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Materials Science & Engineeringbu.edu/msebu.edu/mse

Did You Know?

MSE Faculty are highly successful and internationally recognized researchers. Here are just a few of the awards and honors received in 2011–12:

Hatice Altug• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers• Adolph Lomb Medal, Optical Society of America • Popular Science Magazine Brilliant 10 Award• IEEE Photonics Society Young Investigator Award

James Collins• Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences• 2011 World Technology Award for Biotechnology• The Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Exploration Grant

Luca Dal Negro• Optical Society of America Prize

Mark Grinstaff• Stevenson Biomaterials Lecturer, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute,

Syracuse University

Ramesh Jasti• Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardee

Malay Mazumder•IEEE Fellow

Theodore Moustakas•MBE Innovator Award, North America

Ophelia K.C. Tsui •Fellow of the American Physical Society

Muhammad Zaman• Invited Participant, Inaugural US National Academy of Engineering,

National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine Arab-American Frontiers on Medicine, Science and Engineering, Kuwait

• International Fellow, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology

• Member, Technical Committee, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Xin Zhang• Invitee, National Academy of Engineering EU-US Frontiers of

Engineering Symposium

AT A GLANCEEstablished in 2008

Academic DegreesPhD, MS, MEng

Students in Fall 2012Doctoral: 27Masters: 2MEng: 15LEAP: 6 BS/MS: 1

Degrees Granted since 2008Doctoral: 7Masters: 11MEng: 3** The MEng was first offered in Fall 2011.

Alumni: 21

FacultyParticipating Faculty: 34Affiliated Faculty: 38

Research LaboratoriesAdvanced Materials Process Control Laboratory Biomedical Materials Research Laboratory Biomimetics Materials Engineering LaboratoryCell And Tissue Mechanics LaboratoryCollins LaboratoryComputational Electronics LaboratoryFemtospec LaboratoryGreen Manufacturing LaboratoryHigh-Temperature Chemical And Electrochemical Processing Of Materials Laboratory High Temperature Oxidation Laboratory Microscopy LaboratoryLaboratory Of Integrated Nanophotonics & Biosensing Systems (LINBS)Materials X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory Matrix Mechanotransduction Laboratory Multifunctional Materials Spectroscopy LaboratoryNanoscale Energy-Fluids Transport Laboratory Nanoscale Mechanical Engineering LaboratoryNanostructured Fibers And Nonlinear Optics Laboratory Novel Materials LaboratoryOptical Characterization & Nanophotonics Laboratory (OCN)Orthopaedic & Developmental Biomechanics LaboratoryPowder Metallurgy & X-Ray LaboratoryPrecision Engineering Research Laboratory (PERL)Solid State Research LaboratorySurface Modification Laboratory Tsui Laboratory Ultrafast Nanostructure Optics (UNO) Laboratory Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Laboratory

Research CentersBioMolecular Engineering Research Center Center for Nanoscience & NanobiotechnologyCenter for Space Physics Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation Neuromuscular Research Center Photonics CenterSmart Lighting Engineering Research Center

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Did You Know?

BU Division of Materials Science & Engineering ranks in the Top 20 in Research Expenditures per Faculty Member ($633,610) by the U.S. News & World Report.

GRADUATE PROGRAMSDoctor Of Philosophy (PhD) ProgramsPost-bachelor’s PhDPost-master’s PhD

Through coursework, collaborative training projects and dissertation research, MSE PhD students learn to apply analytic and advanced computational methods and the latest techniques to current problems in biotechnology, nanotechnology, electronic and photonic devices, energy processing and more. Research areas include clean energy, solid-state lighting, photonics and fiber optics, biomaterials and soft tissues, and MEMS and bioMEMS applications.

Master Of Science (MS)The Master of Science (MS) degree in Materials Science and Engineering prepares students for a research-focused career creating ground-breaking applications for new materials and modifications of existing ones. A variety of fields are open to well-trained materials science researchers, including energy, health care, information technologies and homeland security.

Master Of Engineering (MEng)The non-thesis Master of Engineering program is suited to industry professionals who wish to further their careers by acquiring deep technical knowledge, supplemented with business fundamentals and critical management skills. The degree program can be completed in as little as one year of full-time study (part-time study is also an option), and students may concentrate in biomaterials; materials for energy and environment; electronic/photonic materials; or nanomaterials.

