NSF, CISE Look to the Future of Smart Healthcare at Campus Workshop

By Sara Cody As the National Science Foundation looks to the future of science in smart and connected health, the agency partnered with the Center for Information and Systems Engineering to convene a gathering of principal investigators and other research leaders on the BU campus this month. The interdisciplinary researchers discussed their progress and identified […]

Duan Receives NSF CAREER Award

Research and Outreach will Focus on Carbon Nanofluidics By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Chuanhua Duan (ME, MSE) netted a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in recognition of his outstanding research and teaching capabilities. He will receive more than half a million dollars over the next five years to pursue […]

Attaway’s MATLAB Textbook Wins Excellence Award

By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Stormy Attaway (ME) is the recipient of a 2017 Textbook Excellence Award, or “Texty” for MATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, 4th ed. by the Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA). “Winning this award speaks not only to Professor Attaway’s deep understanding of the needs of the […]

Forging a New Path

New Outreach Initiative will Educate Community about Synthetic Biology By Sara Cody After a morning of composing DNA out of play dough and learning about genetically engineered mosquitos, the group of high school students put their heads together to solve an age-old question for Bostonians: how do we clean up the Charles River? Proposing solutions […]

ECE Symposium Honors Career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas

By Sara Cody Colleagues from around the world came to campus on Dec. 2 to honor the career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE) at a symposium focused on his signature innovation, a process that makes the glowing screens on today’s ubiquitous electronic devices possible. The symposium, “III-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices Symposium,” was […]

Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?

Computer model may lead to more personalized, optimized treatment By Barbara Moran, BU Research Emphysema is a long-term and devastating lung disease. As it progresses, the body’s own inflammatory enzymes slowly digest and destroy alveoli, the delicate sacs where oxygen from air is transferred to the bloodstream. The damaged alveoli form large holes in lung […]

Khalil Receives Presidential Early Career Award

By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Ahmad Khalil (BME) is among 102 scientists and researchers honored as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. […]

Three Members of ENG Faculty Named IEEE Fellows

Professor Xin Zhang (ME, MSE), Professor Calin Belta (ME, SE, ECE) and Professor Stan Sclaroff (CS, ECE), have been named fellows with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Zhang was nominated for her “contributions to microelectromechanical systems.” Zhang has applied MEMS techniques to develop metamaterials, arrays of engineered structures that act like artificial […]