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Aug 15, 2025
Electrical PhD Receives Young Scientist Award for Terahertz Brain Research
Samar Elmaadawy, PhD’25, electrical engineering, advised by ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet, received the URSI AP-RASC 2025 Young Scientist Award for her paper on “Cerebral Organoids Respond to Sub-Terahertz and Terahertz Radiation” which she will present at the 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference in Sydney, Australia, in August 2025.
Aug 15, 2025
Best Paper Award for Terahertz Wireless Safety Research
Samar Elmaadawy, PhD’25, electrical engineering, and ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet’s paper on “Thermal and SAR-Based Limits for Human Skin Exposed to Terahertz Radiation” won the Best Paper Award at the 5th International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt’2025) in July 2025.
Aug 15, 2025
IEEE Best Paper Award for Terahertz Band Communication Research
ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet’s research on “Terahertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited and Research Directions for the Next Decade” received the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award, which will be presented at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2025 ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, in December 2025.
Aug 13, 2025
Northeastern’s Silvia Zhang Joins Major Federal Effort to Revolutionize Wireless Chip Design
Xuan “Silvia” Zhang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is playing a key role in a groundbreaking $10 million federal initiative to transform how wireless communication chips are designed. The project, led by Princeton University’s Kaushik Sengupta, was selected by the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (Natcast) to develop AI-powered tools for creating advanced semiconductors.
Aug 08, 2025
Young Scholars Program Offers Incredible Opportunities for High School Students
The Young Scholars Program, offered by the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education, allows rising high school seniors to participate in a six-week program to gain hands-on experience in the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Aug 07, 2025
Computer Engineering Student Wins Best Student Paper Award for AI Supercomputer Network Research
Computer engineering student Yicheng Qian, PhD’27, advised by ECE Professor Miriam Leeser, won the 9th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet) Best Paper award for their paper on “Miniature: Fast AI Supercomputer Networks Simulation on FPGAs.”
Aug 06, 2025
Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Released
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh discusses the report issued by the U.S. Coast Guard about the implosion of OceanGate’s submersible “Titan” in 2023.
Aug 06, 2025
Building the Future of AI-Ready Wireless Testbeds
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia and ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet, in collaboration with Princeton University, Florida International University, and SUNY Polytechnic Institute, were awarded a $200,000 NSF grant for “DHARMA.AI Digital Hardware + Analog-RF for Multifunctional Apertures with AI.”