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Jun 28, 2017
Young Scholar Program Provides Experience-Based Learning for Future Scientists and Engineers
The Center for STEM Education kicked off its 2017 Young Scholars Program on June 26, 2017, with 26 budding scientists and engineers from high schools at a variety of cities and towns in the Greater Boston area.

Jun 28, 2017
Why are Robots called ‘Robots’?
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir explains the origins of the word "robot" in this week's version of Why is That?

Jun 22, 2017
Northeastern ECE Students Compete at International Conference
Three ECE undergraduate students competed in the 2017 Student Cluster Competition at the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The students, teaming with three students from Purdue University, came in […]

Jun 14, 2017
Geolocation LocATER System for First Responders
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir was awarded a $200K NSF grant to design "LocATER: Localization and Accountability Technology for Emergency Responders".

Jun 13, 2017
Biometric Boarding Pass
Associate Professors Andrews Gouldstone (MIE) and Yunsi Fei (ECE) weigh in on using biometrics such as facial recognition and fingerprint scans at airports.
Jun 05, 2017
Annual Graduate Student Award Ceremony Awardees
On May 3rd, the Graduate School of Engineering hosted the annual Graduate Student Award Ceremony to honor the 2017 recipients of the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, the […]

Jun 05, 2017
Professors Leeser and Kokar to Work on DARPA Project with BAE Systems
ECE Professors Mitch Kokar and Miriam Leeser will work with BAE Systems on DARPA’s CONverged Collaborative Elements for RF Task Operations (CONCERTO) program. According to BAE Systems, CONCERTO focuses on […]
May 31, 2017
2017 Undergraduate Award Winners
The ECE Department is happy to congratulate the winners of the 2017 undergraduate awards. Silevitch Award – Given to assist students majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering who have demonstrated exemplary leadership […]