Lab News
LEED device is finalist for BU ITEC’s $50K Business Plan Competition
Headed by Andrea Fernandes, the lab's pulse-oximeter is one of four finalists in BU ITEC's $50K Business Plan Competition. Good luck to Andrea as she defends the pulse-oximeter device in the final showdown! For ITEC's formal press release, click here
Prof. Zaman featured on first edition of Consortium of Universities for Global Health newsletter
CUGH is an organisation dedicated to creating partnerships in an effort to exchange knowledge and experience among interdisciplinary university global health programs working across education, research and service. For the full article, click here
LEED device makes semi-finalist for BU’s $50K business competition
Headed by Andrea Fernandes, our solar powered pulse oximeter is now manifested into a product called Nyumba ("wildebeest" in Swahili, which happens to be one of the fastest animals in Africa!). Good luck to Andrea in the upcoming rounds! http://www.bu.edu/itec/2011/01/10/itec-announces-50k-new-venture-competition-semi-finalists/
LEED Paper One of Top 10 Most Accessed in Lab on a Chip
"Tackling HIV through robust diagnostics in the developing world: current status and future opportunities", by Darash Desai, Grace Wu, and Muhammad Zaman was one of the top ten accessed articles in the online version of Lab on a Chip. See the full list here: http://blogs.rsc.org/lc/2011/01/27/top-ten-most-accessed-articles-in-december/.
Prof. Zaman Selected for Early Career Research Excellence Award
LEED Director, Prof. Zaman was the recipient of the Early Career Research Excellence Award, which celebrates "the significant, recent and high impact research accomplishments of tenure-track faculty less than 10 years removed from their Ph.D". Read the full article here
Darash and Grace’s paper on HIV diagnostics published in Lab on a Chip. Congrats Darash and Grace!
Title: Grand Challenges Review: Tackling HIV through Robust Diagnostics in the Developing World: Current Status and Future Opportunities The article is available to institutional journal subscribers in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=C0LC00340A
Grace Wu wins CIMIT graduate fellowship
Grace Wu, a LEED member and a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering has received CIMIT graduate fellowship for her work on a comprehensive cell phone based multiplexed device for rapid HIV detection. The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technologies or CIMIT will provide tuition, stipend and travel funds... More
Amy’s Lutchen Fellowship Highlighted on the BU ENG Website
… A case in point is Amy Canham (EE ’11), who described her experience this summer in Zambia investigating ways to collaborate with health professionals to design user-friendly medical technologies that address the particular needs of resource-limited countries. For four weeks, Canham worked closely with her advisor, Assistant Professor Muhammad... More
Prof. Zaman Selected for Frontiers of Engineering Education Conference
Assistant Professor Muhammad Zaman (BME) was selected as one of 53 innovative early-career educators to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s second Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Chosen from a highly competitive pool of applicants, the attendees were nominated by fellow engineers or deans. Read the full article here. For... More
Prof. Zaman Recognized for Engineering Education Innovation
Assistant Professor Muhammad Zaman (BME) was named as this year’s recipient of the College of Engineering’s Innovative Engineering Education Faculty (IEEF) Fellowship. Based on the IEEF Review Committee’s recommendation, Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen chose Zaman for his achievements as an innovative educator in engineering and his capacity to further enhance engineering... More