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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
BU Societal Engineers Pitching at Blue Skies
For the second year in a row, two of the eight finalist teams at the annual NASA Blue Skies collegiate competition come from Boston University. More
Joyce Wong Joins Biomaterials Elite
Wong joins a group of less than 500 of the most respected biomaterials scientists around the globe. More
A Robot on a Mission
Making the most efficient energy-absorbing material ever. More
ENG Graduation: Engineered for Kindness
“You found a way to make it work, to help others, and to invest in the greatest gift one can ever give or receive, your education.” More
Zhang Wins the 2024 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
Xin Zhang is a pioneer in metamaterials. More
Students design healthcare solutions for the underserved
The Biomedical Engineering Society, in collaboration with Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center (BTEC), hosted the second annual BTEC x BMES Design-A-Thon on April 27th. The design challenged students to developing a product or service that will yield positive health outcomes for, and/or increase access, to healthcare technologies in underserved communities. More
ECE Students Are Societal Engineers
As part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's Senior Design Capstone these student teams created real-world solutions to real-world issues, working as a new kind of engineer: The Societal Engineer® More
Boston Teens Pitch Biotech Concepts to BU “Investors” at Biological Design Center’s STEM Pathways Event
The experience taught the students valuable skills and got them thinking like real engineers and biotech developers. 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
Innovation Leans In
Professor Nazer Receives 2024 Gitner Family Award for "flipped classroom" model for teaching foundational engineering course. More
NSF CAREER Award for Sabelhaus
Safer human-robot interactions in the future could make health care "less expensive and a lot more accessible." 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
Algae Fuel Cell Tops Imagineering Competition
With a cross-disciplinary team, a LEAP student develops his childhood dream into a promising power source More
Course Spotlight: Electromechanical Design (ENG ME360)
Electromechanical Design (ENG ME360) is a core course for all BU undergraduate who is pursuing a Mechanical Engineering (MechE) degree. From designing to building, MechE... More
AI Task Force Report Recommends Critical Embrace of Technology and Cautious Use of AI-Detector Apps
BU Today spoke with the two cochairs of the task force, Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at the College of Engineering and Wesley J. Wildman, a professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics at the School of Theology, about the new report. 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
Meet Our Alumna, Brynna Freitag
Coming from a physics background, Brynna Freitag (’19) came to Boston University to pursue a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mechanical Engineering with a... More
BU Mechanical Engineering Welcomes New Faculty Members
The Mechanical Engineering Department at Boston University is thrilled to announce the addition of two new Assistant Professors to our esteemed faculty. We are committed... More