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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NEW Faculty Search Alert! 🚨
@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social is on the hunt for visionary faculty in “Engineering + AI”! 🌉🤖 Join the world's top public engineering program, shaping the future of tech from the heart of the Bay Area. Open to all ranks!
Details & apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05144

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Engineering + Artificial Intelligence - College of Engineering (host academic department(s) to be determined)

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · 21d

New paper out! We show how coordinated price signals + power control at workplace EV charging cuts power peaks & costs—backed by real-world data from SlrpEV! 🚗 🔌 💰 Read: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnn57sfVZ...

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to unveil our latest project, supported by @calenergy.bsky.social, focusing on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in collaboration with It's Electric. Discover more here 👉 www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

it's electric Secures $1.1M CEC Grant to Launch Breakthrough Vehicle-to-Grid EV Charger

/PRNewswire/ -- The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded Brooklyn-based EV charging company it's electric $1.1 million to develop, certify, and...

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited to unveil our Fall 2025 ITS Seminar Series! We are hosting top leaders in transportation innovation to interact with our students and faculty. Feel welcome to join us Fridays 4-5p! its.berkeley.edu/news/fall-20...

Fall 2025 Transportation Seminar | Institute of Transportation Studies

ITS hosts a number of faculty members from nine UC Berkeley academic departments and schools and approximately 150 researchers and students are associated with ITS through our various research and…

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Sep 1

UC Berkeley's Energy & Resources Group (ERG) is searching for a new faculty member. Check out the position here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05092

Assistant or Associate Professor - Energy and Resources Group

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Aug 31

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is ranked #1 public university, once again, by Forbes. 💙 🐻 Go Bears! www.forbes.com/colleges/uni...

University of California, Berkeley

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Aug 6

A 9000 pound Chevy electric work truck went 1059.2 miles on a single charge, on public roads. Stock vehicle. Essentially no mods. Remarkable! @OutofSpecBITS
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Here’s How Chevy Broke The Record For Driving Over 1,000 Electric Miles On A Single Charge!

Kyle and Jordan sit down with Jon Doremus, from the Chevy team, to talk all about the Silverado doing 1059.2 miles on one charge. Out of Spec Rivian Referral:…

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Jul 5

I will present "Extending Battery Pack Life by UN-balancing cells" on Monday at the Advanced Battery Management Workshop in Denver, CO. Unbalancing seems heretic! But consider SOH balancing vs. SOC balancing 🤔🔋🪫 acc2025-batteryworkshop.github.io

Advanced Battery Management - ACC 2025 Workshop

July 7, 2025 - Denver, Colorado

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Jul 4

Check out Part 2 of Dr. Steve Shladover's interview on the IMPACT of self-driving cars 🤖 🚗 @berkeleyits.bsky.social www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today, I started a NEW role: ITS Acting Director @berkeleyits.bsky.social. Looking forward to working with our amazing faculty, students, and staff to shape the future of transportation research and education 🚗 🚴 ✈️ 🤖 🚚

scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 31

Check out Dr. Steve Shladover - PATH Researcher ‪@berkeleyits.bsky.social‬ and Godfather of AVs - discuss How Safe are Driverless Cars? 🤖 🚗 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

How Safe Are Driverless Cars?: Steven Shladover / Research Engineer, UC-Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies - DEEPER LOOK | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

With self-driving taxis operating in US cities and eyeing Japan, autonomous vehicles are no longer fiction. UC Berkeley's Steven Shladover unpacks the latest shifts in the technology.

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 30

🔋 Workshop Title: Advanced Battery Management: Harnessing State-of-the-Art Control and Machine Learning
📍 Location: ACC 2025, Denver, Colorado (online attendance available with registration)
📅 Date: July 7, 2025
🌐 Workshop Website: acc2025-batteryworkshop.github.io

Advanced Battery Management - ACC 2025 Workshop

July 7, 2025 - Denver, Colorado

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 25

Conversations about disseminating research

scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 25

❗New pub ALERT: "Electrifying Heavy-Duty Trucks: Battery-Swapping vs Fast Charging." 🚚 🔋 🔌 The Biden administration (and California) pushed for DC fast charging infra. Does choosing the tech leave better solutions behind? Find out more: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...

Electrifying Heavy-Duty Trucks: Battery-Swapping vs Fast Charging

The advantages and disadvantages of Battery Swapping Stations (BSS) for heavy-duty trucks are poorly understood, relative to Fast Charging Stations (FCS) systems. This study evaluates these two…

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 14

How much money do you REALLY save with an EV? I provide comments in the SF Chronicle here: www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...

How much money do you save by owning an electric car in California?

Here’s a breakdown of what it costs to own an electric car versus a gas car in California, including purchase price, charging and maintenance.

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 12

It's hard-breaking 💔 to have former students visit my office, looking for hope, after being abruptly laid off by US Dept of Energy. These students, btw, are often U.S. born and top admits to UC Berkeley.

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · May 2

Excited for "Powering the Future: Public-Private Partnerships at the Intersection of Mobility, Autonomy, and AI", hosted by Berkeley ITS and Haas. Speakers from Google, Waymo, @usdot.bsky.social, @innovationhub.bsky.social, and more! 🤖 🚗 conta.cc/4cV6aeM

Powering the Future: Public-Private Partnerships at the Intersection of Mobility, Autonomy, and AI

Email from UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Thursday May 8, 2025 View as Webpage Powering the Future: Public-Private Partnerships at the Intersection of Mobility, Autonomy, and AI Thurs

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 24

SUPER excited about celebrating the Ribbon Cutting for @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social NEW Grimes Engineer Center! 🥳 Within, our Engineering Science program will have a beautiful dedicated space for students to hang out, study, collaborate, and enjoy one another! 💙 🐻

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 20

scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 19

This week we talk Smart Work Zones 🤖 👷 🚧 with Valtech in the California PATH seminar! Watch, learn, like, and subscribe! youtu.be/fswF1uBuu7s?...

Valtech_Smart Work Zones: Advancing Safety and Mobility Through Connectivity

Presenter: Gopi Surnilla & Angela FesslerDate: 04/15/2025Topic: Smart Work Zones: Advancing Safety and Mobility Through Connectivity

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 18

Really enjoyed visiting CEE at Rice University! Such gracious hosts and impressive research!

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 16

DOGE arrives to NSF. Oi vey | www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review

Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 11

Exciting convo in “Autonomous Vehicles & The City” symposium at SF Commonwealth Club! I discuss AVs, EVs, charging and more! 🚗🤖⚡️Follow us live here: www.youtube.com/live/5_HA-W0...

2025 Autonomous Vehicles & the City Symposium

As cities strive for safer streets and greener mobility, they face mounting challenges to navigating an increasingly complex global landscape. Political shif...

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 9

Check out Professor @negar-mehr.bsky.social 's excellent lecture on "Interactive Autonomy: Learning and Control for Multi-Agent Interactions " in the PATH Seminar Series! Subscribe to the PATH @YouTube channel for more excellent talks!

Prof Negar Mehr_Interactive Autonomy: Learning and Control for Multi-Agent Interactions

Presenter: Professor Negar MehrDate: 04/08/2025Topic: Interactive Autonomy: Learning and Control for Multi-Agent Interactions

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scottmoura.bsky.social @scottmoura.bsky.social · Apr 6

How did GPT-4o do at recreating this photo in the style of Studio Ghibli?