Envisioning Better Night Vision
Professor Luca Dal Negro is working on novel optical materials for improved night vision systems.
Lightspeeding A.I.
ECE professor’s trailblazing startup shines light on energy efficient AI infrastructure.
Fall Conference Season Brings an Abundant Harvest for ECE Researchers
BU ECE researchers have had a strong start in the current conference season, earning three best paper awards in September/October 2024.
Siddharth Ramachandran Joins Ranks of AAAS Fellows
The Distinguished Professor of Engineering is being honored for “pioneering contributions to the generation, control, and propagation of singular states of light, enabling applications spanning classical and quantum communications, imaging, and high-power lasers.”
Professor Cheng Receives Spectrochemical Analysis Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been named the recipient of this year’s American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Spectrochemical Analysis Award.
Bringing the Brain Into Focus
Professor Tianyu Wang receives grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for reinventing a quantum-inspired light source to improve deep-tissue imaging.
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. He earned this prestigious award for the “invention and commercialization of mid-infrared photothermal microscopy that allows highly sensitive dye-free bond-selective imaging of living cells and organisms.” The mIRage system, based on Cheng’s IP on mid-infrared photothermal microscopy and produced by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp at Santa Barbara, has been delivered to over 100 research labs in 15 countries worldwide.
A Bright New Light: Tianyu Wang Joins ECE
BU ECE’s newest Assistant Professor believes in the power of convergent research to spark novel technological advances.
ECE CHIPS In: The Computing Power of Light
This is the second article in our series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry.
Professor Miloš Popović Elected NAI Fellow
The selection of NAI Fellows is based on their demonstration of a “highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.”