David Bishop wins prestigious prize for his contributions to understanding superfluids

in *NEWS, David Bishop, ECE Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering

David Bishop was awarded the 2026 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize on November 5, 2025, for groundbreaking experiments that uncovered the role of vortices in the superfluid phase transition in helium films and observed anyonic braiding statistics of quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect, thus establishing the significance of topological excitations in two-dimensions.

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Seven ENG Faculty Honored for Real-World Impact Research

in *NEWS, *Research, Ayse Coskun, Biomedical Engineering, ECE - Bio-ECE and Digital Health, ECE - Data Science and Intelligent Systems, ECE - Imaging and Optical Science, ECE Faculty, ECE Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ji-Xin Cheng, Joerg Werner, John Ngo, Michael Albro, Selim Unlu

The annual Ignition Awards honor innovative BU projects that are ready to make the move toward commercialization, from the research phase to consumer use. Given by BU Technology Development within the University’s Office of Research, the awards come with financial backing, as well as a dedicated advisory committee to provide expertise, mentoring, and oversight to […]

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Illuminating Energy-Efficient AI

in *NEWS, *Research, Ajay Joshi, ECE - Data Science and Intelligent Systems, ECE - Photonics, Electronics, and Nanotechnology, ECE Faculty, ECE Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Supported by a $1.5M NSF grant, Professor Ajay Joshi is exploring the development of novel electro-photonic computing architectures that could perform as well or better than conventional electronic GPUs.

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A Living Internet of Things

in *NEWS, *Research, Biomedical Engineering, BME Research, BME Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering, Douglas Densmore, ECE - Bio-ECE and Digital Health, ECE - Mobile/Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity, ECE Faculty, ECE Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rabia Yazicigil

ECE faculty characterize new class of devices, invite participation.

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Ayse Coskun Examines the Large Energy Needs of Data Centers

in *NEWS, *Research, Ayse Coskun, ECE Faculty, Systems Engineering

Every text, email and social media post. Every digital photo, web search and credit card transaction. Every online purchase. Every streaming show. Nearly everything in our lives involves data coming in and out of data centers, with incredibly huge electricity demands. Ayșe Coskun, ECE, SE, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Director, Center for […]

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