Thomas Bifano

Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Boston University

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  • Boston University

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Boston University

Dr. Bifano directs the Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC), a core facility and academic center of excellence comprised of thirty-five faculty members from seven academic departments, eighty graduate students, and ten staff members. He leads BUPC programs for education, scholarly research and development of advanced photonic device prototypes for commercial and military applications. He manages a state-of-the-art facility that includes more than a dozen special-purpose and shared research laboratories and a large business incubator.

Dr. Bifano also serves as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and was Chair of the Manufacturing Engineering Department from 1999-2006. His research focuses on modeling, design, production, and use of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in optical applications.

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UR center makes the photonic match

November 1, 2015

Democrat & Chronicle Thomas Bifano, Photonics Center, College of Engineering Going through security at an airport and being checked by a walk-in body scanner could soon become a thing of the past… Expert quote: “As long as the university has a good system for promoting the connection and they protect the intellectual property with patents, universities […]

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MIT’s Lincoln Lab helps speed space communication

December 9, 2013

Boston Globe (subscription required) Thomas Bifano, College of Engineering, Photonics Center Building a broadband connection to outer space requires something entirely sci-fi: a laser beam that can hit the moon… Expert quote: “In space, there is no high-speed system yet, so this thing is blowing the doors off other ways to transmit data.” View full […]

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Federal agents raid Woburn defense firm

January 24, 2013

Boston Globe (subscription required) Thomas Bifano, College of Engineering, Photonics Center A team of federal agents and local police, in an apparent investigation, searched Wednesday the premises of a Woburn manufacturing company that has military contracts… View article

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