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Three ENG faculty named William Fairfield Warren Professors
On September 23, Boston University President Melissa Gilliam and Provost Colin Duckett announced five new William Fairfield Warren professorships, three of whom are ENG faculty:... More
AI Prognostics with Pathologist-in-the-Loop
Batmanghelich joins effort to create AI models for trustworthy breast cancer evaluations. More
BU Student Engineers Featured on Boston 25 News
The students used their engineering know-how to empower a rural Kenyan community with access to clean water. More
At 2026 Catalyst Summit, A Focus on Everyday Health
"Our bodies are not working in snapshots. They are generating information continuously, and transmitting that information in signals. What has changed is our growing ability to detect those signals continuously." More
Ignition Awards for Research That Might Reduce Knee Pain, Propel Underwater Robots, and More
The innovative projects earned funding and support on their way to making the leap from the lab to the real world. More
Shark-like Design for AVs Garners Reidy Professorship
Raayai-Ardakani weaves together novel, nature-inspired designs and fluid mechanics to improve the aerodynamic performance of unmanned vehicles More
Engineering AI with Sense and Sensibility
Emphasis on empathy and integrity nets ECE student two Google Gemini hackathon prizes. More
Towards a State of Sustainability
ECE researchers receive state support for data center energy optimization project. More
Cutting to the Chase, Mathematically Speaking
Professor Goyal receives a Best Paper Award for 3D sensing method which uses probabilistic modeling to slice through the Gordian Knot of a data transfer bottleneck. More
Design, Build, Drive: Meet Terrier Motorsport
BU student engineers built a full-size, working, all-electric automobile capable of zipping around a track for 44 kilometers, or navigating a slalom course. More
On Reversing the Data Center Backlash
The New York Times features Professor Coskun and her work with Emerald AI. More
Improving access to life-saving health care
Led by Associate Professor Sheila Russo (ME, MSE) and Associate Professor Tommaso Ranzani (ME, MSE), BU's role is to develop a smarter catheter—a thin tube that combines multiple functions into one tool, a kind of Swiss Army knife for stroke treatment. More
This Terrier Spent the Summer Interning at a Golf Ball Plant
Shervin Boostani (ENG’27), a native of Newton, Mass., spent this summer as an advanced mechanical engineering intern at Titleist Ball Plant 3 in New Bedford, Mass. The facility produces balls used by PGA champions and weekend golfers alike. The company is also a leader in the manufacture of golf clubs and golf gear. More
College of Engineering and BU School of Medicine Lead NIH Grant
By bringing together expertise in biomedical engineering, lung physiology, immunology, and infectious diseases, the grant will strengthen collaboration between the College of Engineering and the Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine. More
Toward Materials That Know How to Handle Noise
Abigail Plummer earned an NSF CAREER award to develop an advanced tool kit that might someday be used to build the next generation of intelligent materials. More
For Novel Nanomedicine, the Goal is Control of Chemical Cues
“This is a powerful idea, because if we can program the locations and gradients of these chemical cues, we can make immune cells move in precise, programmed ways," says NSF CAREER award winner Michelle Teplensky. More
Using AI to Help Medicines Get Where They Need to Go
How does medicine know where to go once you take it? Generally, that information is encoded directly in the medicine, and sometimes it’s relatively easy, More
IGS Summer Fellows Advance Sustainability Research Projects
These fellows, who come from diverse backgrounds and fields, are united in their focus on fostering environmental sustainability and social welfare. More
NSF Awards ENG $20 Million to Help Create National “Cloud Lab” Network
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the College of Engineering $20 million to help create a national network of cloud labs, artificial intelligence-infused research facilities that can remotely run science and engineering studies. The network will allow researchers from anywhere in the country to request complex experiments and tests that they don’t have the equipment or expertise to do themselves. More
Can We Train AI to Read an MRI?
The BU team's smarter AI system for evaluating brain scan images might someday help clinicians spot diseases sooner, saving lives while cutting costs. More