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

Registration and detailed event information will be shared by email with BETR Center members and affiliates.

News & Highlights

Alp Sipahigil
Alp Sipahigil

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-optical transducers to transfer quantum information between superconducting quantum processors using optical photons.

Michael H. Bartl

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.

Upcoming Events

2024 Fall Workshop and Technical Advisory Board Meeting

This in-person event will be closed to BETR Center members and affiliates. Registration and detailed event information will be shared by email.

November 14, 2024
8:30 am - 6:00 pm

Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World

Sebastian Fernández

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

November 22, 2024
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm