Getting Power to the People
Caramanis Awarded Sloan Foundation Grant to Improve Electricity Distribution Networks By Michael Seele While the use of clean, renewable energy is rising nationally, its growth is being restrained by an imbalance between the consumption and generation of power. Wind and solar power are clean and cheap, but their availability varies widely depending on location, season […]
Announcing the 2017 MSE Innovation Grant Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 MSE Innovation Grants! The idea behind BU MSE Innovation Grants Program is to create a low overhead way of encouraging innovation and risk taking in a national funding environment that makes this increasingly difficult. Each year we will be awarding about five awards of approximately $10k each. Any […]
BU Rocket Propulsion Group (BURPG) VIDEO: Successful Iron Lotus Engine Hot Fire Test
The BU Rocket Propulsion Group is developing propulsion and flight systems to create a low-cost reusable launch vehicle, capable of carrying 100 lbs of scientific payloads into suborbital space. After years of development, our team has put together one of the most capable amateur rocket programs in the world. Our vehicle, Starscraper, is one of […]
Azer Bestavros, Bonnie Costello Latest Warren Distinguished Professors
BU’s highest faculty honor goes to computer networking expert, poetry scholar By Michael S. Goldberg BU Today Azer Bestavros and Bonnie Costello are the newest William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors. Both College of Arts & Sciences professors, Bestavros, in computer science, and Costello, in English, are recipients of the highest honor bestowed by the University […]
CISE Industry Roundtable Speaker: Wenbo He, Senior Software Engineer, Mathworks
Wenbo He, senior software engineer at Mathworks, was the CISE industry roundtable speaker on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Addressing a room of CISE PhD students, He described the corporate culture at Mathworks as open, flexible, friendly and most importantly, one that encourages employees to learn from e Wenbo He, senior software engineer at Mathworks, was the […]
SE Alumnus, Haining Yu, Member of Disney Team Awarded 2017 INFORMS Prize
Congratulations to Haining Yu (SE PhD, 2005 – Advisor: Christos Cassandras) who was a member of the Disney Team awarded the 2017 INFORMS Prize! INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, announced that both the U.S. Air Force and The Walt Disney Company have received the 2017 INFORMS Prize for their […]
It Takes Teamwork
New Interdisciplinary Research Center will Focus on Making Diagnostics Smart and Portable By Sara Cody The road to commercializing medical technology is usually long, requiring the work of basic scientists, clinical researchers, engineers and eventually industry partners, with one group passing along knowledge to the next until a marketable version of the technology is finally […]
BU Paves Way for MED Prof’s $10M Plus Partnership with Industry
Major pharma company supports Avi Spira’s COPD, lung cancer research By Sara Rimer, BU Today As a pulmonary physician scientist, Avi Spira is driven to get his breakthroughs in molecular biomarkers for the early diagnosis of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) into clinical care. “I’m a doctor, I want to help people,” […]
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 […]
NSF, CISE Look to the Future of Smart Healthcare at Campus Workshop
By Sara Cody As the National Science Foundation looks to the future of science in smart and connected health, the agency partnered with the Center for Information and Systems Engineering to convene a gathering of principal investigators and other research leaders on the BU campus this month. The interdisciplinary researchers discussed their progress and identified […]