Brian Walsh and Team’s LEXI Telescope Makes Advances Toward the Moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander, which includes the LEXI telescope designed and created by Professor Walsh’s research lab, arrived at JPL and has stared environmental testing, before heading to Florida, and eventually, the moon.
Making MRI More Globally Accessible: How Metamaterials Offer Affordable, High-Impact Solutions
A trio of studies from BU researchers (Xin Zhang, Stephan Anderson, et al.) demonstrate how precisely engineered, low-cost structures can be used to boost the power and speed of medical imaging
A robust near-field body area network based on coaxially-shielded textile metamaterial
Faculty: Xin Zhang | Outlet: Nature
Xin Zhang’s Metamaterial MRI Helmet Featured in Fast Company’s “Best Material Innovations of 2024” List
The materials category of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honors material innovations that lead to greener, better products.
Unleashing the Power of Metamaterials to Improve MRI Imaging – BU Experts Article on Xin Zhang
Boston University engineer explains the science behind metamaterials and MRI enhancement and how to turn research into clinical practice.
Wireless, customizable coaxially shielded coils for magnetic resonance imaging
Faculty: Stephan Anderson, Xin Zhang | Outlet: Science Advances
Farbin Fayza Receives Graduate Student Summer Fellowship from the Institute for Global Sustainability
Farbin Fayza, PhD student at Ajay Joshi’s Integrated Circuits and Systems Group, recently received the Graduate Student Summer Fellowship from the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University. The cohort of graduate students will be researching bold and innovative solutions to the Climate Crisis, focusing specifically on “energy consumption patterns, population exposure to water scarcity […]
Cansu Demirkiran Selected as 2024 ML and Systems Rising Star
Cansu Demirkiran, PhD student at Ajay Joshi’s Intergrated Circuits and Systems Group, was recently selected to participate in the 2024 ML and Systems Rising Star Program. The program, hosted by MLCommons, is a workshop for PhD students and recent graduates designed to foster academic and industry collaboration, enable growth, and promote diversity. Read more […]
Steve Ramirez and Xi Ling Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Arts & Sciences congratulates the 16 faculty members promoted to associate professor. The promotions will be effective July 1.
Laser-Focused: How Minjung Son’s Research Brings Together Photonics and Chemistry for a Brighter Future
by Jack Osmond, Photos by Chris McIntosh Assistant Professor of Chemistry Minjung Son loves shooting lasers at things for a living––just check her Twitter bio for proof. She stumbled upon her passion for lasers, or ultrafast spectroscopy, as an undergraduate. After taking classes in physical chemistry and quantum mechanics, she joined a research group where […]