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Researchers Win $900k NSF Grant to Predict Heart Disease, Diabetes Using Machine Learning
By Maureen Stanton, CISE Researchers from the College of Engineering and Boston Medical Center (BMC) will use a three-year, $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation... More
Dean Lutchen: Seven Ways Your Company Can Partner With A Research University
"Big companies and major research universities have begun to work out new terms of engagement that could usher in the next era of path-breaking products. More
Forum on Science for a Sustainable Planet Slated for Sept. 5
Ellis Rubenstein, president and chief executive officer of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS), will speak about the science and technology of sustainability at... More
Senior Design Projects: Call for submissions
Seeking Projects and Customers for ECE Senior Design Capstone Course The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is seeking engineering projects for seniors to complete during a... More
Rebecca Khurshid Joins Systems Engineering to Advance the Relationship Between Humans and Robots
Khurshid heads the BU CAIR Laboratory and opens doors to SE graduate students this fall. Systems engineers further CAIR productivity by offering a strong mathematical background to model the complexities of systems consisting of human beings and robots. These models can then be used to generate desired behaviors in a robotic partner. More
Duan Wins DARPA Young Faculty Award
Duan’s award will help fund his research into replicating cell-to-cell communication. He is one of the 35 YFA awardees this year and will receive close to $500,000 from DARPA over the next two years to pursue his project and he could receive an additional $500,000 based on the progress of the project. More
BU ECE Students receive Best Paper Award at the ASIA Conference on Computer and Communication Security 2018
Realizing that the correlation between malware and HPC traces does not establish causation, Boston University graduate students Boyou Zhou, Rasoul Jahanshahi and Anmol Gupta, under the supervision of Professors Manuel Egele and Ajay Joshi, evaluated works that propose this HPC-based methodology for malware detection. More
Shrinking Down Soft Robots
A novel four-step process has been developed by researchers including Assistant Professor Tommaso Ranzani (ME) and Assistant Professor Sheila Russo (ME) to construct microfluidic origami for reconfigurable pneumatic/hydraulic (MORPH) systems. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, details the process and demonstrates its capabilities with the fabrication of a highly complex soft structure. More
Chemistry and Materials Professor Named ACS Fellow
Materials Professor Malika Jeffries-EL elected ACS Fellow for her research activity and dedication to “diversifying the chemical workforce through mentoring and training students.” More
Katherine Yanhang Zhang Named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Only three percent of members become fellows and to be nominated and elected, a member must meet qualifications in at least one of nine categories; Zhang was chosen for her accomplishments in the research and education categories. More
Professors Elected AAAS Fellows
Joyce Wong (BME, MSE) and Eric Kolaczyk (CAS, SE) were elected 2017 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. More
Bird Recognized as an Outstanding Educator in Prism’s 20-Under-40
Assistant Professor James Bird (ME, MSE) was recognized by the American Society for Engineering Educators in the summer edition of Prism magazine as one of 20 high-achieving researchers and educators under 40. More
‘Frankenstein’ proteins offer better control for immunotherapy
Researchers have come up with a tool that offers a means of control over engineered cells, and it comes from a seemingly unlikely source: the hepatitis C genome. In combination with a widely available antiviral medication, the new system offers a novel tool: a highly specific way to turn engineered cells on and off, with an existing, proven medication. More
Austin Briggs: Overall Best Portfolio Winner, Undergraduate Design Portfolio Contest
Austin Briggs, a rising sophomore pursuing Mechanical Engineering and Business, is the first freshman to ever win the annual Overall Best Portfolio award in the... More
Professor James “Jacy” Bird Named Early Risers (PRISM Summer 2018 issue)
We are very proud to announce that BUMechE and Materials Professor James "Jacy" Bird was named in PRISM Magazine's Summer 2018 issue among Early Risers:... More
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A Room with a View: MSE Alum Shakes Up the Common Window
MSE alum Roa Mulpuri (’92, ’96), CEO of View, has created dynamic window glass that can lower a building's energy consumption by about 20 percent, and can be controlled by an app. More
Profs. Kulis and Nazer Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
ENG Profs. Brian Kulis (ECE, SE) and Bobak Nazer (ECE, SE) were promoted to Associate Professors, along with 24 other faculty members at the Charles River Campus. More
The Beauty and Science of Bubbles
Prof. James Bird (ME, MSE) discusses his research on the scientific significance of bubbles. More
Hearts, Minds, and Microbubbles
Prof. Porter wins $2.5 million grant from the NIA to develop a drug and a delivery system. Prof. Porter is partnering with Prof. Morgan. More