News
Feb 17, 2016
ECE PhD Student Develops Blood Sample Tracking App
Murphy Wonsick, a first year ECE PhD student, developed a system and app for automated tracking of blood samples from collection facilities to testing facilities in Liberia. This project was spun off from Taskin Padir's NSF RAPID project on nextgen Ebola Treatment Units. Current practices in Liberia result in loss of 20% of the blood […]
Feb 16, 2016
Two ECE Professors Win Google Research Award worth $67k
ECE Professors Stratis Ioannidis and Miriam Leeser have won a Google Faculty Research Award worth more than $67k.
Jan 28, 2016
Two Computer Engineering PhD Students Selected for Honors
Computer Engineering PhD Students Charu Kalra and Zhongliang Chen recognized by engineering organizations.
Jan 27, 2016
Professor Yun Raymond Fu Named Global Young Academy Member
ECE Professor Yun Raymond Fu has been named a member of the Global Young Academy.
Jan 25, 2016
I.Q. Project Highlight: Medical Imaging
Despite the rapid progress in biomedical optics in the past decade, a need for ever-greater speed, resolution, and depth of imaging persists. For example, tissue sectioning with confocal reflectance microscopy to evaluate cellular and sub-cellular features in vivo is a popular method but has limitations. This technique can produce 2D images with 500 x 500 […]
Jan 25, 2016
I.Q. Spotlight: PhD Student Gwendolyn Hummel
Gwendolyn Hummel, a PhD candidate in the electrical engineering program, is a standout student for her drive and what she’s been able to accomplish in just a short time at Northeastern, including publishing several papers and helping secure funding for her work with ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi. Currently, she is working on improving wireless […]
Jan 25, 2016
I.Q. Project Highlight: Lower Limb Orthotic Brace
ECE Associate Professor Yun Raymond Fu is researching a new approach to address the management of knee osteoarthritis, an important public health issue due to the high costs of treatment and the high number of affected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nearly one in two people may develop this condition by […]
Jan 25, 2016
I.Q. Project Highlight: Implantable Sensors
ECE Associate Professor Kaushik Chowdhury is advancing healthcare as his research looks at implantable sensors that communicate with each other through the human body. These implants will have the ability to transmit measurements, receive updates on drug delivery volumes, and directly initiate actions of embedded actuators. All these functions require energy efficient communication between implants […]