Recognizing Undergraduate ECE Student for Machine Learning and Cloud Computing Research
Anthony Byrne Receives MIT Best Lighting Talk Award By Shereen Abubakr (QST ’18) ECE undergraduate Anthony Byrne (ENG ’19) received the Best Lightning Talk Award at the 2017 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference. The aim of the conference is to bring undergraduates from around the world together to advance technology by presenting, discussing, and […]
ENG Faculty Members among 2018 Ignition Award recipients
Technology Development is pleased to announce the winners for the 9th annual Ignition Awards. The Ignition Program includes two separate awards— approximately five $75,000 one-year grants and one $25,000 Robert E. Schiesske Award — to faculty of Boston University and Boston Medical Center to validate early-stage technologies and enable follow-on funding. The Ignition Award Program […]
The Problem with Cooking with (Fracked) Gas
Phillips (affiliated SE professor) and a team of researchers from several universities and nonprofits are finding out, and they are concerned. Of the 108 volatile organic compounds, or substances that easily become vapors or gases, found in gas from four Massachusetts municipalities tested, 27 are chemicals that are considered hazardous by federal Clean Air Act standards, and 12 are suspected carcinogens.
Xin Zhang to Deliver DeLisi Lecture
To recognize their contributions to engineering and society, Professor Xin Zhang (ME, ECE, BME, MSE) is the recipient of this year’s Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture, and Assistant Professor Wilson Wong (BME) has received the Early Career Excellence Award.
Duke ECE Chair Visits BU as Part of the ECE Distinguished Speaker Series
Professor Krishnendu Chakrabarty delivers a Distinguished Lecture By Shereen Abubakr (QST ’18) Electronics such as mobile devices, biomedical chips, gaming and entertainment, and the Internet-of-Things are powered by processors, which are essentially made of integrated circuits. “Integrated circuits cause an explosion of electronics; they are the core of any device,” explains Professor Ayse Coskun. An […]
FALL 2018 New Course | ME500: Additive Engineering
This course will teach the fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing (AM) theory and how AM is being used in industry to accelerate product development and replace more traditional low-volume and high volume manufacturing processes. Topics will cover the technologies, methods and applications or a range of additive methods including FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), SLA (Stereolithography) and […]
Position Announcement: Full-time Research Technician
The Research Technician’s primary responsibility is to manage a core facility focused on micro-computed tomography (“microCT”) imaging. The MicroCT Imaging Core services multiple projects led by researchers at Boston University, Boston University School of Medicine, and other institutions and research entities, typically in the greater Boston area. The Technician will work with the Facility […]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Recognizes ECE Student for Research on CTE in Retired NFL Players
PhD Student Marcia Sahaya Louis Receives Research Excellence Award By Shereen Abubakr (QST ’18) Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD student Marcia Sahaya Louis (ECE ‘21) received a Research Excellence Award for a submission to the Discover Brigham 2017’s poster session. Discover Brigham is hosted by Brigham Research Institute at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The […]
College Establishes New Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems
The College of Engineering has established a new, interdisciplinary Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems (CARS) that will build upon the expertise and experience of the current faculty and advanced facilities.
Switching Gears: Jessica Gimbel (ENG’19)
Jessica Gimbel isn’t someone you can call unmotivated–a part-time nurse, LEAP student, and Zapotec intern, she’s just beginning her mechanical engineering journey. By Shruti Bhiwandiwala Nursing didn’t really have a big role to play in Gimbel’s decision to pursue engineering. The driving force was her interest in renewable energy; something she was able to […]