Society For Biomaterials Honors Professor Joyce Wong
Professor Joyce Wong received the prestigious 2020 Clemson Award for Basic Research. The award acknowledges an original and outstanding contribution to the basic knowledge and understanding of the interaction between materials and tissue.
Klapperich, Pal Named AAAS Fellows
By Patrick L. Kennedy Two College of Engineering faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. Professor Catherine Klapperich (BME, MSE, ME) and Professor Uday Pal (ME, MSE) were selected for extraordinary achievements in their fields by the AAAS Council. The nonprofit […]
Lewis wins a 1907 Trailblazer Award for Research on Sleep and Depression
As one of only three winners worldwide, Assistant Professor Laura Lewis was selected for the inaugural award for early career research in neuroscience.
Joyce Wong Elected National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Whether innovating COVID-19 negative pressure isolation tents for hospitals, devising a way to image and treat abdominal surgical adhesions, or creating a method to enhance tissue engineering, Wong has adopted a mindset of innovation.
Optical Pioneer Jerome Mertz Is BU’s 2020 Innovator of the Year
The BME professor is a prolific inventor whose innovations have made leaps and bounds in microscopy.
Morgan Named First Maysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design & Innovation
ENG alumnus Malek Sukkar (MFG ’92) has established the College’s first endowed professorship.
Published in SCIENCE: What are the Physical Hallmarks of Cancer?
Assistant Professor Hadi Nia has published a first-authored review paper in SCIENCE on the physical traits of cancer.
Klapperich Elected to BBJ’s Power 50 for 2020
Prof. Catherine Klapperich is included in the Boston Business Journal’s 2020 list “Extraordinary Year, Extraordinary People: Boston Business Journal’s Power 50.”
Brain Imaging Scaled Down
New wearable device would let researchers image animal brain functions during activity.
Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia
BU biomedical engineers used computer modeling to investigate why blood oxygen drops so low in many COVID-19 patients.