Smart Vehicles
Advancing smart drones and cars.
BU’s Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers Thrives
Remi Shittu (ENG ’19) was recruited into the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at BU early in her freshman year. This past academic year and her senior year, she was president of the chapter. Her leadership pushed the group to create new programs and recruit many more members, resulting in the chapter winning more awards than any other in their region last year.
New Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology Announced
The College of Engineering has established a new Center for Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology (CMTM) that will facilitate new research projects between faculty from ENG, the College of Arts and Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and BU Medical School.
BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas
Investors bank on socially minded public benefit corporation and its medical device for people with type 1 diabetes Ed Damiano’s journey to help the millions of people who suffer from type 1 diabetes—which began nearly 20 years ago, when his infant son, David, was diagnosed with the disease—took a huge leap forward this week. The […]
Identifying How a Material Grows: Discoveries by BU, DOE and UVM
From tinted car windows to solar cells, the versatile function of thin films has been playing significant roles in our lives. An MSE professor and a student collaborated with researchers to understand the growth of thin films like never before.
ECE Graduate Student Teams Up to Win 2019 IMS/RFIC Graduate Student Challenge Award
ECE Graduate Student Qijun Liu, a PhD student in the Wireless Integrated Systems and Extreme Circuits group, advised by Professor Rabia Tugce Yazicigil, recently won the 2019 IMS/RFIC Graduate Student Challenge Award. The challenge was to present a new idea that was related to machine learning & quantum computing, radar system and technology, and THz & […]
Professor Venkatesh Saligrama (ECE) Appointed BU Data Science Faculty Fellow
The Data Science Faculty Fellows Program was created in 2017 by Provost Jean Morrison as a part of the BU Data Science Initiative, to help build on the University’s vision for research and education in this strategically important area. Candidates are selected through an evaluation of their current research portfolio, demonstrated contributions, a track record […]
Listen: BME Professor Discusses Musculoskeletal Treatment on BBC Health Check Podcast
Listen Below: On June 12, 2019, Professor Mark Grinstaff (BME, Chemistry, MSE, MED) was interviewed on the BBC’s Health Check Podcast. The interview begins at 19:39 Segment Summary: When women are pregnant they release more of a hormone called relaxin. This hormone peaks in the first and third trimester; helping an embryo successfully implant in the uterus, […]
Crowdsourcing a Second Bill of Rights? ENG Professor Wants to Give It a Shot
Greg Blonder says our leaders often obstruct the public’s will Long before crowdsourcing, there was the Bill of Rights. In 1788, the US Constitution was ratified only on the strength of promises to redress its inadequate rights guarantees. With most of the country likely opposed to the document, backers ultimately added 10 remedial amendments that became the […]
Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI
BU researchers have developed a new metamaterial that can improve MRI quality and cut scan time in half.