News
Sep 08, 2026
Patent for Zeta-Based AC Link Power Converter
ECE Associate Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a patent for “Zeta-based AC link universal power converter.”
Sep 04, 2026
Inaugural Summer Program Connects Engineering Students to Seattle Robotics Industry
Northeastern University’s inaugural seven-week “Summer In Seattle” program gave undergraduate engineering students hands-on experience in the Pacific Northwest’s vibrant robotics ecosystem through immersive coursework, industry site visits, and simulation projects.
Aug 14, 2026
Sturdier Motion Sensors Built to Survive Shock and Vibration
Research conducted by ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella, Assistant Professor Benyamin Davaji, Professor Matteo Rinaldi, and ECE/MIE Professor David Horsley titled “Toward Enhanced Inertial Sensing via Dynamically Soft Topological States in Piezoelectric Microacoustic Metamaterials” was published in Advanced Functional Materials.
Aug 11, 2026
Innovative Magnonic Resonator Design Advances Compact and Energy-Efficient Microwave Signal Platforms
ECE Assistant Professor Xufeng Zhang’s research on “Generation of ultra-broadband frequency comb in strongly bistable nonlinear magnonic resonator” was published in Nature Communications.
Aug 10, 2026
Improving Quantum Computing Reliability and Scalability Through Modular Error Correction
ECE Associate Professor Hessam Mahdavifar and COS/ECE Assistant Professor Ivana Dimitrova were awarded a DOE grant for “Hierarchically Coupled Quantum LDPC Codes for Modular Quantum Computing.”
Aug 06, 2026
Understanding What Causes Autonomous AI Systems to Misbehave
ECE Assistant Professor Lili Su explains that recent incidents of autonomous AI systems acting out of bounds stem from training gaps and human configuration errors rather than malicious intent.
Aug 06, 2026
Optimizing Marine Sensors to Capture Detailed Ocean Data Efficiently
ECE Associate Professor Milad Siami, in collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), is leading a $612,062 NSF grant for “Energy-Aware Deployment and Scheduling for Sparse Ocean Sensor Networks.”
Aug 06, 2026
Northeastern helps lead $15M Army-funded center for next-generation sensing and communications
Josep M. Jornet and Tommaso Melodia, co-director and director of the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) at Northeastern University and faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are co-principal investigators on a new $15 million research center funded by the Army Research Office to advance secure sensing, imaging and wireless communications.