A Step Forward for High-Power Fiber Optics
Professor Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE, MSE) and his lab have observed a new effect within fiber optics that opens up a stable and effective way to develop and use a fiber-optic cable to create a laser that can produce high-power light at desired colors.
How to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Smarter, Bolder
Autonomous vehicles that can maneuver themselves around any city are already out on our public roads, says Yannis Paschalidis, but operating off-road remains a challenge. Paschalidis is testing a new self-driving vehicle with the goal of correcting that problem. These vehicles can operate on and off-road. “We are interested in developing fundamental principles that can be applied to autonomous vehicles capable of navigating themselves on the ground, underwater, and in the air,” he says.
How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment
ENG researchers invent blue light therapy that kills MRSA without antibiotics. Perhaps what’s most promising is that blue light phototherapy doesn’t affect healthy cells of the body, so the technique could be used to treat MRSA infections without harming any surrounding tissue or skin.
Two Student Teams Advance to Cornell Cup Finals
Two undergraduate student teams have advanced to the final round of the Cornell Cup, a premier national competition for undergraduate engineering students. “Both teams are exceptional with highly dedicated and motivated students,” says Associate Professor of the Practice Alan Pisano, who advises the teams and teaches the senior design seminars in which both teams first developed their projects.
Ramachandran Elected SPIE Fellow
Professor Siddharth Ramachandran has been elected a Fellow of the SPIE for his work in structured and singular light beams, and their applications to quantum and atom optics, sensors, telecom and biophotonics; optical fibers and guided wave nonlinear optics; and photonic crystals.
Professor Janusz Konrad Named IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for 2019-2020
Signal processing is the hidden engine of a myriad of applications we interact with every day. From cellular technology to automotive vehicles or from emergency brain imaging to emergency braking. The Signal Processing Society, the first society of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded in 1948, is the world’s premier professional […]
BU-led Research Team Wins Competitive $7.5 million MURI Grant to Create Neuro-Autonomous Robots
Dream Team of Engineers, Computer Scientists, and Neuroscientists from BU, MIT, and Australia to develop neuro-inspired capabilities for Land, Sea, and Air-based Autonomous Robots
MSE PhD candidate to advance healthcare
Alexander Saeboe is a MSE PhD candidate and BUnano fellow. Professor Allison Dennis (BME, MSE) is his research advisor, while he also works closely with Professor Sam Thiagalingam (MED). In the Dennis Lab, Saeboe is working to improve nanomaterials for healthcare.
Innovation through Bio-inspired Metamaterials
Professor Xin Zhang is known for her pioneering work in building metamaterials, artificially designed materials that have properties not found in nature. Now, Aobo Li, a doctoral student in Zhang’s lab, has flipped that idea around to study the properties and functions of a natural material to improve on metamaterial designs.
Three ECE Professors Receive CAREER Awards
Within these past few months, not one, not two, but three professors from the ECE Department have won CAREER Awards, which are among the most prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation. Such awards help support faculty in the early stages of their careers. The three winning faculty are Michelle Sander (ECE, MSE), Lei Tian […]