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First Design-A-Thon Generates Tech Solutions to Health Disparities

A date-rape drug detector and other student projects won awards in a contest sponsored by Merck and organized by BTEC and the BU student chapter of BMES. More

Ji-Xin Cheng Named 2022 BU Innovator of the Year

The Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics, Cheng has more than 30 patents and multiple companies to his name. More

The Sky’s the Limit

Researchers’ new method for scaling up data capacity in optical fibers echoes astronomical phenomena—with significant implications for tomorrow’s internet. More

The Sky’s the Limit: Ramachandran Team’s Light Transmission Discovery Published by Science

Researchers’ new method for scaling up data capacity in optical fibers echoes astronomical phenomena - with significant implications for tomorrow’s internet. More

Biomedical Optics Pioneer David Boas Delivers the 2023 DeLisi Lecture

In a signature ENG event, Boas shared his story of a career developing novel technologies for monitoring neuronal activity, More

Hands-On Engineering

A snapshot from Smart and Connected Systems, the course where students put cyber-physical and IoT concepts into practice. More

BU-bred Sensor Scales Up

A new technique of virus detection and characterization invented by a multidisciplinary team at BU drew a step closer to making a substantial impact in healthcare. More

Three More AIMBE Fellows from ENG

Yang, Joseph-McCarthy, Dunlop elected to prestigious biomedical society More

Innovation On (Her) Mind: Professor Yang Inducted An AIMBE Fellow

Associate Professor Chen Yang has been inducted to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows, a prestigious honor awarded to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers. More

Yazicigil’s WISE-Circuits Lab Goes the Distance at “Chip Olympics”

In hardware and microelectronics circles, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference is the most competitive game in town, nicknamed the “Chip Olympics.” In those terms, it could be said that Professor Rabia Yazicigil and her students brought home a pile of medals. More

Learning From Animal Behaviors to Inform Control Systems

Research by Distinguished Professor of Engineering John Bailleul questions how animals operate and how you might use animal behaviors to design control systems. More

David Boas to Deliver Annual DeLisi Lecture

To recognize their contributions to engineering and society, Arthur G. B. Metcalf Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor David Boas (BME, ECE) is the recipient of... More

One Drop at a Time: BU iGem Team Brings Home Gold Medal

The annual International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition is a momentous opportunity for engineering students with a passion for synthetic biology to gain valuable hands-on experience and make their big ideas into solid reality. More

Count Her In: CE Alum Elected to the NAE

Karen Panetta (ENG’85) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest distinctions in engineering “for leadership empowering females in STEM, and for contributions to computer vision and simulation algorithms.” More

Cheng & Tian’s Newest Microscopy Advance Published by Nature Communications

Professor Ji-Xin Cheng’s research group has made notable strides in improved chemical imaging technologies, especially for medical purposes, over the last few years. More

The Massachusetts Green Team attends SC22

Intercollegiate Student Supercomputing Team Sets Benchmark Record

BU students look forward to building on accomplishments in future competitions. More

Visionary, Recognized: Professor Goyal an AAAS Fellow

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering congratulates Professor Vivek Goyal on his appointment as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement... More

BU Researchers Receive over $1 Million Each in Funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Furthering dynamic imaging research. More

Mentoring: Preparing for Future Success

"It’s great to have someone to look up to,” says Noah Robitshek (ENG’ 25). “The impact is astronomical.” More

The Brain Trust’s Newest Additions

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes new faculty members Associate Professor Archana Venkataraman and Assistant Professor Kayhan Batmanhelich. More

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Programmable Bacteria: Building the Biocomputing Future

Working across disciplines and institutions, a team of engineers is creating microscopic living devices to decontaminate drinking water. More

Extraordinary Control: Professor Paschalidis Elected IFAC Fellow

Recognition of his work on control of network systems, optimization and robust learning. More

Pushing the Boundaries of Photonic Sensing

Professor Luca Dal Negro has received a $450K grant from the Army Research Office to pursue improvements in quantum photonic sensing and detection technology driven by the development of novel nonlinear nanostructures. More

Opportunity Through Solidarity: ECE Women at (S)WE22

Earlier this fall, ECE sponsored six current students to attend the Society of Women Engineers’ WE22, the largest conference for women in engineering and technology in the world. More

Prestigious Metcalf Chair Awarded to David Boas

"I’ll take this as a new challenge going forward," says Boas. More

BU Astrophysicist Joins NASA Team to Study UFOs

Over the next nine months, Joshua Semeter will study footage of unidentified flying objects to help figure out their origin More

Does Twitter, under Elon Musk, Need Government Regulation?

