GLOBE News
GLOBE News
Interview with May 2022 GLOBE Ambassadors Trip
April 21, 2023
In May 2022, UC Berkeley’s GLOBE Ambassadors embarked on an exciting journey to Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Canada! Berkeley Engineering students and GLOBE Ambassadors Paige Lyles and Rucha Acholkar were interviewed about their experiences on the trip as well as what they learned.
Indonesia and Berkeley Engineering: The Start of a New International Cooperation
June 24, 2022
In April 2022, GLOBE launched a new initiative partnering together the University of Indonesia and UC Berkeley. Click here to read about the details of the new program.
GLOBE Discovery Scholars
Angel Hernandez’s Summer 2024 at TU Hamburg
March 18, 2025
Angel Hernandez is a GLOBE Discovery Scholar studying Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2024, he got the chance to go to Germany and study at TU Hamburg! Read here to hear more about her internship!
Iris Li’s Summer 2024 Research at Zhejiang University
February 25, 2025
Iris Li is a GLOBE Discovery Scholar studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2024, she had the opportunity to do research at Zhejiang University! Read here to hear more about her internship!
Mandy Pham’s Summer 2024 Research Internship at National University of Singapore
January 14, 2025
Mandy Pham is a GLOBE Discovery Scholar studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2024, she got to be a research intern at the National University of Singapore to do work on visibility-based robot target localization and tracking Read here to hear more about her internship!
Eungyeom Kim’s Summer 2024 SERIUS program at National University of Singapore
December 5, 2024
Eungyeom Kim is a GLOBE Discovery Scholar studying Environmental Engineering at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2024, Eungyeom had the chance to intern at the National University of Singapore conducting research on ‘Converting Food Waste into Energy and Resources through Biological Processes.’ Read here to hear more about her internship!
Sarina Lin’s Summer 2024 MUM: Micro Underwater Robotics Internship at TUHH in Germany
November 19, 2024
Sarina Lin is a GLOBE Discovery Scholar studying Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2024, Sarina was an intern at the MUM: Micro Underwater Robotics program at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) in Germany. Read here to hear more about her internship!
Alex Nguyen’s Summer 2023 Machine Learning Internship at a Swedish Startup
January 23, 2024
Alex Nguyen is a GLOBE Ambassador and senior double majoring in Material Science and Engineering + Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley! In the summer of 2023, Alex his startup internship experience with Northvolt, a Swedish startup focused on establishing a sustainable battery industry. Alex helped Northvolt in pioneering a new approach to battery manufacturing rooted in a commitment to sustainable sourcing of raw materials and recycling. Read here to learn more!
Sarah Mehtabuddin’s SERIUS Internship at National University of Singapore
December 19, 2023
Sarah Mehtabuddin is a GLOBE Ambassador and Senior studying BioEngineering at the University of California, Berkeley, received the GLOBE Discovery Scholarship during a research internship at the National University of Singapore. During the internship, Sarah participated in the SERIUS research engineering program at the National University of Singapore, a transformative experience. Read here to learn more!
Navigating Japan’s Nuclear Landscape with Eric He
November 14, 2023
Eric He, a Globe Ambassador and Junior studying Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, received the GLOBE Discovery Scholarship during a research internship at the University of Tokyo. During his internship, Eric delved into Japan’s energy challenges, particularly its reliance on nuclear power and the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Read here to learn more!
GLOBE 15th Anniversary
Lunch break with the GLOBE Director Dr. Matthew Sherburne
March 2, 2021
Hear from Dr. Matt and see how he pictures GLOBE’s future
By Anthony St. George
December 18, 2020
In 2019, GLOBE launched a suite of programs (The Global Engineer) to provide students, particularly those who have never been outside of the United States, with greater global exposure. Hear Anthony talk about the recent initiatives implemented by GLOBE.
By Anthony St. George
September 15, 2020
In 2005, inspired by a new trend in global academic expansion, Dean Richard Newton launched The Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering—GLOBE to extend Berkeley Engineering’s research and education experts around the world.
