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How’s The Air in Your Classroom or Office?
The students' prize-winning sensor will help BU assess the air quality in old and new buildings. More
Accessible Motion Capture Technology Wins 2025 Dean’s Imagineering Competition
The winner of this year’s Boston University College of Engineering Dean’s Imagineering Competition is HIVE Technology, developed by Fadi Kidess (ENG’25). “HIVE is a low-cost motion capture alternative for independent filmmakers and video game developers,” said Kidess, who built the system while completing his bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering. More
An Inviting Approach to Instruction
Professor Nawab's superlative teaching has been honored by enthusiastic student nominations, and a College of Engineering inaugural Teaching Excellence in the Core Curriculum Award. More
The Spring of Hope
The Class of 2025 celebrates Commencement. More
Thomas A. Edison Patent Award for Xin Zhang
Zhang is being recognized for her pioneering contributions to the field of metamaterials. More
An Automated Tomato Picker Built in Less Than Two Months
If indoor farming is the future of sustainable agriculture, then AgroBot might help it scale up. More
Building The Future – Ask Us How!
How five BU ECE researchers teamed up with Boston’s Museum of Science to share their scientific expertise with the next generation. More
Engineering Better Communication
ECE alum’s $3M AI start-up helps to analyze and smooth out business interactions. More
Starting Up (in) Summertime
ECE students are leading two entrepreneurial Summer Accelerator projects this summer. More
Combining Cutting-Edge Techniques To Study How Brain Cells Function Together
"Imagine a therapy for patients with memory deficits, in which their brain is stimulated in a precisely timed manner to improve their recall ability." More
Rainin Funds for Researchers Developing Smart Probiotics
Professors Miguel Jimenez and Liang Hao are taking a new approach to IBD by building and testing genetic tools directly in animal models of intestinal inflammation. More
Engineering RNA to be Programmable
Combining novel neural networks, the Green lab developed a powerful, efficient system for designing RNA. More
New Algorithm for Hearing Aids Might Solve “Cocktail Party Problem”
Sen's biologically oriented sound segregation algorithm (BOSSA) could help the hearing-impaired better follow conversations in crowded, noisy settings. More
Pedagogy and Practice
Professor Lei Tian is the recipient of a 2025 Boston University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. More
BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
From measles, to influenza, to mpox, to malaria—infectious diseases outbreaks are happening all over the world, at nearly all times. For health professionals and public health officials, staying up-to-date with pathogens that are particularly dangerous—or have the potential to become a pandemic, like COVID-19 did—is vitally important to help keep us all safe. But accessing real-time information on outbreaks, as they pop up around the globe, isn’t always simple; currently, much of it is aggregated by hand. More
Finding Avenues to Repair Neurotrauma
O’Shea made it his mission to help people, like his best friend, following various neurotrauma. More
Dean’s Catalyst Awards Announced for 2025
The awards aim to give an early boost to bold ideas in research. More
ENG Master Lecturer to Run in Boston Marathon
Gutierrez is running for the Iris Johanna McDaniel Memorial Scholarship. More
Béla Suki Presents 2025 DeLisi Lecture
“There is no aspect of the integration of science, engineering, and technology related to lung function that Béla would not be able to impact and use." More
ENG Achieves Highest US News Rankings Ever
New rankings of engineering schools released by US News & World Report place the Boston University College of Engineering 27th in the nation, the highest position in the College’s history. More