‘Happy and Proud,’ Declares Dissertation Award Recipient
Alumnus Update: 2020 SE Dissertation Award Winner Ruidi Chen By Emily Sorkin As an applied scientist at Microsoft, alumnus Ruidi Chen (SE PhD ’19) has already established herself as a pioneer in a new area of research called Distributionally Robust Optimization (DRO). Her resume boasts 12 co-authored papers and her monograph on Distributionally Robust Learning was recently […]
Plastics: Durable, Diverse, and Indestructible
PBS broadcast NOVA invites Professor Malika Jeffries-EL (Chemistry, MSE) to explain plastics. Watch the full PBS segment here Brief episode abstract: Through a series of lab experiments, “Beyond the Elements” host David Pogue learns that there are tens of thousands of grades of plastics, each tailored for a specific purpose. What do we do with them […]
This 10-Foot-Long Machine Churns Out 2,000 Face Masks an Hour
BU engineers say the printing press–like machine could be installed at, and used by, hospitals, corporations, and universities By Rich Barlow, Video by Devin Hahn, Photography by Cydney Scott, originally published on The Brink Despite the ongoing rollout of coronavirus vaccines, masks remain a critical tool to reducing the spread of COVID-19. But the pandemic has put […]
Machine, Meet Stem Cells
By Sarah Williams for Gladstone Institutes Model organs grown from patients’ own cells may one day revolutionize how diseases are treated. A person’s cells, coaxed into heart, lung, liver, or kidney in the lab, could be used to better understand their disease or test whether drugs are likely to help them. But this future relies […]
Meet BU’s Newest Engineers to be Named AAAS Fellows
Excerpts from an article by Jessica Colarossi for The Brink Uday Pal turns moon dust into oxygen, and Catherine Klapperich develops disease diagnostics for low-resource communities Each year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recognizes scientists who have made major contributions to their fields of expertise. As the chaotic and uncertain year […]
How Fitbits, Other Bluetooth Devices Make Us Vulnerable to Tracking
BU researchers found that a third-party algorithm can track the location of some Bluetooth devices By Sarah Wells (COM ’18) for BU Today In 2018, nearly 3.7 billion new Bluetooth-enabled devices shipped worldwide to consumers. From phones and speakers to thermostats and fridges, home appliances and personal devices including “wearables” are rapidly becoming more connected […]
PhD Candidate Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE CDC
SE PhD candidate Wei Xiao is the first author on a paper titled “Feasibility-Guided Learning for Constrained Optimal Control Problems.” The piece was published in Proceedings of 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and earned the Outstanding Student Paper Award.
Biosensor Development with Support from the Society of Women Engineers
“Karthika is the epitome of drive and motivation which is evident in the project for which she received the scholarship,” said Professor Mark Grinstaff (BME, Chem, MSE, MED). “Her pioneering idea is based on microbial transcription factors and offers the possibility to create low-cost portable sensors for almost any [chemical substance].”
Klapperich Changing Boston for the Better
Named in Boston Business Journal’s List of 50 Leaders Making a Difference Catherine Klapperich and her team built a robust COVID-19 testing program with the capacity to test BU’s roughly 35,000 students every three days throughout the semester. Professor Catherine Klapperich was selected by the Boston Business Journal along with five BU alumni, another professor, and the CEO […]
CISE-SE Students at GHC 2020
The eight women who were sponsored to attend this event had the opportunity to network, increase visibility in their respective disciplines, engage in discourse with prominent professionals in diverse science, research and technology disciplines.