Boston University

Technology Development

Kilachand center for integrated life sciences and engineering

Research Accolades

Three BU Research Teams Win First Kilachand Fund Awards

September 19, 2019

Boston University computer science researchers Emily Whiting and Xiaoting Zhang pose for a portrait behind a sewing machine.

Computational Design

Fabric Gives Form to a New DIY Manufacturing Method

August 6, 2019

BU orthodontist Melih Motro sits on a dentist chair displaying an orthodontic x-ray on his laptop.

Artificial Intelligence

Brace Yourselves, AI Is Coming to the Orthodontist’s Office

July 15, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

This array of helical resonators stand at three-centimeter-tall, constructed from 3-D-printed plastic and coils of thin copper wire.

Materials Science

Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI

June 4, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Koch plans to build a digital twin of his drone in computer simulation, creating an exact replica so that the controller can no longer tell the difference between computer simulation and the real world. The digital twin will allow him to improve Neuroflight's control over the drone's behavior. Courtesy of Wil Koch

Computer Science

Neuroflight Is the World’s First Neural-Network-Enabled Drone Controller

April 22, 2019

Boston University Ph. D. candidate Reza Ghaffarivardavagh poses with his research team. Reza holds the noise cancellation devices his team developed over his ears while his teammates make noise banging a pot, playing a trumpet, and a boombox in the background

Acoustics

Making the World a Lot Quieter

April 18, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

Vinod Sarin

Accolades

Vinod Sarin Elected to National Academy of Inventors

January 16, 2019

Portrait of Mark Scatamachhia

Administration

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses

October 23, 2018

New Industry Engagement Leader a Matchmaker for BU and Businesses