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Charles DeLisi, Dean Emeritus of the Boston University
College of Engineering and Metcalf Professor of Science
and Engineering, was appointed Senior Associate Provost
for Bioscience in September 2002. In this new capacity,
DeLisi will help leverage the University's lead role
in computational genomics and help to position Boston
University for international leadership in genomics-related
areas of science and technology. He will help determine
faculty appointments and resource allocations, and will
work with deans and department chairs to foster research
and curricular synergies across the University. The
Office for Senior Associate Provost for Bioscience includes
two existing University-wide organizations: the Program
in Bioinformatics and the Center for Advanced Genomic
Technology.
DeLisi earned his BA in physics at the City College
of New York and his PhD, also in physics, at New York
University. He was a National Institute of Health Post
Doctoral Fellow in chemistry at Yale. After serving
as a staff scientist at both the Los Alamos National
Laboratory and at the NIH, he became section chief at
the National Cancer Institute of the NIH. From 1986
to 1987, he was the director of the Office of Health
and Environmental Research at the United States Department
of Energy, where he initiated the Human Genome Project.
Just prior to joining Boston University, he was professor
of molecular biology and chairman of the Department
of Biomathematical Sciences at the Mount Sinai School
of Medicine. DeLisi served with distinction as dean
of the Boston University College of Engineering from
1990 to 2000.
Among his many awards are the Presidential Citizens
Medal from President Clinton, the Secretary of Energy
Distinguished Service Award from Secretary Richardson,
and the Smithsonian-Platinum Technology Award for Pioneering
Leadership. He is a fellow of the American Institute
of Medical and Biological Engineering, of the American
Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and of
the American Institute of Chemists. Dr. DeLisi is author
of more than 200 scientific papers and an internationally
recognized authority on biomolecular and computational
science.
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Eight new faculty members joined the
Boston University College of Engineering in Academic
Year 2002 and two faculty members were recruited to
start in 2003.
Murat Alanyali joined the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as an assistant
professor. Alanyali received his PhD from the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests
include high-speed networks and algorithms for WDM optical
networks.
Maja Bystrom also joined the
faculty of ECE as an associate professor. Bystrom received
her PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is
an expert in signal processing and telecommunications,
and her research has focused on channel modeling and
network design.
Tejal Desai joined the faculty
of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) as
an associate professor. Desai, prominent in the area
of biological microsystems for applications in cell
and tissue engineering, earned her PhD in bioengineering
from the University of California, Berkeley and San
Francisco.
Kamil Ekinci joined the faculty
of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
(AME) as an assistant professor. Ekinci earned his PhD
in physics from Brown University. His research focuses
on mechanical systems at the nanometer length scales.
Kamal Sen joined the faculty
of BME as an assistant professor from the University
of California at San Francisco. Sen received his PhD
in physics from Brandeis University. His research area
is neurobiology and neuroengineering as applied to auditory
processing.
Joe Tien joined the faculty of
BME as an assistant professor. TienÕs work advances
nano and micro biosystems for understanding the basic
principles of biology and its interface with electronic
systems. He received his PhD in physics from Harvard
University.
Alexander Taubin joined the faculty
of ECE as an associate professor. Taubin earned his
PhD from the Electrotechnical University of St. Petersburg,
Russia. His recent research work includes asynchronous
circuits, logic design, computer architecture, CAD,
and methods of formal verification.
Hua Wang, formerly of Duke University,
joined the faculty of AME as an associate professor.
Wang received his PhD from the University of Maryland
in electrical engineering and is an expert in the control
of nonlinear phenomena and bifurcations.
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Professors Irving Bigio, Temple Smith,
and David Mountain of the Biomedical Engineering
Department (BME) were elected fellows of the American
Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
The department now has nine faculty members that are
AIMBE fellows. Also of BME, Professor Mark W. Bitensky
received an Outstanding Innovation Patent and Licensing
Award from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Professor Charles Cantor (BME) was elected Chief
Scientist of the Year by T Sector magazine and
BIOCOM/San Diego. Cantor was also listed as one of the
"20 Biotech Geniuses to Watch" by Discover
magazine for his "pioneering work on 'pharmacogenomics,'
the creation of drugs individually designed for one
person's genome."
