Faculty, Staff, Student and Alumni Spotlights
Alum Zhidong Wu Wins Excellence in Graduate Studies Award for Computer Information Systems Zhidong Wu Product Development Assistant Intern MS in Computer Information Systems, Health Informatics Concentration (MET’21) What do you find most fascinating about the discipline of computer information systems? Do you have a particular focus within the broader field? My focus within the […]
Software Architect and Lecturer Marcia Yates Works on Medical Devices that Sustain Life and Provide Advanced Patient Care Marcia Yates Lecturer, Computer Science Principal Software Architect in the Medical Device Industry MS in Computer Science (MET’90) What is your area of expertise? For many years, I have been a high-tech executive in roles like chief […]
BU MET Helps Alumna Apoorva Tamaskar Move Beyond Theory to Develop Real-World Skills Apoorva Tamaskar MS in Computer Science (MET’21) What compelled you to return to school and pursue a graduate education? What is your long-term objective? The knowledge I acquired during my undergraduate studies in India was only theoretical; I didn’t have any idea […]
Holder of Multiple Cellular and Satellite Data Communications Patents Brings Expertise to Students Dawson Lee Williams Lecturer, Computer Science; Chief of Research & Product Development for Plum Laboratories MBA, Emory University; MS in Computer Information Systems (MET’13) Dawson Lee Williams is a BU MET faculty member who first got to know the college as a […]
Former Academic Advisor & Mathematics Tutor Uses BU MET Degree to Pivot to Software Development Diego Lopez Software Developer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory MS in Software Development (MET’20) What compelled you to return to school and pursue a graduate education? What is your long-term objective? Before pursuing my studies at BU, I worked in education […]
BU MET Professor with Deep Industry Experience Holds 57 Patents Licensed by Apple, Google and Others Dr. Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz Professor of Practice PhD, George Washington University; MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Alfred P. Sloan School of Management); MSEE, Tehran University; BSEE, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran What is your area of expertise? I […]
Alumnus Shu Zhou Values Advice from BU MET Faculty on Both Personal and Professional Matters Shu Zhou MS in Computer Science (MET’20) Why did you choose MET for your graduate studies? What set MET apart from other programs you were considering? Metropolitan College has started to grow a lot in recent years. The MS in Computer […]
Build Your Own: CS Professor Mike Levinger Helps Students Build Healthcare Information Systems Mike Levinger Lecturer, Computer Science; Chief Operating and Information Officer, Primaris Healthcare MS, Columbia University; BA, Brown University What is your area of expertise? My expertise is in healthcare information systems and technologies like Electronic Health Records (EHRs), hospital information systems, and […]
Words to Live By: Excellence in Graduate Study Award Recipient Matthew Schuckmann Follows Maxim from Faculty to “Reduce Complexity” Matthew Schuckmann Investigator, United States Food and Drug Administration, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations MS in Software Development (MET’20) What do you find most fascinating about the discipline of software development? Do you have a particular […]
Excellence in Graduate Study Award Recipient and Nurse Mary Lucas Gains Valuable Health Informatics Expertise Through MSCIS That Propels Career Pivot Mary M. Lucas RN Care Management Coordinator, Independence Blue Cross Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, concentration in Health Informatics and Data Analytics (MET’20) What do you find most fascinating about the discipline […]