Distinguished Alumni Awards Honor Two ENG Grads
The College of Engineering honored two of its graduates with Distinguished Alumni Awards during BU Alumni Weekend in September. They were recognized for their career achievements and the support they have given their alma mater and community. Justine Laugharn Laugharn is vice president of finance & administration at Covaris, Inc., which creates tools and […]
Professor Xin Zhang Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
She has been elected in recognition of her research and educational initiatives using microelectromechanical systems and metamaterials to address a wide range of important problems in areas ranging from energy to healthcare to homeland security.
Coskun Selected to Attend the National Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Symposium
Associate Professor Ayse Coskun was selected as one of 87 innovative early-career engineers to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering symposium on September 25-27 in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Three BU Research Teams Win First Kilachand Fund Awards
$100 million fund will continue to honor cutting-edge researchers in life sciences and engineering By Chuck Leddy Originally featured on The Brink In 2018, BU trustee Rajen Kilachand (Questrom’74, Hon.’14) made the largest gift in Boston University’s history: $115 million. From that gift, $100 million established an endowment, the Rajen Kilachand Fund for Integrated Life […]
Challenges Accepted
Undergraduates Can Address Grand Challenges for Engineering Boston University has been creating Societal Engineers – those who use the unique skill sets of the engineer to improve society – for more than a decade now, and the concept has resonated with students and alumni. Also about a decade ago, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) […]
ENG Recognized as Leader in Diversity Action
The College of Engineering has been recognized by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) as a leader in inclusive excellence as a part of ASEE’s Diversity Recognition Program.
Your Bluetooth Conversation May Not Be as Private as You Think
Professor David Starobinski (ECE, SE), along with his team, Ph.D. student Johannes Becker (ECE) and undergraduate student David Li (ECE) was recently featured in an article on The Register, an online IT newspaper. The Register highlighted the team’s discovery that Bluetooth LE’s previous claim to their products being resistant to tracking is inaccurate. The Bluetooth […]
Nature Features Luca Dal Negro’s New Class of Random Lasers
LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) just turned 60 but is not ready to retire yet. To the contrary, it has become ubiquitous in our daily lives. While a laser pointer is one obvious example, the fact that lasers are used to capture 3D information in time-of-flight sensors (think iPhone X and Kinect […]
Stepp Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Associate Professor Cara Stepp has been honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Bishop Lands Grant from Sony to Develop Novel Magnetometer
Professor David Bishop has been awarded a $100,000 research grant from Sony Electronics to further develop a novel, ultra-sensitive and contactless magnetometer to be used for anything from location sensing to heart monitoring.