No Obstacle Too Steep for BU’s First Mitchell Scholar
Award will send ENG student to study public policy in Ireland Rachel Petherbridge (ENG’19) has won a George J. Mitchell Scholarship to study in Ireland next year, the first BU student to be chosen for the award. 12.18.2018 via BU Today By Megan Woolhouse Photos by Cydney Scott Biomedical engineering may be one of the […]
Tinker Catapult Challenge: Ready, Aim, Release!
Video by Aaron Hwang (ENG’21). Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19) When you think of catapults, the first image that comes to mind is either the ancient Greeks, who invented the projectile weapon, medieval castles under siege—or if you’re a Monty Python fan, a catapulted cow in mid-flight. But as several College of Engineering students recently […]
ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen
Cited for translational research on use of metamaterials in MRI, acoustic technologies Xin Zhang, a College of Engineering professor, is the ninth faculty member to receive the BU Innovator of the Year award. Photo by Cydney Scott 10.24.2018 By Joel Brown Originally Featured on BU Today Xin Zhang is well-known for her pioneering work with […]
Taking His Time: Ian Schon (ENG’12) makes analog watches in a digital world
In the video above, watch as Ian Schon (ENG’12) makes watches in his Allston studio. A mechanical engineer, he opened Schon Horology earlier this year to sell wristwatches he designs and makes himself.
Searching for a Better Battery: ENG prof uses computational models to improve the capacity of lithium and metal batteries
Emily Ryan, an ENG associate professor of mechanical engineering (left), with graduate student Kathy Dupre (ENG’21). Ryan is using computer modeling to explore why lithium batteries deteriorate and how to build stronger ones. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi 09.24.2018 By Sarah Wells (COM’18) Courtesy BU Today TAKEAWAYS: The growth of dendrites in lithium batteries can lead […]
Dean Lutchen: Seven Ways Your Company Can Partner With A Research University
“Big companies and major research universities have begun to work out new terms of engagement that could usher in the next era of path-breaking products. But the transformation has only just begun and success will depend largely on visionary CEOs who move beyond cherry-picking academic advances to establishing more flexible and enduring academic relationships.” View […]
‘Frankenstein’ proteins offer better control for immunotherapy
Researchers have come up with a tool that offers a means of control over engineered cells, and it comes from a seemingly unlikely source: the hepatitis C genome. In combination with a widely available antiviral medication, the new system offers a novel tool: a highly specific way to turn engineered cells on and off, with an existing, proven medication.
Boston University, USP Launch Research Program to Investigate the Link between Poor-Quality Medicines and the Rise of Antimicrobial Resistance
A new fellowship offered by Boston University (BU) and USP, a global health organization that works with experts in science and health to develop independent, transparent standards for quality in medicines and other health products, will help address a serious global health threat: substandard and falsified drugs and how these may contribute to the rise […]
Lighting up the Brain
Faced with a problem, David Boas will invent a way around it. Boas, the founding director of the Boston University Neurophotonics Center and a world leader in the field of neurophotonics, which uses light to peer inside the living brain, built a homemade Ethernet connection to speed his doctoral research (one year before the first web browser was unveiled) and wrote a software program to make a girlfriend’s research go faster.
Where I’m Coming From: Tyrone Porter
Tyrone Porter grew up in Detroit. At the time, he says, the city was about 75 percent black. Now he’s a College of Engineering associate professor of mechanical engineering and of biomedical engineering, where the demographics are very different.