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Spotlight Stories
New University-Wide Research Institutes
Aligned with Northeastern's vision for interdisciplinary, collaborative discovery, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is leading two new university-wide research institutes, including the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, and the Institute for Experiential Robotics.
Research Highlight
Bioinspired Robots
ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani showcases his latest research on the development of Aerobat: a bioinspired bat with articulated wings. His work on the bioinspired robot was heavily influenced by the complex and agile locomotive capabilities of biological bats. Building up on his past experience with such robots, the Aerobat’s design integrates electronics in flexible-soft wings along with a compact transmission which results in an extremely small and lightweight package. The goal here is to build drones that are energy efficient and safe to operate around humans.
Engineering in Action
World Renowned Co-op Program
Sofia Vanessa Benitez Quevedo, BS, electrical engineering, completed three co-ops near and far including iRobot as a systems engineer, Flex in California working on emerging tech on the internet of things, and Starry, a start up in Boston using cutting-edge technology for the next generation.
Getting a Competitive Edge on Co-op
Noah Lichtenstein, BS, computer engineering and computer science, says the integrated way of learning and experience with co-op will allow him to jump in to a job when he graduates. So far he’s had a co-op at Starry, an internet startup, and Amazon Robotics as a firmware engineer, and feels this experience will give him a decent leg up.
Recent News
Amirabadi Awarded Patent for Universal Power Converter
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a patent for creating a “Highly reliable and compact universal power converter.”
Robinson Receives His 3rd Outstanding Reviewer Award
Computer Engineering graduate student Joseph Robinson, PhD’20, received the Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 15th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition.
Improved Methods for Image Generation Using Adversarial Networks
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was awarded a patent for “Segmentation guided image generation with adversarial networks”.
ECE PhD Students win 3rd Place at Embedded Security Challenge (ECS) at the CSAW 2020 conference.
ECE PhD students Wenhao Wang, Shijin Duan, and Yukui Luo, advised by Professor Xiaolin Xu, recently participated in the Embedded Security Challenge (ECS) at the CSAW 2020 conference, placing 3rd in the US-Canada region.