BEST (Berkeley Energy and Sustainable Technologies) Lab
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
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Computer Engineering Environmental Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science Information Technology MEMS/NEMS Mechanical Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - General |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Alice Agogino |
| Description: | The BEST Lab, located in 6102 Etcheverry Hall, UC Berkeley) has two major theme areas. (1) The Berkeley Expert Systems Technology (BEST) Lab addresses cutting edge research in applied Artificial Intelligence, Expert Systems and Information Technologies. (2) The Berkeley Energy and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Lab focuses on sustainable communities, sustainable product design, alternate energy and appropriate technologies. All projects have a teaching component and have been part of design courses from the freshman to the graduate level at the University of California at Berkeley. Photo caption:BEST lab member Johanna Mathieu was featured in the online College of Engineering Innovations publication: A Remedy for Deadly Water. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(b) Design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data (c) Design a system, component, or process (d) Work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams (e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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This community website and digital library collection could be a useful resource for sustainable design projects and courses. CARES is headquartered in the BEST (Berkeley Energy and Sustainable Technologies) Lab at the University of California at Berkeley (6102 Etcheverry Hall). |
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Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
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| Place Name: | University of California at Berkeley Etcheverry Hall Floor 2 |
| Place Type: | Business |
| Place Location: | 6102 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, California 94720 United States |
| West Longitude: | -122.259240 |
| East Longitude: | -122.259180 |
| North Latitude: | 37.87535 |
| South Latitude: | 37.875233 |
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| Publication Date: | July 2009 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://best.me.berkeley.edu/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
EP on the GO
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