An Automated Tomato Picker Built in Less Than Two Months
If indoor farming is the future of sustainable agriculture, then AgroBot might help it scale up.
Building The Future – Ask Us How!
How five BU ECE researchers teamed up with Boston’s Museum of Science to share their scientific expertise with the next generation.
Engineering Better Communication
ECE alum’s $3M AI start-up helps to analyze and smooth out business interactions.
Starting Up (in) Summertime
ECE students are leading two entrepreneurial Summer Accelerator projects this summer.
Combining Cutting-Edge Techniques To Study How Brain Cells Function Together
“Imagine a therapy for patients with memory deficits, in which their brain is stimulated in a precisely timed manner to improve their recall ability.”
Rainin Funds for Researchers Developing Smart Probiotics
Professors Miguel Jimenez and Liang Hao are taking a new approach to IBD by building and testing genetic tools directly in animal models of intestinal inflammation.
Engineering RNA to be Programmable
Combining novel neural networks, the Green lab developed a powerful, efficient system for designing RNA.
New Algorithm for Hearing Aids Might Solve “Cocktail Party Problem”
Sen’s biologically oriented sound segregation algorithm (BOSSA) could help the hearing-impaired better follow conversations in crowded, noisy settings.
Pedagogy and Practice
Professor Lei Tian is the recipient of a 2025 Boston University Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award.
Akua Dickson Researches Safe Autonomy, a Future Where Robots Help, Not Harm
SE PhD candidate Akua Dickson worked with robotics controllers and motion planning and found a love for safe autonomy — robots doing autonomous tasks and helping humans solve problems in a safe way.