“Platforms should self-police and enforce their own terms of service,” says ENG expert. “When this doesn’t happen, the platform stops being useful to legitimate users.” By... More

MADE with Machine Learning: Utilizing AI to Design the Next Generation of Semiconductor Devices

With the help of advanced, physics-informed machine learning (PIML) techniques, Professors Enrico Bellotti & Luca Dal Negro are setting out to transform the status quo of electronic device design, with the support of a $2.5M grant from the Army Research Office. More

Ramachandran an APS Fellow

Distinguished Professor of Engineering Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE, Physics, MSE) has been named a 2022 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for foundational contributions to... More

Strategies for Success in the Engineering Classroom

As we continue to improve the educational experience for our students, the College of Engineering is finding ways to increase student engagement by adopting new... More

PRISM highlights ENG’s Pioneering Data Science Curriculum

As the data revolution transforms industry and society, engineering schools are rethinking the basics. More

The Blurring Line Between Biology and Technology

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Faculty across five BU research centers will work together to prevent future pandemics

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Could a Computer Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?

Researchers at Boston University have developed a new tool that could automate the process and, eventually, allow it to move online. Their machine learning–powered computational model can detect cognitive impairment from audio recordings of neuropsychological tests—no in-person appointment needed. More

Ioannis Paschalidis New Director of Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

The Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering will have a new director as of July 1. Ioannis Paschalidis (ECE, BME, SE), a College of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Engineering and of computing and data sciences, will oversee the institute’s move into a new, eye-arresting building (the largest on the Charles River Campus), the Center for Computing & Data Sciences. More

Giving Your Neurons a Nudge: ECE Researchers Use Light, Sound and Microwaves to Influence Brain Function

Professors Ji-Xin Cheng and Chen Yang have two ongoing projects that could LITERALLY change your mind. The application of optoacoustic stimulation directly to specific neural circuits holds great promise for new therapeutic applications, while the inhibiting effects of microwaves on other neurological processes may offer a drug-free form of pain management. More

Professor Emeritus Moustakas Named MRS Fellow

Professor Theodore Moustakas has been named to the 2022 Materials Research Society (MRS) class of Fellows; the latest in a lengthy list of accolades that have been awarded to the Professor Emeritus over his long and accomplished career. More

Hariri Highlights: ECE Professor To Lead Computing Institute, and More

With such clear interests and goals in common, it’s no wonder that there is a strong relationship between BU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. More

The Quest for a Heart Attack Cure

A BU-led team is engineering small patches of cardiac muscle that could repair the heart, treat heart disease, and speed drug development By David Levin for... More

Monitoring and Miniaturization: Faculty Awarded $1M to Develop High-Resolution Sensors for Use with Nanoscale Devices

Professors Alexander Sergienko and Abdoulaye Ndao, working with a team of researchers at SUNY Buffalo, have been awarded a $1M Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to develop novel sensors for microelectronics. More

PhD Student Daniel Shahar Wins Prestigious Fellowship

Second-year ECE PhD student Daniel Shahar has been awarded a prestigious and highly selective 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). More

Miloš Popović is Supervisor of the Year

ECE Professor Miloš Popović has been named 2022’s Supervisor of the Year, an award given each year at the culmination of National Student Employment Week in recognition of those staff and faculty supervisors who serve as role models and positively impact their student employees’ skill development and overall BU experience. More

Novel Miniature Computational Imaging System to Advance Brain Imaging Technology

BU Assistant Professor and CISE faculty affiliate, Lei Tian (ECE, BME), was awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance... More

Unveiling the Hidden Signatures of Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells

Supported by a $1.75M grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, a multidisciplinary team of experts led by Professor Ji-Xin Cheng are developing a novel approach to establish high-speed, high-content and high-sensitivity mapping of cancer cell metabolism. More

A Laser Focus on Fighting Cancer

Professor Ji-Xin Cheng’s pioneering work on medical imaging technologies is poised to advance cancer diagnosis and treatment, with a pair of projects that use different types of vibrational spectroscopy to improve our understanding of cancer at the cellular and molecular level. More