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Mar 25, 2024
Three Faculty Selected as AIMBE Fellows
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji, ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong, and ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu were selected as Class of 2024 Fellows for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Mar 20, 2024
Securing Health Care Infrastructure Against Potentially Devastating Cyberattacks
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu advises the health care industry to more effectively protect its infrastructure from hackers who can infiltrate medical devices such as cancer radiation therapy machines.
Mar 12, 2024
Patent for Designing Zero-Power Sensors for Crop Water Management
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Associate Research Professor Zhenyun Qian were awarded a patent for “Zero-power wireless system for crop water content monitoring.”
Mar 12, 2024
Ramezani Receives NSF CAREER Award to Design Robots to Navigate Crawlspaces
ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was awarded a $681,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Dynamic Locomotion with Plasticity for Remote Sensing in Crawlspaces.” The research will focus on developing an autonomous robotic device that mimics bird and bat movement to effectively move through tight crawl spaces while gathering data through sensors.
Mar 11, 2024
Northeastern COE Students Win 2nd Prize in DASSH Challenge 2024
A COE student team placed second in the 2024 Designing Actionable Solutions for a Secure Homeland (DASSH), a student challenge focused on solving simulated homeland security problems created by Soft Target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality (SENTRY) research center and Arizona State University’s Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency.
Mar 04, 2024
COE Research Expo Displays Promising Work of PhD Students
The College of Engineering held a research expo to highlight the work of PhD students. Participants presented their research to a panel of judges and gained critical presentation and communication skills. They also displayed their research during the poster showcase and students were recognized with awards.
Feb 28, 2024
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Caused by Flawed Cybersecurity Systems
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu explains how the poor design of Change Healthcare’s cybersecurity systems led to a nearly weeklong cyberattack.
Feb 28, 2024
Integrating Renewable Energy Sources into Power Grids
ECE Professor Ali Abur was awarded a $350,000 NSF grant for “Robust Transient State Estimation for Three-Phase Power Systems.” The project aims to facilitate the efficient integration of inverter-based (IB) renewable energy sources into future generation of power systems.