Cheng is Inaugural Moustakas Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics
Upon Professor Ji-Xin Cheng’s (ECE, BME) appointment to the College of Engineering last summer, he was named the inaugural holder of the endowed Theodore Moustakas Professorship in Photonics and Optoelectronics.
Wong Named AAAS Fellow
Professor Joyce Y. Wong (BME, MSE) has been named a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
BME Professor Elected a Fellow by AAAS
Biomedical Engineering Professor Joyce Wong has been elected a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science! A full article and listing of all fellows can be found here.
Strength in Numbers: Robots Learn to Work Together
Agriculture. Automotive. Medicine. Biotechnology. Name an industry, and Professor Calin Belta (ME, SE, ECE) can tell you how the field of robotics will impact it—if it hasn’t already.
Klapperich Awarded Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Grant
Long-term HIV treatment, known as antiretroviral therapy, has dramatically changed the quality of life and longevity of infected and at-risk patients.
A Hidden Pathway is Revealed
Two BME researchers were excited to use a new 3D blood vessel-on-a-chip that they developed in Professor Christopher Chen’s (BME, MSE) lab because it provided a perfect platform for studying the effects of mechanical forces of blood flow on vessels in life-like conditions.
Close up: Collegiate Inventors Winner Ning Mao
2017 Collegiate Inventors Competition graduate student gold winner Ning Mao (ENG’17) won $10,000 for her invention Engineered Probiotics, an engineered safe bacterium that inhibits the progression of a cholera infection. It provides early detection and helps contain spread of the disease. The technology could be adapted to fight other types of bacterial infections. Photo by […]
Smart Cities May Be the Death of Privacy As We Know It
Professor Christos Cassandras (ECE, SE) was interviewed and quoted in an article by Claudia Gieb on futurism.com. Read the full story: Smart Cities May Be the Death of Privacy As We Know It
Armed With $12 Million, Researchers Aim for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: Avrum Spira Leads Stand Up to Cancer Dream Team
MED’s Avrum Spira, a pulmonary physician scientist who has devoted his career to research on early detection of lung cancer, leads a Stand Up to Cancer lung cancer interception dream team. Photo by Cydney Scott By Sara Rimer Can lung cancer, rarely diagnosed until it’s in an advanced and deadly stage, be nipped in the […]
BME Professor’s Research is Prominently Published in BU Today
Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Darren Roblyer has had his incredible research published in a very intriguing article by BU Today. Click here to view the full content.