From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality
In a recent Nature report, titled “Smart cities drive into the future,” Christos Cassandras was interviewed and shared his proposal for a networked environment in which every vehicle shares data with another vehicle or a coordinator regarding position, velocity, and destination to optimize routing across the entire city.
Envisioning an Imperfect World
New ECE Professor Harry Chao’s Approach to Machine Learning Meets Reality Where It Is by A.J. Kleber Outside the tidy binaries of digital computation, the world is a messy place. Few things in life are clearly observable and predictable, whether you’re looking at individual human behavior, traffic, organisms, or the weather. This is a truth […]
Next-Level Networking
New Professor David Lake and the quantum architecture of the future.
BOTLAB – On a Winning Streak
BME Professor Darren Roblyer was awarded 3 prestigious R01 awards from the National Institute of Health.
Another Year of Gold for BU iGEM
A year-end toast to the gold-winning undergrads of BU’s iGEM team.
The Five Most Viewed ENG Research Stories of 2025
The College of Engineering faculty and students were busy in 2025 creating and advancing high impact research, from quantum semi-conductors to space age polymers to portable MRI devices and landing a telescope on the moon.
Pictures of RNA in Unprecedented Detail
The new imaging method takes advantage of the sophisticated ways in which cells control mRNAs.
Engineering Enzymes to Develop Hormone Biosensors
PhD student Takumi Hawes aims to modify enzymes, so they effectively bind to the hormone cortisol. This may revolutionize biomedical devices that track hormone levels.
Out of the Lab, Into the World
Collaborating across BU to image brain activity in the everyday.
The Uses of Invention
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow.