been awarded $8,000,000...

BSAC Co-Director Roya Maboudian's lab teams up with BSAC alum and Stanford professor, Debbie Senesky's XLab to better understand the nature of graphene aerogel and how microgravity affects its properties. The team is leveraging the International...