News
Jul 08, 2024
Using AI To Save Lives on the Battlefield
Liam McEneaney, MS’25, engineering and public policy, is working with ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas and MIE Teaching Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, and in collaboration with MIT Lincoln Lab, to develop an AI-powered computer program that will accurately and quickly fill out tactical combat casualty care cards for injured soldiers on its own on the battlefield by processing video and audio from medics in real time, and quickly sending the digital card to hospital staff.
Jul 08, 2024
Northeastern Recognizes Women Innovators
Kaitlin McCarthy, E’09, civil engineering, won first place in the Experienced Alumnae category in the 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards from Northeastern University, while Mukki Gill, E’25, mechanical engineering and history, placed second for the Powering a Healthy Tomorrow Award and received an honorable mention in the undergraduate category. Additionally, Nicole Guadagno, E’25, mechanical engineering, received an honorable mention for her work on Remetra in the undergraduate category, and Fatema Janahi, E’22, computer engineering, and MS’22, engineering management, received an honorable mention for Palm in the graduate category.
Jul 08, 2024
New Faculty Spotlight: David Sherman
David Sherman joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in July 2024 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences. He has a […]
Jul 08, 2024
Patent for Self-Synchronizing Radio Technology
ECE Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, and Research Assistant Professors Ufuk Muncuk and Yousof Naderi were awarded a patent for “Method and apparatus for software defined radio with timing, phase, and frequency synchronization.”
Jul 03, 2024
Improving the Range of Radio Frequencies
ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella’s research on “Multipurpose Acoustic Metamaterial Anchors for Aluminum Scandium Nitride Contour Mode Resonators” was published in the Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and will be featured on the cover when it is printed.
Jul 02, 2024
Closas Elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
The IEEE AESS Board of Governors selected ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas to serve as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine from July 2024 to June 2027.
Jun 26, 2024
Leading the Charge in Building the Next Generation of Wireless Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia oversees the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University. With a specific focus on wireless network technologies like 5G and 6G, he is helping Northeastern lead wireless communications into the future.
Jun 24, 2024
$1M NSF Award for Enhancing Educational Research With AI and Cloud Infrastructure Training
ECE Associate Professor Ningfang Mi is leading a multi-institution, $1 million NSF grant to create tools, resources, and templates to enable educators to analyze student data and identify trends more effectively to better determine improvements to curriculum and testing.