News
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.
Mar 14, 2013
3Qs: The 3-D printing of tomorrow
Ahmed Busnaina, the William Lincoln Smith Professor and director of the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern, has developed a method called directed assembly that he calls the 3-D printing of tomorrow. It is faster, cheaper, and more versatile than traditional 3-D printing, and he said it could enable a […]
Mar 12, 2013
Inventing a Better Antenna
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professors Carmine Vittoria & Vincent Harris were awarded a patent for creating an “Antenna Module having Reduced Size, High Gain, and Increased Power Efficiency”. Carmine Vittoria received his PH.D. in applied quantum physics from Yale University in 1970. He was employed at the Naval Research Laboratory as a physicist. Topics of research […]
Mar 05, 2013
3Qs: The rules of cyber-engagement
The Obama administration is close to approving the nation’s first set of rules for how the military can defend or retaliate against a major cyberattack, according to a report last month in The New York Times. One such new rule would reportedly give the president power to order a pre-emptive strike if the U.S. detects […]