News
Jul 14, 2016
Assembly of Nanoelements
MIE Professor Ahmed Busnaina & ECE Professor Nicol McGruer were awarded a patent for “Directed assembly of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles using nanotemplates”.
Jul 14, 2016
VOTERS Awarded Patent
VOTERS professors Ming Wang (CEE), Sara Wadia-Fascetti (CEE), & Carey Rappaport (ECE) were awarded a patent for “Roaming mobile sensor platform for collecting geo-referenced data and creating thematic maps”. Abstract Source: USPTO A roaming sensor system collects data on the condition of roads and bridge decks and identifies and maps defects, including cracks, potholes, debonding, […]
Jun 20, 2016
ECE Students Participate in International Competition in Germany
ECE undergraduates Tristan Sweeney, Jason Booth, and Trevor Gale are competing in the ISC-HPCAC Student Cluster Competition in Frankfurt, Germany. The Northeastern students are a part of the Boston Green Team, which is also comprised of students from Boston University with advisors from Northeastern and MIT. “The purpose of this competition is to introduce the […]
Jun 16, 2016
Professor David Kaeli and EEMBC in Yahoo Finance Article
ECE Professor David Kaeli was mentioned in a Yahoo Finance article. The article focuses on a recent announcement by the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, or EEMBC. Professor Kaeli will serve as a technical advisor to EEMBC on their new heteroeneous benchmark suite targeting Automotive Vision, Compute and Mobile Imaging. Read more about EEMBC and how its […]
Jun 07, 2016
Advancing Teaching and Learning at Northeastern
Northeastern has awarded grants to two groups of faculty to promote Advancing Teaching and Learning at Northeastern.
Jun 07, 2016
Grant to Combat Against Side-Channel Attacks
ECE Associate Professor Yunsi Fei was awarded a $1.2M three-year NSF grant to create "Automating Countermeasures and Security Evaluation Against Software Side-channel Attacks". Abstract Source: NSF Side-channel attacks (SCA) have been a realistic threat to various cryptographic implementations that do not feature dedicated protection. While many effective countermeasures have been found and applied manually, they […]
Jun 07, 2016
ECE Welcomes Summer Program Students
The ECE Department is happy to welcome students from all over the country through the NSF-supported REU-D3 program and the ECE-supported ENTER program. Students will also join the department from the ALERT REU program, supported by DHS. These carefully selected students have come from around the country—as far as Hawaii—to take advantage of some of the best opportunities […]
Jun 07, 2016
Valkyrie has Successful Meeting with Public
The Valkyrie robot destined for use on Mars had its first interaction with the public during a presentation in East Village at the beginning of June.