Zhang Wins the 2024 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
Xin Zhang is a pioneer in metamaterials.
Students design healthcare solutions for the underserved
The Biomedical Engineering Society, in collaboration with Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center (BTEC), hosted the second annual BTEC x BMES Design-A-Thon on April 27th. The design challenged students to developing a product or service that will yield positive health outcomes for, and/or increase access, to healthcare technologies in underserved communities.
Boston Teens Pitch Biotech Concepts to BU “Investors” at Biological Design Center’s STEM Pathways Event
The experience taught the students valuable skills and got them thinking like real engineers and biotech developers.
Yang and Gopalan Now Full Professors
Two materials experts from ENG are among the 22 faculty on BU’s Charles River Campus who have been promoted to the rank of full professor.
BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
The director of the University’s cross-disciplinary Photonics Center, Bifano is the 14th winner of the award, given to an “outstanding faculty member who has translated world-class research into an invention or innovation that benefits humankind.” A holder of 10 patents, he’s also chief technology officer of Boston Micromachines Corporation, a company he cofounded to develop and market deformable mirrors and other optics products.
Innovation Leans In
Professor Nazer Receives 2024 Gitner Family Award for “flipped classroom” model for teaching foundational engineering course.
Algae Fuel Cell Tops Imagineering Competition
With a cross-disciplinary team, a LEAP student develops his childhood dream into a promising power source
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.”
AI Task Force Report Recommends Critical Embrace of Technology and Cautious Use of AI-Detector Apps
BU Today spoke with the two cochairs of the task force, Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the College of Engineering and Wesley J. Wildman, a professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics at the School of Theology, about the new report.
Ramachandran Named an AAAS Fellow
Ramachandran is being recognized for distinguished achievements throughout a career as a leading scholar in photonics and optics.