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Bringing the Brain Into Focus
Professor Tianyu Wang receives grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for reinventing a quantum-inspired light source to improve deep-tissue imaging. More
Ji-Xin to Deliver Annual DeLisi Lecture
Ji-Xin to Deliver Annual DeLisi Lecture Rabia Yazicigil earns Early Career Research Excellence Award In recognition of their contributions to engineering and society, the Moustakas Chair Professor... More
Moustakas Garners Optica’s Holonyak Award
The distinguished professor of photonics and optoelectronics revolutionized the semiconductor field. More
Early Career Excellence: Professor Rabia Yazicigil Recognized By NSF and BU College of Engineering
Professor Rabia Yazicigil’s outstanding contributions have been doubly recognized, with the recent conferral of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award and an Early Career Excellence in Research Award from the BU College of Engineering. More
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. He earned this prestigious award for the “invention and commercialization of mid-infrared photothermal microscopy that allows highly sensitive dye-free bond-selective imaging of living cells and organisms.” The mIRage system, based on Cheng’s IP on mid-infrared photothermal microscopy and produced by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp at Santa Barbara, has been delivered to over 100 research labs in 15 countries worldwide. More
FDA Clears Bigio’s Tech for Skin Cancer Detection
Is that an innocent mole or skin cancer? An optical technique pioneered by Irving Bigio could cut the number of missed cancers in half. More
High Performance From BU ECE At SC23
BU ECE researchers, both faculty and students, made a major impact at SC23, the premier conference in high-performance computing. More
A Bright New Light: Tianyu Wang Joins ECE
BU ECE’s newest Assistant Professor believes in the power of convergent research to spark novel technological advances. More
This Is Something I Can Do
Boston-area high school students spend five weeks of the summer working full-time in the labs of BME faculty researchers solving real-world problems. More
ECE CHIPS In: Minuscule Hardware, Maximum Impact
In many ways, Professor Rabia Yazicigil is the very image of the kind of scientist and engineer called for by the CHIPS Act: productive, inventive, application-focused, collaborative- and service-minded, and an active mentor cultivating similar values and capabilities in a younger generation of innovators. More
Revealed: Dazzling Molecular Details of Living Cells and Organisms
“If we could use the intrinsic chemical bonds within every molecule to visualize biology, we could achieve better molecular information without relying on labeling." More
Professor Venkataraman Provides Nuanced Perspective On Medical Applications of A.I.
Professor Archana Venkataraman added her experienced voice to the ongoing public conversation about the transformative potential of A.I. in a recent article for Newsweek. More
ECE CHIPS In: The Computing Power of Light
This is the second article in our series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry. More
Zhang to Join European Academy of Sciences and Arts
The non-governmental association is committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. More
Professor Miloš Popović Elected NAI Fellow
The selection of NAI Fellows is based on their demonstration of a “highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.” More
Unveiling a New Era of Imaging: BU Engineers Lead Breakthrough Microscopy Techniques
Ji-Xin Cheng and colleagues have made significant advancements in the field of vibrational imaging. More
Hariri Group Co-Founds AI Alliance
The MOC Alliance is delighted to be part of the AI Alliance,” says Professor Orran Krieger (ECE), director of the MOC Alliance. “The MOC Alliance’s open-source production cloud platform, with all the operations state and telemetry available to enable innovation, make it an exciting match for the AI Alliance’s mission of advancing open, transparent AI." More
Associate Professor Archana Venkataraman Selected As Computing & Data Sciences Faculty Fellow
The BU CDS Faculty Fellows Program is geared towards fostering a community of scholars reflecting this same convergent disciplinary approach, with a particular focus on supporting recent recruits to the BU faculty whose research shows significant promise. More
Professor Roberto Paiella Elected Optica Fellow
He was awarded this honor “for outstanding contributions to the development of novel optoelectronic devices based on quantum-confined systems and photonic nanostructures.” More
Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi’s Chubb Award
The prestigious Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is the latest in a string of honors for this pioneer of metamaterials. More
ECE CHIPS In: Efficiently Secure Computing
This article is the first part of a series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry. More
Machines and Health
BU engineers are combining their expertise to develop robotic and AI technologies to help solve health problems of all kinds. More
How ultrafast lasers developed in Michelle Sander’s lab are speeding up biological research
