Monan Ma: Making Big Waves with Nanotechnology in the Ekinci Lab

Monan Ma researches phenomena on the nanometer scale, but he’s no small figure at the Boston University Photonics Center. As a PhD student studying Mechanical Engineering in Professor Kamil L. Ekinci’s lab, Ma has already conducted research as a BUnano Cross-Disciplinary Fellow, given talks at MIT, and served as the Vice President of the BU […]

Inaugural Dean’s Research Infrastructure Awards Given to Multiple Photonics Faculty

Boston University College of Engineering Dean ad interim Elise Morgan has announced the inaugural recipients of the Dean’s Research Infrastructure Awards (DRIA). Six faculty members, along with collaborators they identified, will receive funds under a program that aims to support innovative, high-impact research by enabling the upgrade, repair, or acquisition of critical equipment.

A Summer Experience Like No Other: Life as an REU at Boston University

If you went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feeling well: leaving home, sometimes for weeks at a time, learning new things and meeting new people. You might think of archery, rowing, campfires and fireworks as the dog days of summer stretch on. What might not come to mind is cardiology, lithography, single-molecule force spectroscopy, […]