Alumni Spotlight
Ariel Ho: Journey from Dietician to Healthcare Startup Co-Founder
November 8, 2022
Congratulations to our Berkeley Taiwan Biomedical (BTB) visiting scholar Ariel Ho on her acceptance into Berkeley SkyDeck and Health Tech CoLab Start-up Accelerator Programs! Ariel Ho is the co-founder of DIAITA (arie.cc). She has over 10 years of clinical nutrition experience in teaching hospitals and previously worked for the International Clinical Diet Association (ICDA) as an advisor and sustainable eating representative.
Interview with Scarlett Ho, 2022 Taipei Women in Tech Honoree
August 26th, 2022
Scarlett is a global team builder, visionary leader in Tech/IT industry, and now a visiting scholar in UC Berkeley. Scarlett is enthusiastic about women empowerment – she was Co-Chair of Women In Action ERG club in Dell and initiated Cool Connected Women club with Google, Facebook, Uber.
August 24th, 2021
Yingqiao, an alumna of the GLOBE Visiting Students Program at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, is currently a second-year Material Science Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She is currently working on biosensors and neuro-activities in her Ph.D. Click on her article to learn about Yingqiao’s experiences as a Ph.D. student and tips on how to successfully apply for graduate school.
June 29th, 2022
Professor Martina Kajanová, a GLOBE Visiting Scholar from the University of Žilina in Slovakia, is currently back in her home country. She is working on improving research at her alma mater and incorporate practices she learned at UC Berkeley.
Startup and Innovation with Dr. Jowy Tani, a GLOBE Visiting Scholar from the Berkeley-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship
June 29th, 2022
Dr. Jowy Tani, an alumni of the Berkeley-Taiwan Biomedical Fellowship, is currently the CEO of the Taipei Medical University Biomed Accelerator. He is currently working on supporting biomedical startups in Taiwan with his experience from UC Berkeley.
August 2nd, 2021
Mukul, an alumnus of the GLOBE Visiting Students Program at UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, founded a software start-up named Inventeurs. He is also going to graduate with an MBA degree from Singapore SP Jain School of Global Management. Click on his article to learn about Mukul’s experiences founding his start-ups and raising funding.
Bridging the Gap between Engineering and Business with Dennis Tan, NTU, ME’21
May 13th, 2021
Dennis Tan, an alumnus of the GLOBE Visiting Students Program, founded the Health Consulting Group at UC Berkeley. He is an incoming business analyst at McKinsey & Company. Learn about how Dennis bridged the gap between his background in engineering and the skills required for consulting in his article.
LEAP with Assistant Professor Chao-Wei Huang
April 26th, 2021
Chao-Wei, currently an Assistant Professor at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology at Taiwan, was a Visiting Scholar in the GLOBE program as well as the LEAP program after the end of his PhD program. He leads a project that uses biochips for on-site selection in the pig industry. Chao-Wei completed his PhD at the Department of Animal Science and Technology at the National Taiwan University (NTU).
Career advice from Angelika ’24, Ph.D. candidate at CEE
March 2, 2021
Hear academic and career advice from Angelika, a doctoral student at the Department of Civil Engineering. She is an alumna of the GLOBE visiting student program, Fall 2017.
Studying abroad remotely during the pandemic.
February 22, 2021
Hear the exchange experience from Jason Chen, studying Material Science Engineering remotely from Taiwan.
Learn more about ENG 187: Global Engineering with Ella Tyler’22
December 9, 2020
Hear the experiences from Ella Tyler, Class of 2022, and past student of ENG 187, about her takeaways from her class
View the World Differently from the lenses of GLOBE Ambassador, Abdoul Aziz’ 22
November 18, 2020
Hear the experiences from Abdoul Aziz, Class of 2020, and participant for the GLOBE Ambassador Program 2019, about his trip to Singapore and the Philippines.
Career Advice for Undergraduates from GLOBE Alumnus, Zeyuan Lin
October 3, 2020
Hear graduate school and career advice from GLOBE visiting student program alumnus, Zeyuan Lin’19 who is now a software engineer at Oracle.
Ding-Yuan Chen, Berkeley-Taiwan Biomedical (BTB) Scholar ’20
October 2, 2020
To help new GLOBE Entrepreneurship Visiting Scholars navigate their experience here at UC Berkeley, we spoke with Ding-Yuan Chen ’20, a Taiwan Berkeley-Taiwan Biomedical fellow, about his one-year entrepreneurship experience in GLOBE.
