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Apr 24, 2024
Using Robots To Map Icy Frontiers
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh uses his team of sea-diving robots to collect data in extreme environments, helping us better understand climate change.
Apr 24, 2024
Patent for Innovative Thin Film Heterostructures
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was awarded a patent for “Sputter deposited crystalline ordered topological insulator/ferromagnet (TI/FM) thin film heterostructures for spintronics applications.”
Apr 24, 2024
Abur and Hajjar Appointed University Distinguished Professors
ECE Professor Ali Abur and CEE CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar were appointed the rank of University Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the university can bestow upon a faculty member.
Apr 22, 2024
The New Role of AI in Physical Therapy
ECE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Tunik and Bouvé/ECE Assistant Professor Mathew Yarossi are investigating the potential of AI systems in physical therapy. Though the attentiveness of a human physical therapist remains essential, AI systems could play a critical role.
Apr 22, 2024
Maheswaren and Wan Named to ASEE-NE Leadership
At the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section of Zone 1 Conference, Bala Maheswaran, COE Distinguished Teaching Professor, ECE and first-year engineering program, was named to the leadership of the ASEE board of directors, and Kai-tak Wan, MIE professor, was named ASEE-NE section chair for 2024-2026.
Apr 22, 2024
2024 Lux. Veritas. Virtus. Inductees
23 engineering graduate students were inducted into the newly established Lux. Veritas. Virtus. society, a prestigious honor that recognizes exceptional graduate students who exemplify the university’s mission, ideals, and values.
Apr 22, 2024
Enabling Engineering Students Design Inexpensive Wheelchair Sensor System
Students in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering class designed a wheelchair rear-sensor system for a resident at The Boston Home, a care center for individuals with progressive neurological conditions. The system met the resident’s needs at a fraction of the cost of a typical wheelchair sensor system.
Apr 19, 2024
2024 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research
Duschia Bodet, E’21, MS’21, PhD’25, electrical engineering, is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research, which recognizes PhD students who have shown an impressive ability to conduct high-level research and make contributions to the scholarly literature in their field.