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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

Béla Suki to Deliver 2025 DeLisi Lecture

The Charles DeLisi Award and Lecture recognizes extraordinary researchers and inventors of transformative technologies. More

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 professional development. More

Dean’s Faculty Leadership Fellows Begin Work

Bunch and Farny are the first recipients of the new fellowship. More

Presidential Honors

Michelle Sander is the recipient of a PECASE, the US government’s highest honor for early-career researchers. 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

Innovative Tissue Engineering: A Pioneering New Method Explained

"This approach allows us to build tissue successfully in many different shapes, using soft materials." More

Rocks and Rope, Strengthened by Seeds

A MacGyver-like post-disaster repair job that gets a boost from biology. More

Renewable Power Without the Power Washing

ENG alums' green tech startup might save 4 billion gallons of water a year. More

Designing a Vaccine That Helps the Most Vulnerable

"The goal is to create a more potent and broad response with a single injection." More

Accelerating an Equitable Clean Energy Transition

Ryan and IGS colleagues will lead data analysis as Mass. empowers communities while advancing sustainability. 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

BU MSE-GSA Organizes Informative Tour of Greentown Labs for Graduate Students

The Boston University MSE-GSA organized a tour of Greentown Labs (GTL) in Somerville, MA, offering graduate students a unique and enlightening experience. More

Boston University Materials Science & Engineering Graduate Students Association recognized with Chapters of Excellence Award

MSE GSA win the 2023-24 Material Advantage Chapters of Excellence award for their work. 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

Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?

Sabelhaus and students are working on novel ways to improve how soft robots are controlled. More

New Textile for Smarter, Sturdier Fitness Tracking Tech

The novel metamaterial overcomes sweat, salt water, and security challenges 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

A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines and Cancer Treatments

What seemed at first like a dead end might someday lead to longer-lasting and safer vaccines. More

BU Professor Bridging Sustainability with Innovation in Material Science and Beyond

Dr. Werner brings interdisciplinary collaboration into pursuing sustainable solutions. More

Pratt Named a Rita Allen Scholar

This prestigious grant will help the liquid biopsy expert and her multidisciplinary team develop a tool to track tumors. 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

Mark Grinstaff Earns NSF Trailblazer Award to Develop New Vaccine Technology

“This award might open up new avenues of treatment that are not available today." More

Summer Research Fellowships Announced

Thanks to generous alumni, undergrads are working as full-time lab researchers this summer. More

Staying a Step Ahead of Viral Mutations

A 2024 Beckman Young Investigator, Michelle Teplensky aims to make the same vaccine more effective and longer-lasting. More

Albro Garners NSF CAREER Award

An advanced method of joint repair. More

Abundantly Clear

With $5 mil from the DoE, a BU team works to bring down the cost of green hydrogen. More

Photos from the 2024 ASM Materials Experience.

On May 20, 2024, Boston University hosted the ASM Materials Experience, a free, one-day program. BU graduate students and other volunteers put together a fun-filled... More

MSE 2024 Graduation Photos

See this slideshow to view our wonderful graduates from Materials, we can't wait to see where you take your degrees, and are so proud of... More

Joyce Wong Joins Biomaterials Elite

Wong joins a group of less than 500 of the most respected biomaterials scientists around the globe. More

Zhang Wins the 2024 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award

Xin Zhang is a pioneer in metamaterials. 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