Symposium Celebrates Grand Opening of Biological Design Center
Kickoff Event Highlights Multidisciplinary Work in Biological Design By Sara Cody More than 200 researchers from industry, academia and healthcare gathered on campus June 1 to celebrate the formal launch of the Biological Design Center and its new home, the just-completed, nine-story Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering (CILSE). According to Professor Christopher Chen […]
New 3D Metals Printer Keeps EPIC on Cutting Edge of Product Design & Manufacture
How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes
Jing Zhang
While at BU, Jing Zhang earned a PhD in Systems Engineering. Year of Graduation: 2017 Current Title: Research Scientist Company: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) I am working as a Research Scientist in the Data Analytics group at MERL. The focus of our research is on innovative high-performance algorithms that can be applied to various product […]
Congratulations to Peter Lee Lafleur Walls on achieving Best PhD Dissertation 2017!
The Dynamics of Static Bubbles: The Drainage and Rupture of Quiescent Bubbles Can Enrich, Aerosolize, and Stress Suspended Microorganisms Read Abstract Here Congratulations to all of our finalists and honorable mention: HONORABLE MENTION: Mohammad Amin Alibakhshi Characterization of Molecule and Particle Transport through Nanoscale Conduits Research Advisor: Chuanhua Duan COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SOCIETAL IMPACT DISSERTATION AWARD: […]
Deniz Cetin Wins MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
Congratulation to Deniz Cetin for winning the MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award! MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award: Deniz Cetin (MSE, PhD, 2017) Advisor: Professor Srikanth Gopalan “Thermodynamic Stability of Perovskite and Lanthanum Nickelate-Type Cathode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells” This research investigated alternative, novel cathode materials for solid oxide fuel […]
Sepideh Pourazarm Wins ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award and SE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
Congratulations to Sepideh Pourazarm for winning the ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award and the SE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award! ENG Societal Impact Dissertation Award Sepideh Pourazarm (SE, PhD, 2017) Advisor: Professor Christos Cassandras Control and Optimization Approaches for Energy-Limited Systems: Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks and Battery-Powered Vehicles” SE Outstanding Dissertation of the […]
Class of 2017: Remember Your Roots
Commencement Ceremonies Honor ENG Graduates Story and Photos by Sara Cody All eyes were on the Class of 2017 as more than 360 graduates gathered at Commencement Exercises on May 20 in Agganis Arena to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. A common refrain throughout the day urged graduates to remember their roots as they […]
Getting Power to the People
Caramanis Awarded Sloan Foundation Grant to Improve Electricity Distribution Networks By Michael Seele While the use of clean, renewable energy is rising nationally, its growth is being restrained by an imbalance between the consumption and generation of power. Wind and solar power are clean and cheap, but their availability varies widely depending on location, season […]
Protection from Ransomware like WannaCry
By Eugene Kolodenker Eugene Kolodenker (EE BS ’12, CE MS ’17) works in application development with a focus on cyber security systems at MITRE. This article originally appeared on Eugene Kolodenker’s blog, Kolobyte. A system to defeat ransomware was recently developed by myself and three of my cybersecurity research colleagues: Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Manuel Egele, […]