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Jan 31, 2025
2024 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those who published a paper in 2024 or later.

Jan 31, 2025
Inaugural College of Engineering Young Alumni Impact Award Recipients
The College of Engineering announces its inaugural Young Alumni Impact Award recipients. These six leaders in their fields were carefully selected from a pool of faculty nominations. With only one awardee for each engineering discipline, this is an elite achievement. The awards ceremony and “Career Paths to Impact” fireside chat hosted by Dean Gregory Abowd is Feb. 18, 2025 in Boston and virtual.

Jan 30, 2025
Faculty and Staff Awards 2025
Faculty and staff were recognized at the 27th Annual College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards for their exceptional service and dedication in support of students, the COE community, and the university during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Jan 29, 2025
Tips For Avoiding Static Electricity Shocks During Winter
COS/ECE Assistant Professor Ivana Dimitrova explains how dry winter air causes static electricity that can result in sometimes painful shocks and offers tips to prevent them, like using a coin or key to touch a metal object.

Jan 28, 2025
Patent Awarded for Lightweight Pose Estimation Network
ECE Distinguished/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was awarded a patent for “Light-weight pose estimation network with multi-scale heatmap fusion.”

Jan 16, 2025
Fu Elected AAAI Fellow
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence for significant contributions to transformative technology innovation in computer vision, augmented human-machine interaction, and leadership in AI technology commercialization.
Jan 14, 2025
Spring 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.

Jan 14, 2025
Patent for Closed-Loop GNSS Simulation
ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas was awarded a patent for “System for closed-loop GNSS simulation.”