BME Assistant Professor Ahmad Khalil Featured in New BU Research Article
An article about one of BME’s most astounding faculty members has been published in BU Research! You can find the article by clicking HERE.
BU ECE Honor Society
By Amy Pollard (GRS ’19) The Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) announces the reinstatement of the Kappa Sigma chapter of international honor society IEEE-HKN. Kappa Sigma demonstrates ECE students’ high level of achievement and affirms ECE’s commitment to student success. ECE gains access to a large network of industry leaders and […]
Hacking Nature
Mo Khalil and collaborators at BU’s Biological Design Center look for synthetic-biology solutions to the world’s biggest problems. By Chris Berdik In the summer of 1989, nine-year-old Ahmad “Mo” Khalil immigrated with his family to America from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As their plane descended into JFK Airport, Khalil and his younger brother Ayman pressed their […]
ECE to the Rescue
Student projects on display at ECE Senior Design capstone event By Joel Brown for BU Today Photos by Dave Green Raindrops slap the hood of red Ford Taurus idling under an open-ended tent on Cummington Mall behind the Photonics Center. In the driver’s seat, Omar Janoudi is jacked into the car’s onboard data systems through its diagnostic […]
Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
Undergraduate Researchers and Mentors Move ENG Forward By Sara Cody Ribbons of neon light undulate in the northern night sky, a technicolor display of pinks, greens, yellows, blues and reds against a backdrop of stars. They have captured the human imagination for millennia: the ancient Greeks thought they marked the gates of the home world […]
BU Rocket Propulsion Group (BURPG) VIDEO: Successful Iron Lotus Engine Hot Fire Test
The BU Rocket Propulsion Group is developing propulsion and flight systems to create a low-cost reusable launch vehicle, capable of carrying 100 lbs of scientific payloads into suborbital space. After years of development, our team has put together one of the most capable amateur rocket programs in the world. Our vehicle, Starscraper, is one of […]
BU MechE Senior Capstone 2017
ALL SENIOR CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS WILL STREAM LIVE. We are so excited to unveil the 2017 Senior Capstone presentations and to share them via live stream for friends and family to experience. Presentations schedules for Day 1 and Day 2 are below. Take note of the exact date/time for the presentations you want to see and […]
“Science is global”
Joyce Wong Presents De Lisi Distinguished Lecture, Highlights Collaboration and Research in Biomaterials to Treat Disease By Sara Cody Standing before a packed ballroom of colleagues and friends on April 25, Professor Joyce Y. Wong (BME, MSE), recipient of the 2016 Charles De Lisi Award and Distinguished Lecture, presented “Biomaterials to Detect and Treat Disease.” […]
Azer Bestavros, Bonnie Costello Latest Warren Distinguished Professors
BU’s highest faculty honor goes to computer networking expert, poetry scholar By Michael S. Goldberg BU Today Azer Bestavros and Bonnie Costello are the newest William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professors. Both College of Arts & Sciences professors, Bestavros, in computer science, and Costello, in English, are recipients of the highest honor bestowed by the University […]
Neurophotonics Center Aims to Advance Understanding of the Brain
By Michael Seele Efforts to understand the workings of the human brain have taken quantum leaps forward in recent years as researchers have developed non-invasive, light-based methods to observe its functioning in real time. Now, the College of Engineering is capitalizing on Boston University’s interdisciplinary expertise in neuroscience and photonics to create the Neurophotonics Center, […]