Nanoscale 3D Printing Enables Bioelectronic Medicine Research
When Professor Alice White (ME, MSE, Physics, BME) came to BU in 2013 as chair of Mechanical Engineering, she was keen to encourage the sort of cross-disciplinary research she had experienced as chief scientist at the storied Bell Labs. For her own research, she set up a powerful 3D-printing tool with nanoscale resolution—at the time, […]
3D-Printed Patch Helps Guide Growing Blood Vessels
Novel Method Provides Potential Treatment for Ischemia By Sara Cody Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other serious conditions. Surgery can correct the problem in large vessels, but treatment is much more complex in vessels that are smaller or damaged by prior […]
What Are Quantum Dots?
Allison Dennis uses the weirdness of the quantum world to advance our understanding of breast cancer By Barbara Moran, BU Research Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty. What do […]
ENG Alum Bob Hines Is NASA Astronaut Candidate
Elite group of 12 chosen from 18,000-plus who applied By Rich Barlow, BU Today Bob Hines (ENG’97) earned one of 12 astronaut candidate slots this year, with help from 76 combat missions and 5 years as a NASA research pilot. Photo provided by NASA BU has many alumni in high places, but Bob Hines is […]
Symposium Celebrates Grand Opening of Biological Design Center
Kickoff Event Highlights Multidisciplinary Work in Biological Design By Sara Cody More than 200 researchers from industry, academia and healthcare gathered on campus June 1 to celebrate the formal launch of the Biological Design Center and its new home, the just-completed, nine-story Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (CILSE). According to Professor Christopher Chen […]
New 3D Metals Printer Keeps EPIC on Cutting Edge of Product Design & Manufacture
How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes
Class of 2017: Remember Your Roots
Commencement Ceremonies Honor ENG Graduates Story and Photos by Sara Cody All eyes were on the Class of 2017 as more than 360 graduates gathered at Commencement Exercises on May 20 in Agganis Arena to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. A common refrain throughout the day urged graduates to remember their roots as they […]
Getting Power to the People
Caramanis Awarded Sloan Foundation Grant to Improve Electricity Distribution Networks By Michael Seele While the use of clean, renewable energy is rising nationally, its growth is being restrained by an imbalance between the consumption and generation of power. Wind and solar power are clean and cheap, but their availability varies widely depending on location, season […]
Hacking Nature
Mo Khalil and collaborators at BU’s Biological Design Center look for synthetic-biology solutions to the world’s biggest problems. By Chris Berdik In the summer of 1989, nine-year-old Ahmad “Mo” Khalil immigrated with his family to America from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As their plane descended into JFK Airport, Khalil and his younger brother Ayman pressed their […]