DePasquale, Economo Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
“In different and innovative ways, Mike and Brian are both working at the intersection of neuroscience and computational science.”
Massachusetts Tech Leaders Visit BU
Tech leaders from across the commonwealth had an opportunity to hear from Boston University students who are building a better wheelchair, a medication delivery robot, a drone system for wildlife conservation, and more when the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council met earlier this month at Boston University.
“Innovation happens because of this ecosystem,” said Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, cochair of the council, in opening remarks at BU’s Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). “And the great thing about the innovation economy is that you all collaborate way more than you compete,” Driscoll added, addressing an assemblage of technology executives, government officials, educators, and students from BU and other area colleges.
Zoe Garman, PhD Candidate, Grinstaff Lab
When Zoe Garman started her undergraduate studies, she didn’t set out to become a biomedical engineer. Like many talented students with strong math and science skills, she was quietly steered in that direction. But what transformed her from a student following a well-worn path into a researcher genuinely excited about her work was a simple […]
Integrating Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence: What to Expect from Tomorrow’s Intelligence Systems
Software engineering may be an innovation-oriented field, but amid the artificial intelligence revolution, the pace of change is about to pick up. Deeply integrated into contemporary software development, AI allows systems to dynamically adapt to conditions rather than rely exclusively on fixed logic. AI-enhanced solutions automate routine tasks and expedite development cycles. Due to these […]
BU ENG Program Allows Students from Different Backgrounds to LEAP into Engineering
ENG’s Late Entry Accelerated Program (LEAP) is a unique program that allows students with non-engineering backgrounds to earn master’s degrees in engineering. Instead of requiring them to earn a second bachelor’s degree, LEAP provides a customized, streamlined set of undergrad coursework that prepares them to advance into any of ENG’s nine master’s programs.
During their first year, LEAP students can take a free two-week intersession program called LEAP LIFE, an acronym combining LEAP and the phrase “Leap Into the Future of Engineering.” Students literally get their hands dirty (or their fingers sticky with the rosin flux used in soldering circuit boards), gaining technical skills they’ll need to land internships, and ultimately, careers in engineering.
From Selfish Driving to Social Optimality
In a recent Nature report, titled “Smart cities drive into the future,” Christos Cassandras was interviewed and shared his proposal for a networked environment in which every vehicle shares data with another vehicle or a coordinator regarding position, velocity, and destination to optimize routing across the entire city.
Envisioning an Imperfect World
New ECE Professor Harry Chao’s Approach to Machine Learning Meets Reality Where It Is by A.J. Kleber Outside the tidy binaries of digital computation, the world is a messy place. Few things in life are clearly observable and predictable, whether you’re looking at individual human behavior, traffic, organisms, or the weather. This is a truth […]
Next-Level Networking
New Professor David Lake and the quantum architecture of the future.
Two Eng Faculty Honored by SPIE
Two College of Engineering faculty members were recently honored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. Siddharth Ramachandran For his ingenuity, and years of dedicated effort and exploration, Distinguished Professor Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE) has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 SPIE G.G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization. Named for Sir Gabriel […]
High-Capacity Contributions
Professor Siddharth Ramachandran receives SPIE G.G. Stokes Award.