News
May 06, 2013
Great Honors for Prof Kaeli
ECE Professor David Kaeli is being named a Heterogeneous Systems Architecture Distinguished Professor and his NUCAR lab has been designated a HSA Academic Center of Excellence. This is attributed to recent work with AMD, Samsung and Qualcomm in the area of heterogeneous and GPU computing. "The HSA Foundation is an open foundation with broad industry […]
May 01, 2013
Manipulating Virtual World
Using concepts from Iron Man, a team of ECE capstone students have developed a Gesture Operated Computer Aided Design tool (goCAD) to move computer objects with hand movements. Source: News @ Northeastern “If Tony Stark can do it in a cave with scraps,” said Kyle Dumont, then, well, he and the other members of his […]
Apr 29, 2013
Lehman Awarded NSF Grant
Electronic and Computer Engineering Professor Brad Lehman was awarded an $150K NSF grant to develop smart power detection devices for photovoltaic installations. Dr. Lehman is presently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University and previously was a Hearin Hess Distinguished Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University. In 1994, Dr. […]
Apr 23, 2013
Increasing IVF Success
Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio was awarded a patent for his “Phase subtraction cell counting method” to accurately count the cells in an embryo to increase the probability of a healthy transfer during fertility treatments. Dr. DiMarzio the author of Optics for Engineers and currently leads OSL, the Optical Science Laboratory, which is affiliated […]
Apr 16, 2013
Student engineers tackle real-world technical challenges
The most challenging technical problems facing engineers and scientists today don’t have an easy answer. But proposing an approach is a critical first step to moving toward research and development, according to Northeastern graduate student Sarah Brown. Brown is the special projects coordinator in the National Programs Committee of the National Society of Black Engineers. She is also a member of Northeastern’s chapter […]
Apr 04, 2013
FY14 TIER 1 Award Recipients
22 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY14 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 14 different research projects.
Mar 28, 2013
Senior Receives High Honor
Electrical and Computer Engineering senior Fernando Quivira is a recipient of the Harold Hodgkinson Award in recognition of scholastic achievement, leadership, coop, and service in voluntary organizations and activities. This is one of the highest honors that a senior at Northeastern can receive. Fernando discovered his passion for research as a freshman volunteering in campus laboratories. […]
Mar 26, 2013
Outstanding Student Researchers
Congratulations to the team of computer engineering BS students who won the Excellence in Innovation award at RISE 2013 for their FilterLight project: a low-cost, human-powered UV water filtration system. View video here.