Boston University’s Division of Materials Science and Engineering is at the forefront of creating breakthroughs in our understanding and use of novel materials to solve society’s most pressing technological challenges. The strong link between materials science, emerging research and products in the marketplace means ample job opportunities and a positive career outlook for materials scientists and engineers with advanced academic training. Learn more about the innovations taking place at bu.edu/mse.

BIOMATERIALS research encompasses areas such as tissue engineering, design of biomolecules and biopolymers, biosensors, laser spectroscopy and more to create innovations in health care. Over the last decade exciting developments in materials-based technologies range from lab-on-a-chip devices to drug delivery systems to novel engineered tissues.

ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS research is invested in III-V nitrides, carbon nanotubes, fiber optic sensors, quantum dots and computational modeling. Engineering breakthroughs—like the blue LED—were produced by Boston University labs and interdisciplinary researchers continue to explore myriad applications in such areas as health care, national defense and information systems.

MATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT can help produce cleaner and more efficient sources of energy to address our present energy-related concerns and steer society to a more sustainable future. Active research areas include clean energy conversion, hydrogen generation and storage, fuel cells, green manufacturing and biofuels/metabolics.

NANOMATERIALS research is concentrated in areas such as coatings, composite materials, photo-acoustic microscopy, nanoscale materials, and multi-scale modeling. Research, often conducted with industry partners, spans a range of application areas, including mechanics and fluid dynamics at the nano-scale, and developing enhanced materials processing capabilities for opto-electronic applications, advanced engines and power systems.

Materials Science & Engineering at Boston University

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Welcome to the Boston University Division of Materials Science and Engineering Annual Report Highlights. In this brochure you will see the astonishing growth of our program since its inception four years ago. Here also is a small sampling of the amazing breadth and depth of research being done in Materials Science at Boston University, ranging from studies of the mechanical properties of human bone to nano-mechanical devices working at the quantum limits to deep UV sources to provide enough clean drinking water for the world’s thirsty inhabitants. Researchers at BU are pushing the frontiers of science and engineering and in doing so creating technologies that are positively impacting the lives of people around the world, and making the world a better place for us all.

I am proud of the MSE program and the research of my colleagues, and urge you to take a look at the full report on our website at www.bu.edu/mse.

All the best,Dave BishopHead, BU MSE

MESSAGE FROM THE DIVISION HEAD

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Did you know our faculty is doing exciting research in…• Lightening the Load: ECE/MSE

Researchers to Advance Energy-Efficient Soldier Technology

• BU Takes on Cancer: Mapping Metastasis Computer Simulations Model the Spread of Cancers

• Point-Of-Care Flu Detection

• New Equation Could Lead To Faster, Smaller Mechanical And Fluidic Devices

• The Power of Air: Novel Material Could Enable Long-Term, Controllable Drug Delivery

• Power of Germanium: Paiella Research Group Devises New Method for Laser Development

• Photonics Goes Flexible: New Nanofabrication Method Could Enable New Generation of Optical Devices

• Seeing Biomolecules with the Naked Eye: New Biosensor Could Enable Point-of-Care

• Disease Biomarker Detection

Boston

Boston is one of the most vibrant cities in America, an international hub for technology, industry and academia, and a sophisticated metropolitan area with many opportunities for enrichment and recreation. Boston is the ideal location for advanced engineering study to impact health care, technology, biotech, telecommunications, energy and more.

Career PlacementGraduates from Boston University’s MSE program are well-trained to make an impact in careers of constant innovation in emerging areas like nanomaterials and biomaterials, electronics, biotechnology, energy and plastics industries. Recent graduates have found success with pioneering corporations and in influential positions in academia: • Intel • Motorola

• 3M • Corning

• MIT • Lockheed-Martin

• Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation

HEALTH CARE INNOVATIONS

WORKING AT A START-UP

“Our Laboratory is developing ultra-sensitive spectroscopy and sensing technologies for real-time, label-free and high-throughput detection of very low quantities of biomolecules that are direct signs of important diseases, enabling fabricating flexible adaptive nanophotonic devices that can be integrated with the human body for personal health monitoring.”

“At MOxST, we are developing new technologies for producing high-purity metals and pure oxygen gas directly from metal oxides at low cost and with zero direct environmental emissions. In addition to lower industrial emissions and energy use, these products will drive innovations in a new generation of energy-efficient vehicles and accelerate the use of solar energy, wind turbines and hybrid/electric cars by reducing cost.”

Soobhankar Pati (MSE PhD’10), Research Engineer at Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies (MOxST)

Serap Aksu (MSE PhD student)