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Aug 30, 2024
The Necessary Risks of Space Exploration
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh says the stranding of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the International Space Station reflects the inevitable risks of space travel that are necessary to endure to learn more about the universe.
Aug 29, 2024
Innovating Infrared Spectroscopy With Optical Microchips
ECE Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa and Soheil Farazi, PhD’24, electrical engineering, are using quantum mechanical techniques to develop optical microchips that will revolutionize infrared spectroscopy by reducing the need for bulky and costly palmtop machinery, making the process more accessible.
Aug 29, 2024
Creating Age-Inclusive VR
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island, was awarded a $600,000 NSF grant for “Graph-Centric Exploration of Nonlinear Neural Dynamics in Visuospatial-Motor Functions During Immersive Human-Computer Interactions.” She is investigating how aging impacts the ability to use emerging HCI technologies.
Aug 27, 2024
Patent for Breakthroughs in Miniature Antenna Technology
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was awarded a patent for “Mechanically-driven SMR-based MEMS magnetoelectric antennas.”
Aug 22, 2024
Northeastern Co-PI of New NSF Center for Insights Into the Pre-Emergence Phase of Pandemics
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun is co-PI of the new NSF Center for Pandemic Insights, which is led by the University of California-Davis and in partnership with 10 universities. Sun is leading innovative sensing technology, while Associate Teaching Professor Jennifer Love is part of the project team for education, outreach, training, and workforce development.
Aug 21, 2024
Exploring Silevitch’s Northeastern Legacy
For more than 40 years, Michael B. Silevitch, Robert D. Black ECE Distinguished Professor, has had a profound impact at Northeastern as an innovative leader of several groundbreaking initiatives such as SENTRY and ALERT, and as an inspiration to faculty, students, alumni, and members of industry.
Aug 20, 2024
Double Paper Win at ACL 2024
ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Weiyan Shi received two awards for papers at the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL 2024) annual meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
Aug 19, 2024
Using Interference Structure To Improve Wireless Communication
ECE/COS Professor Ken Duffy, in collaboration with Boston University and MIT, was awarded a $780,000 NSF grant for “Interferers in Our Midst.” The team will develop methods to improve communication performance in shared, congested, and contested spectrum bands.