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Electrical Engineering

Photo: The oldCovid-19 testing lab at Kilachand Center. A researcher wearing a light blue mask and gown works behind a large computer as machines and vials are shown on the counters in front of them.

Research Labs

What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission

November 15, 2022

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Brain Health

New BU Center for Brain Recovery Aims to Advance Treatments for Stroke, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

September 19, 2022

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Technology Development

BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life

June 6, 2022

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Metamaterials

This Bizarre Looking Helmet Can Create Better Brain Scans

February 10, 2022

Doug Densmore poses with arms crossed for a photo in front of a light blue wall. He wears a burgundy sweater and smiles at the camera.

STEM OUTREACH

Jump-starting Biotechnology Careers for Boston High School Students

November 4, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

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Sustainable Technology

As Office Work Returns, This Smart HVAC System Could Save Energy, Money, and Even Lives

May 24, 2021

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Space Sciences

BU-Made Telescope Going to the Moon in 2023

April 12, 2021

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Internet Memes

The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science

January 26, 2021

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Research Accolades

Optical Pioneer Jerome Mertz Is BU’s 2020 Innovator of the Year

December 17, 2020

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Antiracism

Striking Out Racist Terminology in Engineering

July 16, 2020

Using photolysis—a process by which molecules are broken down by light—BU engineers found they could temporarily weaken MRSA’s defenses enough to make it vulnerable again to several conventional antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance

Why Phototherapy Will Be the Next Frontier in Combating Antibiotic Resistance

May 21, 2020

A photo of an empty lab in BU’s Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

A sketch of a respiratory isolation box

Problem Solvers

BU Engineers Are Taking on the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 17, 2020

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Contact Tracing

Contact Tracing App Warns of COVID-19 Exposure while Protecting Privacy

April 15, 2020

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Biosensing

Mining Bacteria Parts to Build Around-the-Clock Biosensors

March 31, 2020

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Autonomous Vehicles

Aerial Drones Get Schooled in Navigation by Moths

January 16, 2020

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Cybersecurity

How Fitbits, Other Bluetooth Devices Make Us Vulnerable to Tracking

July 17, 2019

Brian Walsh of the Boston University Center for Space Physics works on the LEXI x-ray imager in his lab

Space Sciences

A BU X-ray Instrument Is Heading to the Moon

July 2, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

Siddharth Ramachandran