Michelle Sander Among Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists Honored by President Biden
President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
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, […]
Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
BU engineer Siddharth Ramachandran is developing a technology that could cut the power needed to transmit data—and maybe one day improve brain imaging