ENG Researchers Awarded $1.59M to Advance New Treatment for Surgical Adhesions
Professor Joyce Wong (BME, MSE) and Associate Professor R. Glynn Holt (ME), have discovered a possible non-invasive, preventative treatment to keep abdominal adhesions from forming after surgery. With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health for phase II of their project, the pair hope to continue the work to develop this for clinical use one day.
MSE PHD Student Receives ALS Doctoral Fellowship
An interview with Emma Anquillare about her Advanced Light Source Doctoral Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. As a selected participant, she gains hands-on scientific training at a DOE synchrotron research facility.
Antibiotic Resistance Without the Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat that leads to more than 23,000 deaths each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Over exposure to antibiotics has long been blamed, but Assistant Professor Mary Dunlop is flipping that idea on its head, finding that bacteria can also develop resistance without being exposed to antibiotics.
The Depth of Depth Measurement
With the ever-increasing development of self-driving cars, consumers should be cautious about what technology is providing the safest and best product. One feature necessary for determining the effectiveness of these devices is depth measurement. If a car is self-driving, it should always have an accurate (and fast) analysis of its surroundings in real time. After […]
Chen Recognized as Outstanding Biomedical Engineer with Pritzker Award
Professor Christopher Chen has been selected to receive the 2019 Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award, the Biomedical Engineering Society’s premier recognition for outstanding achievements and leadership in the science and practice of biomedical engineering.
Kali Hamilton, Political Science to Mechanical Engineering
To peers in her engineering courses, Kali Hamilton (ENG) appears to be just another undergrad. The difference? Kali already holds a B.A. in political science from University of Pennsylvania. The California native came to BU to join one of the only programs of its kind in the nation: LEAP. Kali, will matriculate into BU’s Master’s […]
Kara Krone, Medieval Literature to Mechanical Engineering
Kara Krone didn’t start out knowing herself as an engineer. As a child, she was drawn to artistic pursuits such writing, painting, and dance. These passions were seemingly passed down through family lineage. Kara’s father is an artist and musician, but also a handyman; fixing fridges and crawling through ducts, he also plays guitar during […]
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Contributions from ECE
Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, BU ECE Professors Ari Trachtenberg and David Starobinski, as well as Assistant Professor Manuel Egele, answered questions for BU Experts on cybersecurity issues related to the Internet of Things (IoT), national infrastructure, and continuing education in Boston University’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month Medium series. The Cybersecurity Tech Fair 2018 also […]
Metamaterials Offer Communications Breakthroughs
Professor Xin Zhang (ME, ECE, BME, MSE) is an expert in the field of metamaterials and recently her lab has developed two new structures that can manipulate sound and electromagnetic waves. Although they are different, both offer two forms of wave control in their own spectrums, performance yet seen in other devices.
Analyzing Global Media
In dealing with some of the world’s most significant issues right now, understanding how public communication flows around the world is vital in developing global policies and engaging in effective diplomacy. Unfortunately, the current methods of studying public communication worldwide are limited by language and culture gaps for both visual- and text-based information. To complicate […]