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Machines and Health

BU engineers are combining their expertise to develop robotic and AI technologies to help solve health problems of all kinds. More

BTEC

Translational Biomedical Advances Highlighted at Inaugural BTEC Symposium

Promising advances in biological engineering were the topics of discussion at the Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center’s (BTEC) inaugural symposium this month. The event featured former BME faculty member and current dean of the Brown University School of Engineering Tejal Desai, as well as several BME faculty members and an industry executive. More

A New Way of Learning

Undergrads from across the country come to the BU Photonics Center for an NSF summer research experience program. This fall, these five returned to BU full-time. More

Lung Research Redefined

The “crystal ribcage” allows researchers a first-ever cellular-level look at the lung while it's operating normally. More

ENG Faculty Win Ignition Awards

ENG faculty Mark Grinstaff, Wilson Wong, and Béla Suki have won 2023 BU Ignition Awards. Given by BU Technology Development, the awards aim to advance promising new science and technology. More

Incoming Neurophotonics Center assistant professor Matthias Stangl is looking into the “how” and “why” of neural mechanisms

Neuroscientist Matthias Stangl will be joining the Boston University Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Neurophotonics Center (NPC), the Center for Systems Neuroscience, and the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center this January after an already impressive career at UCLA as a postdoctoral scholar aiming to develop a better understanding of the brain’s functionality––not only within a laboratory setting, but in the natural world. More