GWISE Creates Community to Support Women in Science and Engineering Fields
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering at Boston University builds its community through three pillars: social, mentorship and outreach, and…
Engineered heart tissue. Driverless cars. Precision agriculture. Rockets. Are you in? These advancements and countless others are part of the tidal wave of progress happening here and now at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. With a focus on interdisciplinary thinking, you will be at the forefront exploring new areas such as nanotechnology, autonomous systems, additive manufacturing, sustainability and cube satellites. You will be constantly inspired by the best and brightest thinking as you meet the demands of an ever-changing world.
When most people think of robots, what comes to mind is probably something with a hard shell, likely made of metal or plastic—and maybe shaped like a human. But when Boston University mechanical engineering major Sarah Alizadeh-Shabdiz thinks of robots, she pictures a bendy, wiggly piece of rubber. Purple rubber. That’s because Alizadeh-Shabdiz (ENG’26) spent her summer doing research in BU’s Soft Robotics Control Lab.
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering at Boston University builds its community through three pillars: social, mentorship and outreach, and…
EK210 is an introductory course to the principles of engineering design and is a core course for all Engineering undergraduate…
Design, Build, Fly (DBF) is an annual competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AAIA) to give…
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“The quality of the research that these inaugural infrastructure awards will support is incredible."
Diatoms, which are microscopic unicellular algae often referred to as “jewels of the sea” and “living opals,” have a fascinating…