Tuesday, February 21: Former Google Executive presents talk titled “How to Become a Star Performer in Tech”
Tuesday, February 21 | 7-9pm Boston University Law Auditorium 765 Commonwealth Ave Free and Open to the Public Click to Register Every star shines in her own way, and there are many factors in common among the star performers. Drawn from his performance experience at Google and interview with executives in top-notch tech companies, Richard […]
ECE Symposium Honors Career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas
By Sara Cody Colleagues from around the world came to campus on Dec. 2 to honor the career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE) at a symposium focused on his signature innovation, a process that makes the glowing screens on today’s ubiquitous electronic devices possible. The symposium, “III-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices Symposium,” was […]
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 […]
ENG to Develop Smart Car Technology With New $3.36 Million Grant
Read the full story by Breanne Kovatch in The Daily Free Press – The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University. Boston University’s College of Engineering announced Tuesday it received a $3.36 million grant to develop new smart car technology, according to a press release from the university. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory of the U.S. […]
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 […]
Mr. Clean
Using LED technology he helped develop at BU, alum aims to address complex global health and hygiene problems By Sara Cody, originally published in the Fall 2016 issue of ENGineer magazine. Germs are everywhere. Lurking on our hands, in our water, in our kitchens and even in our hospitals. According to the Centers for Disease […]
BU College of Engineering Receives NEXTCAR Grant to Develop Smart Car Technology
BU Professor Christos Cassandras (ECE, SE) leads BU initiative with researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Michigan, and Bosch Corporation. The Boston University College of Engineering announced it is a co-investigator for a $3.36 million grant received by Oak Ridge National Laboratory from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy […]
Two ECE Students Win Prestigious IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarships
Two ECE undergraduates, Ami Vyas (EE ’17) and Zachary Lasiuk (EE ’17) won scholarships through the IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholarship Plus Initiative for the second year in a row, highlighting the rigor and academic excellence of the ECE Department. Vyas and Lasiuk join 230 PES scholars who were chosen this year for their […]
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 […]