Cantor was also awarded the Biophysical Society's Emily
M. Gray Award for 2001.
Assistant
Professors Jeffrey Carruthers and David Starobinski
of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(ECE) received the BU Provost's SPRInG (Special Program
for Research and Initiation Grants) Award for their
proposal "Inter-Layer Modeling and Design of Wireless
Communication Networks." Xin Zhang, Fraunhofer
Assistant Professor in the Department of Manufacturing
Engineering (MFG), was also a recipient of a 2002 Boston
University SPRInG Award.
Professor
James Collins of BME was elected fellow of the
Institute of Physics. Also of BME, Professor Tejal
Desai received the 2002 McGowan Institute Award
for Contributions to Regenerative Medicine, the 2001
BioMEMS and Nanotechnology Society's Visionary Science
Award, and the 2001 National Academy of Sciences Frontiers
in Engineering Award.
Associate
Professor Sheryl Grace of the Department of Aerospace
and Mechanical Engineering (AME) received the Faculty
Service Award. Professor Allyn Hubbard (ECE)
received the 2002 College of Engineering Professor of
the Year Award. Professor Janusz Konrad, also
of ECE, received the 2001 IEEE Signal Processing Society
Magazine Award for his paper "Estimating Motion
in Image Sequences."
Professor
and Chair Kenneth Lutchen (BME) was elected secretary/treasurer
and executive board member of AIMBE. Also of BME Professor
Lucia Vania was elected to the Science Advisory
Board for 2002 and was elected as a board member of
the Massachusetts Head Injury Association. BME's Professor
Herbert Voight was elected secretary/treasurer
of AIMBE's College of Fellows.
Lecturer
Anil Rao (AME) received the prestigious Faculty
Member of the Year Award from the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers/American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics. Professor E. Fred Schubert (ECE)
was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Assistant
Professor Ari Trachtenberg (ECE) received a National
Science Foundation Career Award and Professor Saligrama
Venkatesh, also of ECE, received the Office of Naval
Research Young Investigator Program Award. Professor
John White of BME received the College of Engineering
Faculty Service Award.
Professor
Theo de Winter (MFG) received the 2002 Boston
University Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence. (To
read more about Professor de Winter, see the story
and interview).
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 Francis
A. Harrington Jr. '70
(BS in aerospace engineering) received the Service
to Community Award. Formerly an engineer with C.S.
Draper Laboratory, Francis is a trustee of the Francis
A. & Jacquelyn H. Harrington Foundation in Worcester,
Massachusetts where he supports numerous civic and nonprofit
organizations.
Marco
P.J. Kaltofen '81 (BS in general engineering) also
received the Service to Community Award. Marco
is president and cofounder of the Boston Chemical Data
Corp., which performs environmental investigations for
law firms, trade unions, and nonprofits. He has served
as cochairman of the restoration advisory committee
that oversaw the cleanup of a federal Superfund site
in Natick and as director of the citizens' environmental
laboratory for the National Toxics Campaign Fund, and
he cofounded the Natick Environmental Coalition.
 Steven
D. Girouard, PhD, '89 (BS in biomedical engineering)
received the Service to Alma Mater Award. He
has mentored BME Industry Internships and senior projects
and is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board. He
helped derive a new addition to the senior project program,
where students learn product development, technology
transfer, marketing, and business plans relative to
biomedical engineering. He has visited ENG's 10th and
15th annual senior project special receptions and is
an alumni agent for his senior class.
Robert
Locke '63 (BS in engineering management) also received
the Service to Alma Mater Award. Robert is an
active member of the Dean's Advisory Council--he has
attended every meeting since the council's inception.
He is also an alumni representative to the Alumni Symposium
Planning Board and volunteers at the College.
 John
Tegan '88
(BS in manufacturing engineering) received the Service
to Profession Award. He is president of Communications
Technologies Services, which has earned a reputation
for delivering high-quality, comprehensive voice and
data cable plant services to customers located throughout
the United States.
Frank
Troise '87 (BS in electrical engineering) also received
the Service to Profession Award. Frank is senior
vice president and chief operating officer of ITG Inc.
in New York City. He holds an MS in operations research
from Columbia University and an MBA from MIT's Sloan
School of Management. Previously, Frank was a senior
associate at Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. and a manager
for Andersen Consulting.
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