Chen Yang Elected Optica Fellow
Chen Yang (ECE, Chemistry, MSE) has been elected to Optica’s 2027 Fellows Class, an honor recognizing members who have served…
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Andersson Elected ASME Fellow
Boston University College of Engineering Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering Sean Andersson (ME, SE) has been elected a Fellow…
MSE faculty Xin Zhang and Ji-Xin Cheng Named William Fairfield Warren Professors
On September 23, Boston University President Melissa Gilliam and Provost Colin Duckett announced five new William Fairfield Warren professorships, three…
At 2026 Catalyst Summit, A Focus on Everyday Health
"Our bodies are not working in snapshots. They are generating information continuously, and transmitting that information in signals. What has…
Major State Grant Advances BU Imaging Facilities
$1.58 million from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center will allow BU to add two high-speed, high-resolution microscopes to the Photonics…
Ignition Awards for Research That Might Reduce Knee Pain, Propel Underwater Robots, and More
The innovative projects earned funding and support on their way to making the leap from the lab to the real…
Improving access to life-saving health care
Led by Associate Professor Sheila Russo (ME, MSE) and Associate Professor Tommaso Ranzani (ME, MSE), BU's role is to develop…
College of Engineering and BU School of Medicine Lead NIH Grant
By bringing together expertise in biomedical engineering, lung physiology, immunology, and infectious diseases, the grant will strengthen collaboration between the…