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Sep 17, 2024
Student Club Is Innovating To Lower the Cost of Satellites
Matthew O’Rourke, E’25, mechanical engineering, and Rachel Rakushkin, E’26, electrical engineering, were awarded Mosaic Prototype awards from Northeastern’s Center for Entrepreneurship Education for their work developing technologies to reduce the cost of satellite components as part of the Project Horizons student club.

Sep 12, 2024
Shi Selected for 35 Innovators Under 35
ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Weiyan Shi was named as one of MIT’s Tech Review 35 Innovators Under 35 for her work in artificial intelligence and her research in natural language processing and persuasive dialogues.

Sep 05, 2024
Creating International Deep Tech Partnerships
ECE Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation David Horsley, in collaboration with Innovation Impact International, was awarded a $299,898 NSF EAGER grant for “Catalyzing Deep Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship via International Partnerships.”

Sep 03, 2024
$1.2M DARPA Grant To Enhance Security of Mixed Reality Systems
ECE Assistant Professor Mahdi Imani was awarded a $1.2 million DARPA grant for “VeriPro: Verified Probabilistic Cognitive Reasoning for Tactical Mixed Reality Systems.” This multidisciplinary effort includes partners from Penn State University (lead), Design Interactive Inc., Kennesaw State University, George Washington University, and the University of Southern California.

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.”