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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.”

Aug 01, 2025
Patent for a Heat-Resistant Ceramic for Wireless Signal Transmission
ECE University Distinguished and William Lincoln Smith Professor Vincent Harris was awarded a patent for developing a “Ceramic frequency selective surface.”

Jul 30, 2025
Uncovering Byproduct Concerns in Eco-Friendly Electronics
Professor of electrical and computer engineering Ravinder Dahiya and Sofia Sandhu, a postdoc working in Dahiya’s group, recently published a paper “End-of-Life usefulness of degradation by products from transient electronics” in npj Flexible Electronics.

Jul 29, 2025
Securing the Next-Generation of AI-Driven Cellular Networks
ECE Assistant Professor Francesco Restuccia, in collaboration with Saint Louis University, was awarded a $900,000 NSF grant for “Securing xApps in Open RANs with Reliable and Principled AI Red-Teaming.”