The Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research (BETR) Center is a hub of physical electronics research at the University of California, Berkeley.
Through research in materials, processes, devices and integrated systems, the BETR Center drives innovation toward a vision of global ambient intelligence.
BETR Membership
BETR membership provides a range of exclusive benefits, including access to pre-publication research, newly developed technologies, seminars, students and postdocs, and much more.
2024 Fall Workshop
& Technical Advisory Board Meeting
November 14, 2024
We thank all attendees and presenters and look forward to welcoming you to our 2025 Spring Workshop in May.
Google Academic Research Award
BETR Center co-Director, Prof. Alp Sipahigil, has been awarded a Google Academic Research Award on quantum transduction and networking for scalable computing applications. This award will support research on developing microwave-to-
ME Commons Northwest-AI-Hub
BETR Center Sr. Executive Director, Dr. Michael Bartl, has been appointed to the same role in the newly formed Microelectronics Commons Northwest-AI-Hub at Berkeley. Starting September 15, Dr. Bartl will oversee all day-to-day operations and programmatic activities of both centers.
Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
BETR co-Director Prof. Laura Waller was named the 2024 recipient of the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal for her work in computational imaging. The award will be presented by the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on December 3rd in Berlin, Germany.
Optical Mode Engineering in Semiconductor Diode Lasers
Prof. Kent Choquette
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Foundry Enabled Chip-Scale Photonics Technology and Applications
Prof. Yeshaiahu Fainman
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Topic: Samsung DRAM Path Finding
Dr. Siwoo Lee
Executive Vice President, DRAM Path Finding, Samsung Electronics
