New and Noteworthy

Introducing two new BUPC Faculty Members

March 2008:

Dr. Lee Goldstein is an Associate Professor within the School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Molecular Aging and Development Lab and the Director of the Center for Biometals and Metallomics. Dr. Goldstein received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University and has been a clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2003 Dr. Golstein’s team discovered Alzheimer’s disease molecular pathology in the lens of the eye. This discovery led to the development of novel laser-based molecular diagnostic technology for pre-symptomatic screening and early disease detection.
Dr. Goldstein’s research initiatives have led to many interdisciplinary and cross campus collaborations, including the Center for Biometals and Metallomics (CBM). CBM is an interdisciplinary bioanalytical facility focusing on ultra-trace elemental and isotopic analyses. Dr. Golstein is currently collaborating with several BUPC Faculty members on large NSF and NIH grant applications

Dr. Bjorn Reinhard is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Reinhard received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany and completed his post-doctorate in Material Science and Biophysics and the University of California Berkeley. At Berkeley, Dr. Reinhard developed novel tools for single molecule biophysics based on active nanostructures. He also co-invented the concepts of Plasmon rulers and force-sensors on entropic spring and Fluorescence Resonant Energy Transfer.
Currently Dr. Reinhard is developing a research group to design and implement active nanostructures for sensing application in biology and medical diagnostics. He brings to the center his expertise in the fields of single particle spectroscopy, nanoparticle synthesis, assembly of active nanostructures and their biointegration and compliments the Center’s activities in biosensing and biophotonics.

Saleh Named First Editor of Advances in Optics and Photonics

Professor Bahaa Saleh (ECE) has been selected by the Optical Society of America (OSA) as the first editor of the society’s new quarterly online journal, Advances in Optics and Photonics. The inaugural issue, which will feature multimedia content in addition to traditional written subject matter, will be published in January 2009.

“I’m very much excited about my new position,” Saleh said. “Advances in Optics and Photonics is a new idea of creating a journal of not only scientific research contributions, but long chapters describing the hot areas of photonics and reviews of state-of-the-art topics at the forefront of the optical and photonics field.”

Advances in Optics and Photonics will include not only traditional long review articles but peer-reviewed tutorials written for students and non-specialists. The journal will feature interactive components such as animation and video and the new online format will also allow authors and their topics more timely publication as articles will be published immediately upon completion.

“With the new journal, the OSA is creating a journal that will comprehensively explore the most important topics in optics and photonics,” Saleh said. “It will bring together a network of experts with a peer-review infrastructure to produce state-of-the art reviews and tutorials in high-impact areas. The journal will have a significant beneficial effect on research and education in the field, and I am honored to be its first editor.”

Saleh has a long history with OSA publications. He served as chairman of the Board of Editors for the OSA’s flagship journal from 1998 to 2001; a member of the OSA Board of Directors from 1998 to 2005; chairman of the OSA’s Publication Council from 2002 to 2004; and member of the OSA Publications Long Term Planning Group from 2003 until present. His research contributions in optics and photonics include authorship of two books, Photoelectron Statistics and Fundamentals of Photonics, chapters in seven additional books and more than 500 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings.

A member of the College of Engineering faculty since 1994, Saleh served as ECE Department chairman from 1994 through 2007 and was the College’s acting dean in 1995. He has been deputy director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems since 2000.

Professor Bahaa Saleh to Receive the 2006 Kuwait Prize for Basic Sciences

Professor Bahaa Saleh of the Boston University College of Engineering has been named the recipient of a prestigious international award, the 2006 Kuwait Prize for Basic
Sciences. This prize is awarded annually by the State of Kuwait to
"recognize distinguished accomplishments in the arts, humanities and
sciences." Dr. Saleh, a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and a member of the Photonics Center Faculty, is being recognized for extensive contributions to optical sciences. The prize consists of a gold medal and a cash award. The award will be presented by the Emir of Kuwait at a ceremony in Kuwait this year
and will be followed by a public lecture.

Photonics Center Students and Mentors Receive Awards at BU's Symposium

At Boston University's annual Science and Engineering Research Symposium, held on Monday, April 1st, several Photonics Center students and their mentors received distinguished awards.

Winning the President's Award was Xiaoyu Zheng, advisee of Professor Xin Zhang, for "A MEMS-based Optical Moiré Biomechano-Sensing Platform for in-situ Cellular Mechanical Force Study."

Winning the Provost's Award was Thomas Steen, advisee of Professor Todd Murray, for "Inspection of Functionally graded Coating Materials Using Frequency Domain Photoacoustic Microscopy."

Winning the Berman Photonics Award was Kristina Driscoll, advisee of Professor Roberto Paiella, for "Closing the Terahertz Gap with III-Nitride Based Intersubband Light Emitting Devices."

Winning the Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology Award was Ashwin Gopinath, advisee of Professor Luca Dal Negro, for "Giant Field Enhancement and Plasmon Localization in Two-Dimensional Deterministic Aperiodic Arrays of Metal Nanoparticles."

Winning the CenSSIS Award was Roberto Reif, advisee of Profesor Irving Bigio, for "Design and development of a model that extracts the optical properties in small volumes of superficial turbid media based on reflectance measurements."

Congratulations to all who presented their remarkable work.

For the full list of winners and abstracts, visit the Science Day web page.

 

New Book by Professor Ted Morse

The ECE Department is pleased to announce the publication of an edited book by Ted Morse:Specialty Optical Fiber Handbook, A. Mendez and T. F. Morse, eds., Academic Press, 2007.

Professor Ünlü Elevated to Fellow by IEEE

ECE Professor Selim Ünlü has been named by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors as an IEEE Fellow effective January 1, 2007. Professor Ünlü was selected by the Institute "for contributions to optoelectronic devices."

Since 1963, the IEEE grade of "Fellow" has acknowledged those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of engineering science and technology. This grade is bestowed on recipients who have had an extraordinary record of accomplishments in IEEE fields of interest. The total number of IEEE Senior Members selected to be elevated to Fellow in any one year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting Institute membership.

Tao Xu Receives Berman Prize in Photonics

Tao Xu, a graduate student in the ECE department working with Professor Moustakas was awarded the Photonics Center’s Berman Prize for her poster in the 2006 Science Day Competition entitled “Blue-green-red LEDs based on InGaN quantum dots”.

Theodore Moustakas Receives Honorary Degree

Professor Moustakas was recently awarded an honorary doctoral degree from Aristotle University in Greece. In addition, his work was listed by The Association of University Technology Managers in the 2006 Edition of “Technology Transfer Works: 100 Cases from Research to Realization” (www.betterworldproject.net)

Symposium Poster Session

This year's 10th Annual Symposium, Friday, June 8th will feature a technical agenda.

We are creating a student poster session as part of the symposium for graduate and post graduate students. Students will be encouraged to stand beside their posters during breaks and after the lunch and guest speaker, student group posters are also encouraged and should indicate all students involved in the “Student Name(s)” section.

The format of the poster should follow the same format that you have previously used for Graduate Science and Technology Day; of course you are welcome to use those posters or to create new ones to highlight recent developments. These posters should be no larger than 3'x5', and students are responsible for displaying and attaching their own poster on the poster boards that will be available the day before the symposium on Thursday, June 7th.

We would like to include poster abstracts in our conference proceedings that will be given out to all of the attendees. Please complete the attached template and return it by Friday, May 18th so that it can be included in the printing/binding deadline.

As part of the inclusion in the poster session, don’t forget to register for the conference and join us at the luncheon and reception as well. Registration can be found here:

If you have any further questions, please feel free to call x8899 or email Leigh Hallisey