Former ECE Professor Anton Mavretic Mourned
Professor Anton “Tony” Mavretic (ECE), a gifted faculty member in the College of Engineering and research associate with Boston University’s Center for Space Physics, died on November 21 at the age of 84.
Mavretic came to BU in 1979 and joined the full-time faculty as an associate professor in 1980. During his time with the department, he taught courses such as Modern Active Circuit Design, Analog VLSI Design, and Electronics I and II.
“We were a nascent department back then, and Tony shepherded our electronics department through the early years,” recalled Professor Mark Horenstein (ECE). “I recall that one of his students often referred to him as ‘the God of electronics,’ and he knew his stuff. I learned a lot from just working with him.”
Professor Giles Elected AAAS Fellow
He has been elected for his leadership and major contributions to increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in computing disciplines, particularly via leadership in curricula and organizations that advance inclusion.
How Can Synthetic Biology Combat Climate Change?
On December 3 and 4, the College of Engineering, along with the graduate program in Bioinformatics and systems biology, hosted the workshop, The Role of Synthetic Biology in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Reduction. The workshop is supported in part by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Zhang Receives Award from the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Chosen from over 360 entries, Zhang’s award recognized her recent work in developing a new metamaterial that can improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) quality and decrease scan time.
Here’s How to Really Improve Gender Diversity in STEM Research
Wong is a coauthor on a new consensus paper published in Science describing a series of policy frameworks that could increase gender diversity in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) research workforce.
BME Emerging Scholars Symposium on May 8th
The new symposium, scheduled for May 8 at BU, is designed to offer emerging scholars an opportunity to present their work to a diverse audience, network with other researchers in the field, and prepare for the academic job-search process. BU BME is committed to promoting diversity across biomedical engineering.
ECE Junior Austin Negron Wins HackHarvard Hackathon
ECE junior, Austin Negron (ECE ‘21), with the help of his peer, Rishab Nayak (CAS ‘21), and two Northeastern students, developed an app that can take down the language barrier for non-native English speakers when filling out forms. The app emerged from the challenge at the annual HackHarvard’s Hackathon, where this year’s theme was to […]
Security and Privacy Experts Uncover Hidden Threats You Need to Know About
BU Today, Molly O’Brien Gluck Approximately 70 percent of Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, and share information. Most users access social media platforms and consume content on their smartphone, just one of the many smart devices we use to monitor our health, fitness, and sleep; secure our homes; tell […]
BU ECE Professors Orran Krieger and Martin Herbordt Awarded $1.4M to Develop New Computing Testbed
Written By: Jennifer Stacy Boston University Professors Orran Krieger and Martin Herbordt are among a team of researchers that will develop a testbed for research and development of new cloud computing platforms thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. The collaborative project includes UMass Amherst and Northeastern University and could reach a total […]
NEXTCAR Self-driving Car in Action Advances the Future Internet of Cars
By Maureen Stanton and Eliza Shaw for CISE First On-Road Demonstration of BU-developed Algorithms Traffic congestion around the world is worsening, according to transport data firm INRIX. In the U.S. alone, Americans wasted an average of 97 hours in traffic in 2018 – that’s two precious weekends worth of time. Captivity in traffic also costs […]