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Emma Lejeune wins Academic Innovation Award for Piloting AI in the Classroom
Assistant Professor Emma Lejeune, ME, was awarded a Shipley Academic Innovation Fund Award, from Boston University's Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning. More
Alum Alfred Hero to Deliver 2026 DeLisi Lecture
Hero has helped develop algorithms with the potential to predict the behavior of microbes, the immune system, and even solar flares. More
DePasquale, Economo Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
"In different and innovative ways, Mike and Brian are both working at the intersection of neuroscience and computational science." More
Massachusetts Tech Leaders Visit BU
Tech leaders from across the commonwealth had an opportunity to hear from Boston University students who are building a better wheelchair, a medication delivery robot, a drone system for wildlife conservation, and more when the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council met earlier this month at Boston University. “Innovation happens because of this ecosystem,” said Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, cochair of the council, in opening remarks at BU’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). “And the great thing about the innovation economy is that you all collaborate way more than you compete,” Driscoll added, addressing an assemblage of technology executives, government officials, educators, and students from BU and other area colleges. More
BU ENG Program Allows Students from Different Backgrounds to LEAP into Engineering
ENG’s Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) is a unique program that allows students with non-engineering backgrounds to earn master’s degrees in engineering. Instead of requiring them to earn a second bachelor’s degree, LEAP provides a customized, streamlined set of undergrad coursework that prepares them to advance into any of ENG’s nine master’s programs. During their first year, LEAP students can take a free two-week intersession program called LEAP LIFE, an acronym combining LEAP and the phrase “Leap Into the Future of Engineering.” Students literally get their hands dirty (or their fingers sticky with the rosin flux used in soldering circuit boards), gaining technical skills they’ll need to land internships, and ultimately, careers in engineering. More
From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality
In a recent Nature report, titled “Smart cities drive into the future,” Christos Cassandras was interviewed and shared his proposal for a networked environment in which every vehicle shares data with another vehicle or a coordinator regarding position, velocity, and destination to optimize routing across the entire city. More
Envisioning an Imperfect World
New ECE Professor Harry Chao’s Approach to Machine Learning Meets Reality Where It Is by A.J. Kleber Outside the tidy binaries of digital computation, the world is... More
Next-Level Networking
New Professor David Lake and the quantum architecture of the future. More
High-Capacity Contributions
Professor Siddharth Ramachandran receives SPIE G.G. Stokes Award. More
BOTLAB – On a Winning Streak
BME Professor Darren Roblyer was awarded 3 prestigious R01 awards from the National Institute of Health. More
Biomaterials Lab Beefs Up with Mass. Life Sciences Grant
The state funds will help BU BME students gain the up-to-date lab experience they need to land internships and jobs. More
Another Year of Gold for BU iGEM
A year-end toast to the gold-winning undergrads of BU's iGEM team. More
The Five Most Viewed ENG Research Stories of 2025
The College of Engineering faculty and students were busy in 2025 creating and advancing high impact research, from quantum semi-conductors to space age polymers to portable MRI devices and landing a telescope on the moon. More
Pictures of RNA in Unprecedented Detail
The new imaging method takes advantage of the sophisticated ways in which cells control mRNAs. More
Out of the Lab, Into the World
Collaborating across BU to image brain activity in the everyday. More
The Uses of Invention
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow. More
“Our Work’s Not Done”
An alum's nonprofit saves women's lives through medical equipment donations. More
Professor Ted de Winter
How do you measure the impact of an engineering teacher ? Especially for a teacher who taught for 50 years. For Professor Theo (Ted) de Winter, the teaching of engineering was his passion and raison d'être. de Winter, who passed away on October 17, 2025, at the age of 93, began teaching as an adjunct professor at Boston University in 1963, even before the College of Engineering was formed. Ted is survived by his wife of 34 years, BU engineering professor Stormy Attaway, and his dog Hamish. He is also survived by his sister, two brothers, three daughters, ten grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. More
10 Ways BU Researchers Could Revolutionize Cancer Care
These innovative, potentially lifesaving projects could transform cancer prevention, treatment, and care. More
Quantum Analysis Paper Earns Accolades from Top Journal
Professor Luca Dal Negro's joint paper in Physical Review B was selected as an Editor's Suggestion. More