Seeing Product Innovation Through a Systems Lens
BU SE alumna Yin Chen (MS’08, PhD’10) applies systems engineering, data science, and consumer insights to drive product innovation at…
About SE
Systems engineering focuses on the big picture—how multiple, interacting components work together to achieve something that no single part could accomplish alone.
Whether a system involves electrical, mechanical, chemical, biological, or business and logistics processes, systems engineers build, analyze, and manage complexity, finding innovative ways to connect people, data, processes, and technology to solve real-world challenges.
Academic Programs
Systems Engineering Research
Research utilizing information and systems engineering methodologies has flourished, focusing on a wide range of application domains encompassing the analysis, design and management of complex systems. We bring together faculty from across the University to pursue interdisciplinary, collaborative research in Systems Engineering through the affiliated Center for Information and Systems Engineering.
Systems Engineering News
Andersson Elected ASME Fellow
Boston University College of Engineering Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering Sean Andersson (ME, SE) has been elected a Fellow…
From Thinking in Systems to Building Them: 10 Questions with Ana Theodora Balaci
SE PhD student Ana Balaci explores how artificial intelligence can support global health research, improve decision-making, and help scientists work…
Christos Cassandras is Engineering Safer Vehicles
Christos Cassandras (SE, ECE) has spent more than 40 years studying how computers and machines make decisions. Lately, his work…
Towards a State of Sustainability
ECE researchers receive state support for data center energy optimization project.
On Reversing the Data Center Backlash
The New York Times features Professor Coskun and her work with Emerald AI.
BU Partners on DOE Genesis Mission award to Advance AI-driven Plasma Physics Research
Boston University is a collaborating institution on a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Genesis Mission award led by Princeton…
IGS Summer Fellows Advance Sustainability Research Projects
These fellows, who come from diverse backgrounds and fields, are united in their focus on fostering environmental sustainability and social…