College of Engineering

Anubhav Wadehra: Using Molten Salts to Develop a More Sustainable World

in *NEWS, *Research, Materials Science and Engineering

For 20 years, the small city of Chandigarh, India, charged his curiosity for science.

Anubhav Wadehra graduated from Punjab Engineering College in 2017 with his bachelor’s in materials and metallurgical engineering. During a six-month internship in 2016 at Boston University, he decided to take his curiosity even further.

Tagged: Boston University, BU College of Engineering, MSE

Clearing the Air

in *NEWS, *Research, Convergent, Joerg Werner, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

For subs, spacecraft and more, Werner is working on a novel material that would capture CO2 in a targeted and efficient way.

Tagged: Joerg Werner

Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi’s Chubb Award

in *NEWS, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Xin Zhang

The prestigious Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is the latest in a string of honors for this pioneer of metamaterials.

Tagged: Xin Zhang

ECE CHIPS In: Efficiently Secure Computing

in *NEWS, Alumni, CHIPS, ECE - Mobile/Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity, ECE Faculty, ECE Graduate, ECE Research, ECE Students, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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.

Tagged: Ajay Joshi, CHIPS, CHIPS Act of 2022, cloud computing, computer architecture, ECE CHIPS In, encryption, FHE, fully homomorphic encryption, semiconductors

Breathe Easier While Steering From Afar

in *NEWS, *Research, Sheila Russo

From Sheila Russo’s lab, a soft robotic tool to help detect lung cancer early, when it’s most curable By Patrick L. Kennedy Imagine standing outside a hedge maze and shoving a garden hose into it. Now, holding one end of the hose in your hands, you’re trying to maneuver the other end of the hose […]

Thinking Bigger

in *NEWS, Alumni, Mechanical Engineering

Raised in rural Jamaica, Huntley Myrie (ENG’95) went on to design jet engine turbines, manage billion-dollar businesses, and earn one of this year’s Black Engineer of the Year awards.

Tagged: Aerospace