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Official Twitter page for BU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #BUMechE for all tweets related to the department!
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Joined January 2017
Andy Griffin (ENG'00, MET'06), Jenny Gruber (ENG'99'99), and Denise Schier (ENG'81) will give $6,000 if 200 donors give in the next 17 hours, so make sure to get those donations in!.
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#BUGivingDay is TODAY! If you believe in educating the next generation of Societal Engineers who are driven to create solutions to the problems that matter most to people and their communities, please help make an impact by making your gift NOW:
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If any companies donate, your logo will be displayed on the aircraft!.
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BU’s team makes it to the next stage of AIAA’s Design, Build, Fly Competition—the first in BU history! They hope to raise further funds to support the team’s travel to the competition. If you would like to contribute, please visit the link below! .
give.bu.edu
Join me and make a gift to this crowdfunding project.
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Success! BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1. In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield. Read more about it here:
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In a historic first for BU, the LEXI telescope is operating from the lunar surface and will image Earth’s magnetic shield
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The LEXI was created by Professor Brian Walsh and his team here at MechE. “LEXI will image, for the first time, the boundary of Earth’s magnetic field,” Walsh says. Read more about the LEXI here:
bu.edu
NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission will carry the first Boston University-engineered device to land on a celestial body—the LEXI telescope that will image Earth’s protective shield
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The payload carrying the LEXI launched last night at 1:11am and is on its way to the moon! Read more about it here:
nasa.gov
A suite of NASA scientific investigations and technology demonstrations is on its way to our nearest celestial neighbor aboard a commercial spacecraft, where
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More info about the launch can be found here:
nasa.gov
NASA, SpaceX, and Firefly Aerospace are targeting 1:11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 15, for the launch of Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, the next delivery to the Moon through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial...
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Exciting news! The lander with the LEXI is set to launch into space Jan 15 at 1:11amEST! Congrats to Professor Brian Walsh and his team. Read more about LEXI in this article :
science.nasa.gov
Editor’s Note, Feb. 25, 2025: The LEXI telescope was turned on successfully shortly after launch on Jan. 16. The instrument has operated for several hours
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Jon Hirschtick, from PTC, had some nice things to say about RASTIC! Read more below.
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Perhaps the most modern hands-on robotics facility I have seen in a university: Boston University's new RASTIC BU Robotics & Autonomous Teaching and Innovation Center. Led by Kenn Sebesta it is...
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For their senior design project, a team of MechE students created a compact air quality sensor pack that can be attached to the front of a bicycle from Bluebikes, Boston’s public rental network. Read more about it here:
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RT @KABrownLab: Thank you very much to @BU_Tweets @BUexperts for putting this article and video together! It was great working with you!.
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RT @Firefly_Space: Another Blue Ghost Mission 1 payload successfully integrated on our lander! Developed by @BU_Tweets, @NASAGoddard & @Joh….
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Congrats to Professor Xin Zhang for receiving the 2024 Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award! Read more about it here:
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RT @BU_Computing: Congratulations to our 2025 FRP award recipients who are working to solve complex problems in healthcare, natural disaste….
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Congratulations to Dr. Thomas Bifano for receiving BU's Innovator of the Year award!
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RT @BUCollegeofENG: Assistant Professor Sean Lubner (@BuMechE,@BU_MSE) receives Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award..
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Meet our alumna Brynna Freitag (’19)! She came to Boston University to pursue a Master of Science (MS) degree in Mechanical Engineering. Currently, she works at Apple as a product design engineer. Read more about her here:
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