Electrical & Computer Engineering Spotlights
Dec 05, 2017
Six ECE Students Named IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative Awardees
Six students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department were named IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarship Plus Initiative 2017-18 awardees. This signature program of the IEEE Foundation provides $7,000 in undergraduate educational support over a 3 year period. With these six recipients, Northeastern is tied for 3rd most PES scholarship winners at […]
Dec 04, 2017
Perspective on Undergraduate Research from One Who Knows
Written by Emma Kaeli, chemical engineering undergraduate student. Chemical Engineering undergraduate student Emma Kaeli shares her research experiences: In my first year here at Northeastern, I made one of the best decisions I have made yet—getting involved with academic research.After trying out bioengineering and even electrical engineering projects, I found myself volunteering in Dr. Katherine […]
Oct 26, 2017
Women Forward in Technology Scholarships
Carolina Binns, BS’21 Comp Eng and Sara Symonds, BS’19 Comp Eng/Comp Science—Two students from Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) — Carolina Binns and Sara Symonds — have been announced as recipients of the 2017 Women Forward in Technology Scholarship. This unique scholarship program was founded by Distil Networks, Foundry Group, Techstars, Cooley, Yesware, Help Scout, […]
Oct 20, 2017
Human-Robot Friendship
Murphy Wonsick, PhD’20—Doctoral student Murphy Wonsick envisions a world where humans and robots coexist as friends. She spends her days trying to figure out how astronauts and robots can work together to complete dangerous tasks in space. In fact, she’s working on one of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots to exist—Northeastern’s NASA robot Valkyrie—under the direction of Taskin Padir, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern.
Oct 18, 2017
Easy ‘Friending’ Startup
Jay Shome and Andrew Smith, BS, Computer Engineering, 2018—“Friending made easy.” That’s the motto of FriendsUp, a new app enabling users to share contact information and connect via Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram in the blink of an eye. It’s the brainchild of Andrew Smith and Jay Shome, both E’18, who launched the app in July […]
Aug 28, 2017
Research in Extreme Conditions
Alek Razdan, PhD, Computer Engineering, 2021—This is the Antarctic Ocean in winter. It’s the last place anyone would want to be—unless you’re trying to solve a climate change mystery. An international crew of scientists, including Northeastern graduate student Alek Razdan, recently returned from a two-month expedition to the Ross Sea off the coast of Antarctica. […]
Jul 19, 2017
Inspiring Women Engineers
Students Sarada M. Symonds, E’19, computer engineering and computer science, and Elizabeth Wig, E’20, electrical engineering, were each recently awarded $5,000 scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Symonds received the 2017 Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship, her second SWE scholarship in the past two years. Wig, a Dean’s […]
May 08, 2017
Reflecting Back
Recent ECE Alum Liane Wong, E’17, reflects on her experiences while at Northeastern. Liane Wong, BS, Electrical Engineering, 2017, is a well rounded student. She completed three co-ops in the engineering industry, participated in a service-learning program to Belize, where she worked to empower local farmers, and served as co-chair of the Asian American Center’s […]