Our MSE Graduates from the Spring 2023 Engineering Convocation
Take a look at some of our graduates from MSE for the 2023 Spring Graduate Convocation. We are so proud…
The materials of the next generation are taking shape here and you are the scientist who will oversee this shift forward. That is just what you will be prepared to do as you learn from an internationally recognized faculty, all while developing breakthrough materials and processes that impact everyday life. From applications of new materials to modifications of existing ones, the world demands your talents to shape metals, semiconductors and biopolymers. Materials is education, it’s inspiration, and it’s leading to a future that is waiting for you.
Ji-Xin Cheng Named 2022 BU Innovator of the Year
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng (ECE, BME, MSE) is Boston University’s 2022 Innovator of the Year, BU Vice President and Associate Provost for Research announced on May 1.
Cheng, who is also the Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics, can boast a long list of trailblazing achievements, including inventing a way to use blue light and hydrogen peroxide to treat a drug-resistant skin infection called MRSA, finding molecular signatures associated with aggressive cancers for treatment and diagnosis, and creating novel imaging techniques using infrared light to see molecules inside living cells.
Biomaterials | Electronic & Photonic Materials | Materials for Energy and Environment | Nanomaterials
Research areas span multiple departments and schools and colleges at BU, and are truly cross-cutting. MSE faculty demonstrate national and international leadership, attract significant research funding from federal and state governments, and are making a direct impact on industry.
Take a look at some of our graduates from MSE for the 2023 Spring Graduate Convocation. We are so proud…
A novel nanotechnology promises to be the first therapeutic to directly target the liver in the battle against a disease…
A soft robotic device holds potential for early lung cancer detection, long out of reach.
Professor Xin Zhang has won the 2023 All-Star Award at STAT Madness, a bracket-style contest for innovative projects in science…
The Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics, Cheng has more than 30 patents and multiple companies to his name.
Harold Park and team won a MURI grant from the DoD to revolutionize the passive control of aerodynamic flows, aiming…
A new technique of virus detection and characterization invented by a multidisciplinary team at BU drew a step closer to…
Yang, Joseph-McCarthy, Dunlop elected to prestigious biomedical society