News and Press

BEARS Chief Academic Officer, Connie Chang-Hasnain, has been elected as the 2019 Vice-President (VP) of Optical Society of America (OSA.) OSA has been the biggest supporter of optics and photonics worldwide, bringing together and training scientists, educators, and business leaders to cultivate and advance specialized and professional development for over 100 years. Currently, Prof. Chang-Hasnain also serves as the SinBeRISE Program Leader, and Associate Dean for Strategic Alliances in the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley.

Cyclotron Road recently highlighted Nelumbo, the creator of highly-efficient, heat-transfer surfaces, a company that was founded by SinBerBEST 1 researchers led by Prof. Hayden Taylor. The article discussed how it has a new partnership with Danfoss, a worldwide supplier of energy-efficient power systems, completed a Series A financing round, opened a manufacturing and development facility, and expanded its team.

SinBerBEST 2 Theme Leader, Professor Stefano Schiavon, issued a LinkedIn article in July 2018 on ceiling fan airflows based on a climate chamber study.  In this Singapore-based experiment, SinBerBEST researcher, Aleksandra Lipczynska, Prof. Schiavon, and Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research, Edward Arens, examined airflow profiles created by one fan and multiple fans using high spatial resolution air speed measurements, 5,760 and 20,160 measuring points for the two cases respectively.