News

Oct 07, 2024
Sun Selected as APS Fellow
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society by the Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications (GMAG) for his innovations in high magnetization materials, magnetoelastic and magnetoelectric thin film materials, microsystems, and device physics.

Oct 03, 2024
How Hurricane Helene Devastated Western North Carolina
CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz explain how the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene reached parts of western North Carolina, an area ordinarily unaffected by extreme weather patterns.

Oct 01, 2024
Patent for Smart Reflectarray
ECE Professor and Interim Chair Josep Jornet was awarded a patent for “Smart metal-graphene hybrid reflectarray at THz frequencies.”

Oct 01, 2024
Patent for Color-Sensing Technology
ChE Affiliated Faculty Swastik Kar and ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas were awarded a patent for “Device and method for color indentification.”

Oct 01, 2024
Ostadabbas Wins 2024 Cade Prize for Inventivity
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas received the 2024 Cade Prize for Inventivity in the technology category for AiWover, a groundbreaking spin-off from her lab that uses AI to transform visual monitoring of babies and toddlers and enhances both safety and developmental tracking.
Sep 25, 2024
Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Sep 25, 2024
Santillana Featured in Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists
COS/ECE Professor Mauricio Santillana was added to the Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists, a grassroots effort hosted by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center to showcase the expertise, talents, and diversity of Hispanic and Latinx scientific faculty across the country.

Sep 24, 2024
Designing a Bat-Inspired Robot for Confined Space Exploration
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani developed a bat-inspired robot called Aerobat that can navigate tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for exploration and inspection in confined environments. Ramezani published his research on “A morphology-centered view towards describing bats dynamically versatile wing conformations” in The International Journal of Robotics Research.