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Why do some vaccines protect some individuals and not others?
Tomic and her team are leveraging a more effective method and significantly reducing the waiting period for new vaccines More
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng receives SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award. He earned this prestigious award for the “invention and commercialization of mid-infrared photothermal microscopy that allows highly sensitive dye-free bond-selective imaging of living cells and organisms.” The mIRage system, based on Cheng’s IP on mid-infrared photothermal microscopy and produced by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp at Santa Barbara, has been delivered to over 100 research labs in 15 countries worldwide. More
Hadi Nia Earns a Sloan Research Fellowship
Sloan Research Fellows have the “potential to revolutionize their fields of study.” More
FDA Clears Bigio’s Tech for Skin Cancer Detection
Is that an innocent mole or skin cancer? An optical technique pioneered by Irving Bigio could cut the number of missed cancers in half. More
High Performance From BU ECE At SC23
BU ECE researchers, both faculty and students, made a major impact at SC23, the premier conference in high-performance computing. More
Dr. Hua Wang honored as one of the Most Influential Asian American Pacific Islanders
Boston University’s Dr. Hua Wang (ME,SE) has been recognized as one of the Most Influential Asian American Pacific Islanders of 2023, honored by Mayor Michelle... More
A Bright New Light: Tianyu Wang Joins ECE
BU ECE’s newest Assistant Professor believes in the power of convergent research to spark novel technological advances. 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
ECE CHIPS In: Minuscule Hardware, Maximum Impact
In many ways, Professor Rabia Yazicigil is the very image of the kind of scientist and engineer called for by the CHIPS Act: productive, inventive, application-focused, collaborative- and service-minded, and an active mentor cultivating similar values and capabilities in a younger generation of innovators. More
How to Produce the Tech Workforce We Need
In Harvard Business Review, Ken Lutchen shares the BU ENG recipe for a successful industry-academia partnership. 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
Professor Venkataraman Provides Nuanced Perspective On Medical Applications of A.I.
Professor Archana Venkataraman added her experienced voice to the ongoing public conversation about the transformative potential of A.I. in a recent article for Newsweek. More
Archana Venkataraman: What’s Missing From Our Current Conversation About AI and Medicine
In my lab at Boston University, we use AI to map the brain and better understand disorders like autism and epilepsy. There are two big things I believe we're missing in our rush to apply generative AI in health care: More
ECE CHIPS In: The Computing Power of Light
This is the second article in our series highlighting BU ECE’s contributions to research and education under the umbrella of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and our faculty’s collective investment in the national effort to build a robust and innovative semiconductor industry. More
Zhang to Join European Academy of Sciences and Arts
The non-governmental association is committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. More
Professor Miloš Popović Elected NAI Fellow
The selection of NAI Fellows is based on their demonstration of a “highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.” More
Jonas Hall: Implementing an Optimization Solver Anyone Can Use
By Chloe Cramutola He started as a mathematician, but his engineering interests took him beyond basic numbers. “For the longest time, I was [mostly] interested in pure... 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
Hariri Group Co-Founds AI Alliance
The MOC Alliance is delighted to be part of the AI Alliance,” says Professor Orran Krieger (ECE), director of the MOC Alliance. “The MOC Alliance’s open-source production cloud platform, with all the operations state and telemetry available to enable innovation, make it an exciting match for the AI Alliance’s mission of advancing open, transparent AI." More