A History of Innovation at Boston University
In the 150 years since a BU professor invented the telephone, plenty of other BU-bred inventions have made profound and lasting impacts across society.
Innovation Spotlight: Theodore Moustakas and Modern Display Technology
BU Today recently highlighted the university’s long-standing legacy of innovation in the article “A History of Invention and Innovation”. The piece celebrates transformative discoveries by BU researchers, including the work of College of Engineering professor emeritus Theodore Moustakas. Moustakas pioneered methods for producing high-quality gallium nitride films, a breakthrough that enabled the development of blue […]
Moustakas Garners Optica’s Holonyak Award
The distinguished professor of photonics and optoelectronics revolutionized the semiconductor field.
Professor Emeritus Moustakas Named MRS Fellow
Professor Theodore Moustakas has been named to the 2022 Materials Research Society (MRS) class of Fellows; the latest in a lengthy list of accolades that have been awarded to the Professor Emeritus over his long and accomplished career.
Moustakas Elected OSA Fellow
Professor Theodore Moustakas was elected a Fellow Member of the Optical Society.
Cheng is Inaugural Moustakas Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics
Upon Professor Ji-Xin Cheng’s (ECE, BME) appointment to the College of Engineering last summer, he was named the inaugural holder of the endowed Theodore Moustakas Professorship in Photonics and Optoelectronics.
ECE Symposium Honors Career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas
By Sara Cody Colleagues from around the world came to campus on Dec. 2 to honor the career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE) at a symposium focused on his signature innovation, a process that makes the glowing screens on today’s ubiquitous electronic devices possible. The symposium, “III-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices Symposium,” was […]