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Bishop Lands Grant from Sony to Develop Novel Magnetometer
Professor David Bishop has been awarded a $100,000 research grant from Sony Electronics to further develop a novel, ultra-sensitive and contactless magnetometer to be used for anything from location sensing to heart monitoring. More
Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will Long before crowdsourcing, there was the Bill of Rights. In 1788, the US Constitution was ratified... More
Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI
BU researchers have developed a new metamaterial that can improve MRI quality and cut scan time in half. More
Look, Ma, I Built a Robot
ENG’s Introduction to Robotics teaches future engineers the basics In the video above, students in Roberto Tron's Introduction to Robotics course test whether the robots they’ve... More
Four ENG Professors Receive CAREER Awards
Assistant Professors Brian Walsh, Michelle Sander, Sahar Sharifzadeh and Lei Tian have all received Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. More
4th Year MechE PhD, Taylor Lawson receives prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from NIH
Grinstaff lab is excited to announce that Mr. Taylor Lawson, a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering PhD student has received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research... More
Making the World a Lot Quieter
What sounds would you mute if you could? A pair of Boston University mechanical engineers are asking that question, with the ever-increasing din of drone propellers, airplane turbines, MRI machines, and urban noise pollution blaring in the mind’s ear. More
David Bishop Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
When Professor David Bishop checked his phone last Thursday afternoon, he was stunned by what he saw. After a 50-year research career, Bishop received the news that he had just been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the premiere professional society for engineers. More
Katherine Zhang Promoted to Full Professor
Q&A with National Academy of Inventors Fellow Prof. Vinod Sarin
BU materials scientist, who says nature gives him some of the best ideas for new technologies, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors More