Ignition Awards for ENG Researchers
The awards accelerate the advancement of promising new technology, identifying a pathway to bring a new product to market.
A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines and Cancer Treatments
What seemed at first like a dead end might someday lead to longer-lasting and safer vaccines.
BU Professor Bridging Sustainability with Innovation in Material Science and Beyond
Dr. Werner brings interdisciplinary collaboration into pursuing sustainable solutions.
Pratt Named a Rita Allen Scholar
This prestigious grant will help the liquid biopsy expert and her multidisciplinary team develop a tool to track tumors.
NSF Grant to Help BU PhD Students Attack Climate Change
The research traineeship grant will help PhD students collaborate on new ways to convert and store sustainable energy.
Dunlop, Holmes, and Stringhini Earn ENG Honors
The awards recognize the mid-career faculty members’ contributions to research and teaching.
Making MRI More Globally Accessible
Zhang’s work has led to a string of breakthrough devices that can sharpen and speed up MRI imaging of knees, ankles, spines, and more.
Mark Grinstaff Earns NSF Trailblazer Award to Develop New Vaccine Technology
“This award might open up new avenues of treatment that are not available today.”
BU President Melissa Gilliam meets ENG faculty
Boston University’s 11th President, Melissa Gilliam took office on July 1, 2024.
On her first day, touring the campus, she visited the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering and met with select faculty, including ENG’s David Boas and Mo Khalil.
The Race to a Battery-Powered Future
We know that to have a green future, the entire world needs to shift from fossil fuel–generated power to renewable energy. And as countries agree on tripling solar and wind capacity, there are still major hurdles in the plan: one is that existing batteries aren’t good enough.