Michelle Sander and her lab group at Boston University are seeking out new ways to build ultrafast lasers – lasers that emit such short-lasting pulses of light that their duration is difficult to fathom. “I’m particularly interested in developing lasers on the femtosecond scale – a fraction of a second so small that its ratio is the same as one second to 32 million years,” Sander says. More
Converging on Training Tomorrow’s Bioengineers
With an NSF grant, a BU program will train a diverse group of PhD students for tomorrow’s workforce in biotech, synthetic biology, and other sectors. More
A New Way of Learning
Undergrads from across the country come to the BU Photonics Center for an NSF summer research experience program. This fall, these five returned to BU full-time. More
College of Engineering seeking convergent faculty
As part of the Energy, Sustainability, and Climate theme, the COE at BU is searching for tenure-track faculty candidates at the Assistant Professor level, whose research interests align with one or more of the following areas: More
Unlocking Insights into Tumors’ Defenses
A BU team has developed a noninvasive method of monitoring the solid stresses within tumors. More
Roblyer to Helm New SPIE Journal
Biophotonics Discovery will focus on novel findings in biophotonics research, especially related to basic science and clinical translation. More
Hard to Picture
Using light and shadow to “see” around corners, at the speed of a snapshot. More
A Giant Leap in Detecting Brain Activity
A new advance in voltage imaging is giving neuroscientists the most detailed look yet at how voltage travels through brain cells. More
This Tiny Capsule Can Warn You When Inflammation Is Imminent
A novel technology could change the way inflammatory bowel diseases are diagnosed and monitored. More
Ayse Coskun named interim Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Ayse Coskun has been appointed interim associate dean for research and faculty development. More
Honing Her Skills at the Helm
For Professor Ayse Coskun, Director of the Center for Information & Systems Engineering (CISE) and newly-appointed interim Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, leadership is all about having the power to make a difference. More
ENG’s Newest Associate Professors
Four ENG faculty have been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure, BU Provost Jean Morrison announced. Alexander Green, College of Engineering associate professor... More
A “Fuzzy” Method, Clarified
Sadullah Canakci (PhD’22) was the recipient of the Best Paper Award at May’s IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) for his work on hardware fuzzing. More
New Artificial Intelligence Program Could Help Treat Hypertension
New research from Ioannis Paschalidis demonstrates machine learning to increase efficacy in hypertension care. More
Hariri Happenings
The vitality of the partnership between the Hariri Institute and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is reflected in ECE’s strong showing in this year’s Fellows & Focused Research Program Awards. More
Taking in the Trash
With food scraps instead of fossil fuels, a BU bioreactor project is modeling sustainable manufacturing. More
Out with a Bang
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering celebrates the end of the 2022-23 academic year with student project presentations and awards! More
Xin Zhang Wins STAT Madness 2023 All-Star Award
Professor Xin Zhang has won the 2023 All-Star Award at STAT Madness, a bracket-style contest for innovative projects in science and medicine. More
First Design-A-Thon Generates Tech Solutions to Health Disparities
A date-rape drug detector and other student projects won awards in a contest sponsored by Merck and organized by BTEC and the BU student chapter of BMES. More
Ji-Xin Cheng Named 2022 BU Innovator of the Year
The Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics, Cheng has more than 30 patents and multiple companies to his name. More
The Sky’s the Limit
Researchers’ new method for scaling up data capacity in optical fibers echoes astronomical phenomena—with significant implications for tomorrow’s internet. More
The Sky’s the Limit: Ramachandran Team’s Light Transmission Discovery Published by Science
Researchers’ new method for scaling up data capacity in optical fibers echoes astronomical phenomena - with significant implications for tomorrow’s internet. More
Biomedical Optics Pioneer David Boas Delivers the 2023 DeLisi Lecture
In a signature ENG event, Boas shared his story of a career developing novel technologies for monitoring neuronal activity, More
Hands-On Engineering
A snapshot from Smart and Connected Systems, the course where students put cyber-physical and IoT concepts into practice. More
BU-bred Sensor Scales Up
A new technique of virus detection and characterization invented by a multidisciplinary team at BU drew a step closer to making a substantial impact in healthcare. More
Three More AIMBE Fellows from ENG
Yang, Joseph-McCarthy, Dunlop elected to prestigious biomedical society More
Innovation On (Her) Mind: Professor Yang Inducted An AIMBE Fellow
Associate Professor Chen Yang has been inducted to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows, a prestigious honor awarded to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers. More
Yazicigil’s WISE-Circuits Lab Goes the Distance at “Chip Olympics”
In hardware and microelectronics circles, the International Solid-State Circuits Conference is the most competitive game in town, nicknamed the “Chip Olympics.” In those terms, it could be said that Professor Rabia Yazicigil and her students brought home a pile of medals. More