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Dean’s Catalyst Awards Announced for 2025
The awards aim to give an early boost to bold ideas in research. More
Béla Suki Presents 2025 DeLisi Lecture
“There is no aspect of the integration of science, engineering, and technology related to lung function that Béla would not be able to impact and use." More
ENG Achieves Highest US News Rankings Ever
New rankings of engineering schools released by US News & World Report place the Boston University College of Engineering 27th in the nation, the highest position in the College’s history. More
“Lobstah Bots” Head to District Tourney, with Boost from BU ENG
The high school robotics team is mentored by BU student engineers. More
The Best of Both Worlds
Professor Ed Solovey brings hands-on industry know-how to teaching software engineering. More
The Image of Accomplishment
Professor Janusz Konrad has been elected to the rank of 2025 Fellow of the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) for his contributions to visual motion analysis and video processing. More
Honored from Within
College and University Shower Awards on ECE Faculty More
Yazicigil to Colead $6 Million Project to Advance Wireless Capabilities
The team is pioneering universal data decoding chips to develop the nation's wireless communications capabilities. More
Béla Suki to Deliver 2025 DeLisi Lecture
The Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture recognizes extraordinary researchers and inventors of transformative technologies. More
Using the Light We Can’t See
The more sophisticated data processing the Goyal team is developing might be used for mapping and navigation for autonomous vehicles, among other applications. More
Rapid Detection on a Chip
An optical biosensor developed by Professor Selim Ünlü and collaborators diagnoses monkeypox in record time. More
Eye-Opening Contributions
ECE Professors Michelle Sander and Lei Tian have been elected to Optica's 2025 class of Fellows. More
Helping Her Rise
For the sixth year, the ECE department sent a group of students to WE24, the world's largest conference for women in engineering and technology. More
Taking the “U” out of “UFO”?
Professor Joshua Semeter will appear on a new one-hour special from the classic PBS series NOVA. More
Presidential Honors
Michelle Sander is the recipient of a PECASE, the US government’s highest honor for early-career researchers. More
NASA to Blast BU Telescope to the Moon in Historic First
“LEXI will image, for the first time, the boundary of Earth’s magnetic field." More
A Commitment to Service In His Field
Professor W. Clem Karl has been elected to serve as IEEE’s 2025 Vice President of Publication Services and Products. More
Putting Play Within Reach
BU student engineers applied their skills to add accessibility features to 100 toys, which they're donating to children with disabilities. More
Dean Announces First Faculty to Earn New Awards for Lab Equipment
“The quality of the research that these inaugural infrastructure awards will support is incredible." More
Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
“This is an extremely complex problem that requires a massive convergence in multiple planes and axes." More
Renewable Power Without the Power Washing
ENG alums' green tech startup might save 4 billion gallons of water a year. More
Envisioning Better Night Vision
Professor Luca Dal Negro is working on novel optical materials for improved night vision systems. More
Societal Engineers Answer the Call
Now, instead of walking eight miles for dirty water, kids in Tinet can access clean water in their villages and schools. More
Ramachandran Takes the Reins
ECE professor appointed Editor-in-Chief of top optics journal. More
Lightspeeding A.I.
ECE professor's trailblazing startup shines light on energy efficient AI infrastructure. More
Time Names Bigio’s DermaSensor an Invention of the Year
The skin cancer detection device uses elastic scattering spectroscopy, developed at BU. More
New AI/ML Awards, from Google to BU ECE
Three ECE faculty members were among the first recipients of Google’s inaugural Academic Research Awards (GARA) this fall, recognizing their groundbreaking work in AI and machine learning. More
Fall Conference Season Brings an Abundant Harvest for ECE Researchers
BU ECE researchers have had a strong start in the current conference season, earning three best paper awards in September/October 2024. More
Engineered Microwaves Might Fight Epilepsy, Pain, and Parkinson’s
The team's novel system stops seizures by temporarily suppressing neurons that are firing excessively. More
Xin Zhang Featured in American Scientist
The metamaterials pioneer spoke at length with the prestigious science magazine's editor-in-chief. More
How to Protect Your Information after the Potentially Largest Data Breach Ever
Data breaches may be even more common than reported, says Egele. More
Levine Professorship for Tianyu Wang
Wang is "pushing the physical limits of computation and the design of advanced sensing hardware." More
5 ENG Faculty Featured at Research on Tap
The event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of innovation. More
Analog Neural Networks: Nature Communications Publishes ECE Researchers’ Blueprint for Precision
First author Cansu Demirkiran (ECE PhD’24) and advisor Professor Ajay Joshi discuss "fault-tolerant analog neural networks.” More
New Textile for Smarter, Sturdier Fitness Tracking Tech
The novel metamaterial overcomes sweat, salt water, and security challenges More
Efficient, Secure, and Coming to a Cloud Near You
Professor Ajay Joshi and former advisee Rashmi Agrawal have received a 2024 Ignition Award for their company, CipherSonic. More
Ignition Awards for ENG Researchers
The awards accelerate the advancement of promising new technology, identifying a pathway to bring a new product to market. More
ECE’s Lightbulb Moment: Professor Dall’Anese Brings Sustainable Energy Focus
ECE's newest Associate Professor, Emiliano Dall’Anese, centers his research on the challenge of implementing renewable energy at scale. More
NSF Grant to Help BU PhD Students Attack Climate Change
The research traineeship grant will help PhD students collaborate on new ways to convert and store sustainable energy. More
Dunlop, Holmes, and Stringhini Earn ENG Honors
The awards recognize the mid-career faculty members' contributions to research and teaching. More
Making MRI More Globally Accessible
Zhang's work has led to a string of breakthrough devices that can sharpen and speed up MRI imaging of knees, ankles, spines, and more. More
Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work
Four ENG Faculty of the Six BU Researchers to Win Prestigious Early-Career Award More
Coskun Lab Collaborates with Brown University Researchers on Breakthrough in Chip Thermal Simulation
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New AI Program Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s
Yannis Paschalidis and colleagues developed the machine learning model, which works by analyzing speech patterns. More
Summer Research Fellowships Announced
Thanks to generous alumni, undergrads are working as full-time lab researchers this summer. More
Zhang Wins the 2024 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
Xin Zhang is a pioneer in metamaterials. More
ECE Students Are Societal Engineers
As part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Senior Design Capstone these student teams created real-world solutions to real-world issues, working as a new kind of engineer: The Societal Engineer® More
Yang and Gopalan Now Full Professors
Two materials experts from ENG are among the 22 faculty on BU’s Charles River Campus who have been promoted to the rank of full professor. More
BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
The director of the University’s cross-disciplinary Photonics Center, Bifano is the 14th winner of the award, given to an “outstanding faculty member who has translated world-class research into an invention or innovation that benefits humankind.” A holder of 10 patents, he’s also chief technology officer of Boston Micromachines Corporation, a company he cofounded to develop and market deformable mirrors and other optics products. More
Innovation Leans In
Professor Nazer Receives 2024 Gitner Family Award for "flipped classroom" model for teaching foundational engineering course. More