NSF Training Grant Funds New Neurophotonics Initiative Using Light to Explore the Brain
By Sara Cody Interdisciplinary research that uses light to understand how the brain functions will receive a major boost under a new $2.9 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship grant announced recently. The five-year grant will allow the establishment of a new graduate-level program of study that focuses on understanding and influencing brain function using […]
The Light Stuff
Alumna’s Startup Aims to Improve Health Through Lighting By Sara Cody The invention of the light bulb paved the way for humans to conquer the darkness; effectively severing the dependence on the sun to provide productive working hours for humans. Recent advances in materials research are now providing new ways to render light that are […]
Duan Receives NSF CAREER Award
Research and Outreach will Focus on Carbon Nanofluidics By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Chuanhua Duan (ME, MSE) netted a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in recognition of his outstanding research and teaching capabilities. He will receive more than half a million dollars over the next five years to pursue […]
Wong to Deliver DeLisi Lecture April 25
Khalil receives Early Career Excellence Award By Sara Cody To recognize their contributions to engineering and society, Professor Joyce Y. Wong (BME, MSE) is the recipient of this year’s Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture, and Assistant Professor Ahmad “Mo” Khalil (BME) has received the Early Career Excellence Award. The Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture recognizes […]
BU Joins Federal Effort to Engineer Human Tissue: New national institute will develop innovative, life-saving industry
By Rich Barlow share it! + BU Today Imagine this: a new factory opens in the United States after years of dwindling manufacturing jobs. Unlike the great factories of the 20th century, this one manufactures skin tissue for soldiers grievously scarred by war and for civilians, and develops organ-preserving technologies that eliminate waiting lists for […]
BU Names Kilachand Honors College Associate Directors: Linda Doerrer, Paul Lipton Lend Scientific Thought to “Visionary” Curriculum
By Susan Seligson, BU Today. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi BU has named two associate directors of the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College, one with a background in the sciences and the other in creative interdisciplinary approaches to education, as well as in science. Their knowledge and expertise will help broaden students’ undergraduate experience […]
BME/MSE Professor and Graduate Student Published in PLOS Computational Biology
BME graduate student Jarred Mondonedo and BME/MSE Professor Bela Suki have been published in PLOS Computational Biology, which is an official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology. Their paper can be located here. The research has also received large amounts of media coverage, which can be viewed via the following links: PLOS Computational […]
Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?
Computer model may lead to more personalized, optimized treatment By Barbara Moran, BU Research Emphysema is a long-term and devastating lung disease. As it progresses, the body’s own inflammatory enzymes slowly digest and destroy alveoli, the delicate sacs where oxygen from air is transferred to the bloodstream. The damaged alveoli form large holes in lung […]
Metamaterials: Tuning into Long-Wavelength Light
MSE/ME Professor Xin Zhang’s Lab Research Published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering-Nature: Researchers in the United States have created an artificial material with optical properties that can be changed using an electrical voltage. Metamaterials consist of repeating arrays of subwavelength elements that are designed to interact with light in ways that go beyond the abilities of […]
ENG Key Partner in Newly Announced $80 Million Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Manufacturing USA Institute
The College of Engineering has been selected as a key partner in a major, federally supported initiative aimed at creating a new industry that may one day manufacture living tissue and organs at scale for rapid delivery to patients. The US Department of Defense has funded a nation-wide consortium of government, academia and industry, known […]