Boston University

engineering

A lab in the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering science building at Boston University, which was built to encourage collaboration and foster interdisciplinary science

Kilachand Center

Designing Science

September 14, 2017

Collaborative research at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Culture of Science

Same Goals, Different Languages

September 14, 2017

Illustration of cardiac patch

Engineering

BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017

Engineering and Product Innovation Center (EPIC)

Accolades

New 3D Metals Printer Keeps EPIC on Cutting Edge of Product Design & Manufacture

August 22, 2017

Portrait of Christopher Chen, Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

3D-Printed Patch Helps Guide Growing Blood Vessels

August 22, 2017

moon blocking sun

Engineering

Solar Eclipse, Scientific Opportunity

August 17, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Google Self-driving Car

Computer Science

AI Research Seeks to Grow Trust between Humans and Computers

July 5, 2017

Photo of Water Drop on Feather 1, taken by Boston University mechanical engineeriing researchers James Bird and Samira Shiri during research on heat exchange properties of superhydrophobic materials

Engineering

How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?

June 19, 2017

Illustration about innovative breast tumor imaging research

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

June 16, 2017

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

Nanotechnology

What Are Quantum Dots?

June 5, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Synthetic biology researcher Ahmad "Mo" Khalil, assistant professor of biological engineering at Boston University, and researcher at the Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

Hacking Nature

May 10, 2017

Team 8’s Richard Nesbit (from left), Fritz Jolivain, and Brett Moretzky demonstrating the Groove Gloves.

Engineering

Engineering to the Rescue

May 10, 2017

College of Engineering (ENG) students from left, Chitanya Gopu (MEí17), Phillip Teng (BME í19), and Varnica Bajaj (BMEí19).

Undergraduate Research

Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts

May 8, 2017

First prototype for an optical chemotherapy monitor, one of the main projects funded by CFTCC.

Biomedical Engineering

It Takes Teamwork

April 7, 2017

Wilson Wong, Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

How to Hack a Cell

April 6, 2017

Graphene sheets can be stacked horizontally to form channels, called graphene nanochannels, or rolled into carbon nanotubes.

Engineering

Duan Receives NSF CAREER Award

March 23, 2017

Béla Suki, professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University College of Engineering, and Jarred Mondoñedo, Boston University School of Medicine MD candidate and College of Engineering PhD candidate

Biomedical Engineering

Emphysema: A New Way to Predict Treatment Outcomes?

March 10, 2017

PhD candidate Emily Lam works with smart lighting sensors as part of Thomas Little's research with the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC)

Electrical Engineering

New Sensors for Smart Lighting

March 8, 2017

New Sensors for Smart Lighting