News
Jan 09, 2026
Showcasing Next-Generation Flexible and Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing with AI and Digital Twins at FLEX 2026
ECE Assistant Professor Benyamin Davaji, alongside Haiyang Yun, PhD’28, electrical engineering, will instruct a professional course titled “Digital Twins for Printed Electronics: How Can AI Learn FHE Printing” at FLEX 2026, the premier international conference for Flexible and Hybrid Electronics (FHE), taking place in Phoenix, Arizona on February 24, 2026.
Jan 08, 2026
The Future of Space Computing and the Hurdles for Orbital AI
Tech giants like Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin are racing to develop orbital AI data centers to bypass terrestrial energy and land constraints, though ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet warns that significant hurdles regarding power, radiation, and heat dissipation must be solved before these systems become operational.
Jan 06, 2026
Northeastern University Launches Hospital Cybersecurity Project Supported by ARPA-H UPGRADE for up to $19M
Northeastern University’s Archimedes Center for Healthcare and Medical Device Cybersecurity, led by Professor Kevin Fu, is launching the PATCH Project, a national initiative with a budget of up to $19 million for transformative clinical and technological innovations. Fueled by the ARPA-H UPGRADE program, the project will create hospital-scale digital twins to accelerate the discovery and remediation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities, encompassing thousands of medical devices from infusion pumps to imaging systems while ensuring uninterrupted patient care.
Jan 02, 2026
Computer Architecture Students Design Industry Ready Pipelined Processors
In the Computer Architecture course taught by ECE Teaching Professor Julius Marpaung, students applied foundational design principles to develop fully functional MIPS and ARM-based pipelined processors using industry-standard FPGA tools.
Jan 02, 2026
Inaugural Engineering Class Explores the Intersection of Law and Innovation
Led by Teaching Professor Julius Marpaung, students in the inaugural class of Legal Aspects of Electrical and Computer Engineering course demonstrated their interdisciplinary expertise through final presentations that analyzed high-profile patent disputes and the challenges of applying legacy intellectual property laws to modern technological innovations.
Dec 22, 2025
The Environmental Reality of Dissolvable Electronics
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya discovered that some biodegradable electronics fail to fully dissolve and instead break down into harmful microplastics that can persist in and damage the environment for years.
Dec 22, 2025
Navigating the Risks of Self Driving Tech
ECE Professor Taskin Padir and other experts suggest that while autonomous vehicles offer significant safety advantages over human drivers, they are not yet perfect and require transparent, responsible oversight to navigate complex real-world scenarios.
Dec 19, 2025
ECE PhD Student Receives Best Paper Award at IEEE RoboticCC 2025
Sarvesh Prajapati. MS’24, robotics and PhD’30, computer engineering, received the Best Paper Award for his work on “Spectral Signature Mapping from RGB Imagery for Terrain-Aware Navigation” at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing and Communications (RoboticCC 2025).