The Engineering Division plays a key role at Berkeley Lab, partnering with research teams to bring science to life. Engineers and technicians within the Division provide their expertise in support of individual and large-scale scientific missions. The Division also works to support projects within the larger Department of Energy National Lab ecosystem and for scientific institutions, universities, and research organizations across the world.
Within Berkeley Lab, the Engineering Division provides comprehensive support for large-scale, multi-year scientific programs and projects, including engineering, fabrication, and manufacturing. Engineering and technical staff are engaged using a matrixing system, allowing the Division to be nimble and efficiently provide support where it is needed. This approach also allows the Division to maintain specialized, multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art expertise and accumulate transferable knowledge for increased efficiency and productivity.
The Division has the ability to provide support on a smaller and more cost-efficient scale through its Engineering Small Projects Support Department. This group provides ad hoc engineering assistance to help researchers and scientists achieve specific, targeted objectives.
The Engineering Division supports the wider DOE National Lab complex, both through collaborations with Berkeley Lab science partners and through independent partnerships. This enables staff across the National Labs to leverage the skills and knowledge provided by the Engineering Division to achieve larger DOE objectives and goals.
Due to our expertise and capabilities in areas such as accelerator engineering, detectors, and composites, the Division is available to support scientific and research institutions with engineering, fabrication, and manufacturing capabilities.
Berkeley Lab has a long legacy of leveraging engineering to advance science, dating back to the vision of founder Ernest O. Lawrence, who pioneered the idea of using a multidisciplinary approach to tackle the biggest scientific challenges. This approach views engineering contributions as foundational to making scientific breakthroughs. Team Science, as it is known today, is a core tenet of how Berkeley Lab operates. The many scientific and technological accomplishments made at the Lab, including 17 Nobel Prizes, speak to the success of this approach.
