ECE CHIPS In: Minuscule Hardware, Maximum Impact
In many ways, Professor Rabia Yazicigil is the very image of the kind of scientist and engineer called for by the CHIPS Act: productive, inventive, application-focused, collaborative- and service-minded, and an active mentor cultivating similar values and capabilities in a younger generation of innovators.
Revealed: Dazzling Molecular Details of Living Cells and Organisms
“If we could use the intrinsic chemical bonds within every molecule to visualize biology, we could achieve better molecular information without relying on labeling.”
Jonas Hall: Implementing an Optimization Solver Anyone Can Use
By Chloe Cramutola He started as a mathematician, but his engineering interests took him beyond basic numbers. “For the longest time, I was [mostly] interested in pure mathematics,” said Jonas Hall, a third year PhD student in Systems Engineering at Boston University. “I didn’t really [appreciate] applied mathematics, but I couldn’t find a field where […]
Anubhav Wadehra: Using Molten Salts to Develop a More Sustainable World
For 20 years, the small city of Chandigarh, India, charged his curiosity for science.
Anubhav Wadehra graduated from Punjab Engineering College in 2017 with his bachelor’s in materials and metallurgical engineering. During a six-month internship in 2016 at Boston University, he decided to take his curiosity even further.
Clearing the Air
For subs, spacecraft and more, Werner is working on a novel material that would capture CO2 in a targeted and efficient way.
Breathe Easier While Steering From Afar
From Sheila Russo’s lab, a soft robotic tool to help detect lung cancer early, when it’s most curable By Patrick L. Kennedy Imagine standing outside a hedge maze and shoving a garden hose into it. Now, holding one end of the hose in your hands, you’re trying to maneuver the other end of the hose […]
Machines and Health
BU engineers are combining their expertise to develop robotic and AI technologies to help solve health problems of all kinds.
This Soft Robot Might Save Millions of Lives
A millimeter-scale, multifunctional soft robot that overcomes three hurdles that have been hampering minimally invasive heart surgeries.
Are You Ready? A Saliva Test Might Tell
Alex Green leads a $17.7 million DARPA project analyzing biomarkers to assess readiness for physically and mentally challenging tasks.
Translational Biomedical Advances Highlighted at Inaugural BTEC Symposium
Promising advances in biological engineering were the topics of discussion at the Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center’s (BTEC) inaugural symposium this month. The event featured former BME faculty member and current dean of the Brown University School of Engineering Tejal Desai, as well as several BME faculty members and an industry executive.