When she's not captivated by a Patriots or Celtics game, Boston University engineer Xin Zhang is inventing new materials that seem straight out of science fiction-using magnetic properties to increase the clarity of MRI imaging or leveraging acoustics to "cancel" sounds by sending them back in the direction they came from. Now she's being recognized for her pioneering work in the field of metamaterials by the National Academy of Inventors, which has recently elected her a fellow. Zhang, a BU College of Engineering professor of mechanical, biomedical, electrical and computer engineering, as well as materials science and engineering, and a professor at the BU Photonics Center, told The Brink about why she loves being an inventor and shares how collaboration makes it all possible.
Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors
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