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Biomedical Engineer and Materials Science Engineer Muhammad Zaman received a disturbing call from a friend. There was trouble in Pakistan. People were dying from a mysterious illness, and all of the victims had one thing in common: they had been treated at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology. More
Dal Negro Publishes Cross-Disciplinary Research in Scientific Reports
By Amy Pollard (GRS, ’19) Professor Luca Dal Negro’s cross-disciplinary research leads to a discovery that will improve technology with many applications, including solar cells and photodetectors... More
CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori
How the ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium survives the stomach By Barbara Moran, BU Today Rama Bansil (left) and Maira Constantino study how the shape of H. More
How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?
Decades ago, researchers described an intriguing natural phenomenon, which they charmingly called the “lotus effect.” Certain surfaces, like lotus leaves, which look smooth to our eyes but exceedingly rough under a microscope, repel liquid almost completely. Drip water onto the leaf, and it beads up and shimmies off, leaving the surface dry. More
Nanoscale 3D Printing Enables Bioelectronic Medicine Research
When Professor Alice White (ME, MSE, Physics, BME) came to BU in 2013 as chair of Mechanical Engineering, she was keen to encourage the sort... More
3D-Printed Patch Helps Guide Growing Blood Vessels
Novel Method Provides Potential Treatment for Ischemia By Sara Cody Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, More
What Are Quantum Dots?
Allison Dennis uses the weirdness of the quantum world to advance our understanding of breast cancer By Barbara Moran, BU Research Quantum dots glow different colors under... More
BUnano Inaugural Symposium: Nanotechnology for Imaging
On May 2 BU Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUnano) held its inaugural symposium “Nanotechnology for Imaging”. The symposium focused on The "Nanotechnology For Imaging" symposium will... More
Scott Bunch Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Scott Bunch for being promoted to College of Engineering associate professor of mechanical engineering and associate professor of materials science & engineering! Bunch is... More
Symposium Celebrates Grand Opening of Biological Design Center
Kickoff Event Highlights Multidisciplinary Work in Biological Design By Sara Cody More than 200 researchers from industry, academia and healthcare gathered on campus June 1 to celebrate... More
New 3D Metals Printer Keeps EPIC on Cutting Edge of Product Design & Manufacture
How Machine Learning Is Helping Us Predict Heart Disease and Diabetes
Deniz Cetin Wins MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
Congratulation to Deniz Cetin for winning the MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award! MSE Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award: Deniz Cetin (MSE, PhD, 2017) Advisor:... More
Announcing the 2017 MSE Innovation Grant Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 MSE Innovation Grants! The idea behind BU MSE Innovation Grants Program is to create a low overhead way of... More
Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
Undergraduate Researchers and Mentors Move ENG Forward By Sara Cody Ribbons of neon light undulate in the northern night sky, a technicolor display of pinks, greens, yellows, More
BU Rocket Propulsion Group (BURPG) VIDEO: Successful Iron Lotus Engine Hot Fire Test
The BU Rocket Propulsion Group is developing propulsion and flight systems to create a low-cost reusable launch vehicle, capable of carrying 100 lbs of scientific... More
“Science is global”
Joyce Wong Presents De Lisi Distinguished Lecture, Highlights Collaboration and Research in Biomaterials to Treat Disease By Sara Cody Standing before a packed ballroom of colleagues and... More
Neurophotonics Center Aims to Advance Understanding of the Brain
By Michael Seele Efforts to understand the workings of the human brain have taken quantum leaps forward in recent years as researchers have developed non-invasive, light-based... More
MSE Industry Roundtable: Ning Duanmu, Director of Engineering, Amastan Technologies
Dr. Ning Duanmu (’05 MFG), Director of Engineering, Amastan Technologies, a venture capital backed technology company focused on the production of materials for applications involving additive... More
It Takes Teamwork
New Interdisciplinary Research Center will Focus on Making Diagnostics Smart and Portable By Sara Cody The road to commercializing medical technology is usually long, requiring the work... More
NSF Training Grant Funds New Neurophotonics Initiative Using Light to Explore the Brain
By Sara Cody Interdisciplinary research that uses light to understand how the brain functions will receive a major boost under a new $2.9 million National Science... More
The Light Stuff
Alumna’s Startup Aims to Improve Health Through Lighting By Sara Cody The invention of the light bulb paved the way for humans to conquer the darkness; effectively... More
Harold Park Promoted to Full Professor
By Rich Barlow - BU Today In 1999, Harold Park was stumped for a career. The recent Northwestern University graduate found his friends’ chosen paths—banking, consulting, More
Duan Receives NSF CAREER Award
Research and Outreach will Focus on Carbon Nanofluidics By Sara Cody Assistant Professor Chuanhua Duan (ME, MSE) netted a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career... More
Wong to Deliver DeLisi Lecture April 25
Khalil receives Early Career Excellence Award By Sara Cody To recognize their contributions to engineering and society, Professor Joyce Y. Wong (BME, MSE) is the recipient of... More
BU Joins Federal Effort to Engineer Human Tissue: New national institute will develop innovative, life-saving industry
By Rich Barlow share it! + BU Today Imagine this: a new factory opens in the United States after years of dwindling manufacturing... More
Office Artifacts: Karen Allen
This CAS/ENG scientist loves pop culture, especially Marvel comics By Joel Brown. BU TODAY. Photos by Cydney Scott A visitor might think that the MakerBot Replicator... More
ECE Symposium Honors Career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas
By Sara Cody Colleagues from around the world came to campus on Dec. 2 to honor the career of Professor Emeritus Theodore Moustakas (ECE, MSE) at... More
BU Names Kilachand Honors College Associate Directors: Linda Doerrer, Paul Lipton Lend Scientific Thought to “Visionary” Curriculum
By Susan Seligson, BU Today. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi BU has named two associate directors of the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College, More
BME/MSE Professor and Graduate Student Published in PLOS Computational Biology
BME graduate student Jarred Mondonedo and BME/MSE Professor Bela Suki have been published in PLOS Computational Biology, which is an official journal of the International Society... More
Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?
Computer model may lead to more personalized, optimized treatment By Barbara Moran, BU Research Emphysema is a long-term and devastating lung disease. As it progresses, the body’s... More
Metamaterials: Tuning into Long-Wavelength Light
MSE/ME Professor Xin Zhang's Lab Research Published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering-Nature: Researchers in the United States have created an artificial material with optical properties that can... More
ENG Key Partner in Newly Announced $80 Million Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Manufacturing USA Institute
The College of Engineering has been selected as a key partner in a major, federally supported initiative aimed at creating a new industry that may... More
Three Members of ENG Faculty Named IEEE Fellows
Professor Xin Zhang (ME, MSE), Professor Calin Belta (ME, SE, ECE) and Professor Stan Sclaroff (CS, ECE), have been named fellows with the Institute of... More
Yang Yu is Honored With MSE Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
Congratulations to Yang Yu, recipient of the 2016 MSE Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award for his dissertation: Surface Segregation in Strontium Doped Lanthanum Cobalt Ferrite: Effect... More
BME Professor Muhammad Zaman profiled in Wall Street Journal
"As a scientist, he says, “I felt a sense of responsibility. Not all problems can be solved by economics and politics. With the tools I... More
Ruofan Wang
While at BU, Ruofan Wang earned a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering. Year of Graduation: 2017 Current title: Postdoctoral Fellow Company: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA I... More
Professor Xin Zhang’s Lab Research Published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering
Congratulations to Professor Xin Zhang (MSE, ME) and her research group on the recent publication of their article entitled "Towards uniformly oriented diatom frustule monolayers:... More