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Apr 13, 2022
Closas Receives AESS Harry Rowe Mimno Award
ECE Assistant Professor Pau Closas received the Harry Rowe Mimno Award from the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) for his paper “State Estimation Methods in Navigation: Overview and Application.” This award recognizes and fosters excellence in clear communications of technical material of widespread interest to AESS members, and in doing so, to honor […]
Apr 06, 2022
NSF CAREER Award to Use Ultra-low Power Analog Computing Circuits to Develop Machine Learning Hardware for Biomedical Devices
ECE Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava received a $500K NSF CAREER award for “An Ultra-low Power Analog Computing Hardware Design Framework for Machine Learning Inference in Edge Biomedical Devices”.
Apr 01, 2022
Mosallaei’s Research Featured on Cover of Nanoscale Advances
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s research on “Multifunctional metasails for self-stabilized beam-riding and optical communication” was featured on the cover of Nanoscale Advances. Abstract: The photonic propulsion of lightsails can be used to accelerate spacecraft to relativistic velocities, providing a feasible route for the exploration of interstellar space in the human lifetime. Breakthrough Starshot is an […]
Mar 23, 2022
PhD Student Xiaolong Ma to Become Assistant Professor at Clemson University
ECE PhD candidate Xiaolong Ma, advised by Assistant Professor Yanzhi Wang, has accepted an offer as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, starting Fall 2022. He works on compression-compilation co-design of deep learning applications, deep learning training acceleration, etc.
Mar 17, 2022
Leeser Recognized as Charter Member of IEEE Distinguished Contributors
ECE Professor Miriam Leeser was recognized as a charter member of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributor Program. The program was introduced in 2021 to showcase the immense combined technical expertise and innovation power of its membership while recognizing volunteer commitment.
Mar 14, 2022
SEDS Student Group Finalist in NASA BIG Idea Challenge for Innovative Robot Snake Design
A Northeastern University student team, advised by Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, electrical and computer engineering, was one of seven university teams selected as finalists in the 2022 NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge. The team’s project, titled “COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator,” received $174K in funds to further develop and test the technologies over the next 10 months. COBRA is a snake-like design for their robot which will allow it to traverse the extreme terrains on the moon’s surface.
Mar 10, 2022
ECE PhD Students Nominated as Finalists for Best Paper at IEEE Conference
Xuanyi Zhao, PhD’23, and Onurcan Kaya, PhD’24, electrical engineering, have been nominated as finalists for the best student paper at the 2022 Joint conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum & the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium.
Feb 28, 2022
2.1M DOE Award to Develop Clean Energy Technology
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi, who is director of the Northeastern SMART Center and the Kostas Nanotechnology Lab, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for “High-Performance and Miniaturized Greenhouse Gas Sensor for Drone-based Remote Sensing.” The grant is part of the OPEN 2021 program, which […]