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.
Boas Team Wins $5.9M Grant for Neuroimaging Project
Funds from the NIH BRAIN Initiative will support the development of a portable, wearable brain-imaging system.
Muhammad Zaman on the Increasing Dangers of Antibiotic Resistance
In his new book, Biography of Resistance, ENG professor Muhammad Zaman warns of the growing risk of drug-resistant infections.
Cheng Wins Grant to Continue Breakthrough Imaging Research
He received a Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award for $2.9 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health.