News
Oct 09, 2026
Sternad and Krotov Win Best Conference Paper Award at BioRob 2026 for Whip Control Study
COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad and Aleksi Krotov, MS’20, PhD’26, bioengineering, won the Best Conference Paper Award (Second Place) at the IEEE RAS/EMBS 11th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2026) in Edmonton, Canada for their paper “Hitting a target with a whip: The center of mass as a simplified internal model to control the whip,” which will be published in IEEE Transactions in Medical Robotics and Bionics.
Sep 24, 2026
Northeastern to Host NANOscientific Symposium Americas 2026
Northeastern University will serve as the host site for the NANOscientific Symposium Americas (NSS Americas) 2026, a hybrid event bringing together researchers, instrumentation experts, and industry partners to explore the latest developments in nanoscale discovery. The symposium runs September 29 at EXP, Northeastern University in Boston, with hands-on tool training following on September 30 at Northeastern’s Innovation Campus in Burlington, MA.
Sep 22, 2026
Restuccia Receives Prestigious PECASE Award
ECE Associate Professor Francesco Restuccia was awarded a $1M Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to develop mathematical frameworks that make wireless systems and AI models more reliable by accounting for uncertainty and ignorance.
Sep 21, 2026
Fall 2026 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Fall 2026 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Sep 15, 2026
Shrivastava Awarded NIH R01 Grant for Creating Smart Implants for Managing Brain Disorders
ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava was awarded a $1.2M grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for “Transforming Brain Disorder Management through Ultra-Low-Power ML Implants.”
Sep 15, 2026
Advances Quantum Computing Communication Using Magnons
ECE Assistant Professor Xufeng Zhang is developing small-scale magnetic systems utilizing tiny quantum waves called magnons to help future quantum computers communicate with one another.
Sep 15, 2026
Patent for Radar Technology That Enhances 3D Imaging and Signal Clarity
MIE/ECE Professor Jose Martinez Lorenzo was awarded a patent for “Millimeter-wave massive MIMO FMCW radar with binary-phase-coded OFDM.”
Sep 14, 2026
Sherman Awarded NIH Career Development Grant to Advance Neurofeedback Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Assistant Professor David Alexander Sherman, jointly appointed in the physical therapy, movement, and rehabilitation sciences, as well as electrical and computer engineering, has received a prestigious K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year grant supporting his research into neurofeedback therapies for knee osteoarthritis pain.