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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

Emily Ghosh: Working at SpaceX, and Researching Renewable Energy Technologies for a Cleaner Environment

They tasked her to build a vacuum chamber she knew nothing about –– but she realized the project paired her love for physics with hands-on learning. More

Ramachandran Named an AAAS Fellow

Ramachandran is being recognized for distinguished achievements throughout a career as a leading scholar in photonics and optics. More

Newly Appointed Materials Science Engineering Faculty

Welcome to our newly appointed faculty members! Read below to find out about their research interests, their primary appointments and what they are delving into at... More

Ji-Xin Cheng Delivers 2024 DeLisi Lecture

The cutting-edge imaging techniques developed by Cheng have advanced the field and are in use in labs and clinics around the globe. More

Pioneering Pathways

"We need everyone — not just women — to contribute to addressing problems in women’s health." More

Moustakas Garners Optica’s Holonyak Award

The distinguished professor of photonics and optoelectronics revolutionized the semiconductor field. More

Big Award for Bold Plans in 3D Printing

The grant will enable Boley to accelerate the discovery and fabrication of advanced 3D printing inks. More

This Is Something I Can Do

Boston-area high school students spend five weeks of the summer working full-time in the labs of BME faculty researchers solving real-world problems. More

Revealed: Dazzling Molecular Details of Living Cells and Organisms

“If we could use the intrinsic chemical bonds within every molecule to visualize biology, we could achieve better molecular information without relying on labeling." More

Zhang to Join European Academy of Sciences and Arts

The non-governmental association is committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. More

Unveiling a New Era of Imaging: BU Engineers Lead Breakthrough Microscopy Techniques

Ji-Xin Cheng and colleagues have made significant advancements in the field of vibrational imaging. More

Photos from the Saint Gobain 2023 Lecture

On Dec. 1 at 4 p.m., Professor Robert J. Cava spoke to MSE students in his lecture, "Working at the Boundary Where Solid State Chemistry, More

Anubhav Wadehra: Using Molten Salts to Develop a More Sustainable World

For 20 years, the small city of Chandigarh, India, charged his curiosity for science. Anubhav Wadehra graduated from Punjab Engineering College in 2017 with his bachelor's in materials and metallurgical engineering. During a six-month internship in 2016 at Boston University, he decided to take his curiosity even further. More

Clearing the Air

For subs, spacecraft and more, Werner is working on a novel material that would capture CO2 in a targeted and efficient way. More

Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi’s Chubb Award

The prestigious Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is the latest in a string of honors for this pioneer of metamaterials. More

Machines and Health

BU engineers are combining their expertise to develop robotic and AI technologies to help solve health problems of all kinds. More

This Soft Robot Might Save Millions of Lives

A millimeter-scale, multifunctional soft robot that overcomes three hurdles that have been hampering minimally invasive heart surgeries. More

Gevelber Named a Sustainability Champion

This year’s sustainability “superhero” award winners were recognized for their significant contributions to research or practice in sustainability and climate change, as well as equity and justice. More

Converging on Training Tomorrow’s Bioengineers

With an NSF grant, a BU program will train a diverse group of PhD students for tomorrow’s workforce in biotech, synthetic biology, and other sectors. More

Lung Research Redefined

The “crystal ribcage” allows researchers a first-ever cellular-level look at the lung while it's operating normally. More

Neila Gross: Investigating Antibiotic Resistance

In August 2022, Neila Gross summited Mount Kilimanjaro. It was a grueling journey that took her five and a half days to make her way up the highest peak on the African continent and one and a half days to make her way down. On the first day, as she looked across the desolate plane where the mountain stood, uncertainty set in when she realized how far she had to go. And when she looked up and noticed that the mountain’s summit was obscured by the clouds because of its height, one thought took over: “You can’t do this.” But she set aside her self-doubts and, many pitstops and thousands of feet later, she made it to the top. More