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Dec 01, 2020
Using Ultrasonic Signals to Control Biological Devices
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia was awarded a patent for “Internet-linked ultrasonic network for medical devices.”
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Nov 25, 2020
Amirabadi Awarded Patent for Universal Power Converter
ECE Assistant Professor Mahshid Amirabadi was awarded a patent for creating a “Highly reliable and compact universal power converter.”
Nov 23, 2020
Robinson Receives His 3rd Outstanding Reviewer Award
Computer Engineering graduate student Joseph Robinson, PhD’20, received the Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 15th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition.
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Nov 13, 2020
Improved Methods for Image Generation Using Adversarial Networks
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was awarded a patent for “Segmentation guided image generation with adversarial networks”.
Nov 10, 2020
ECE PhD Students Win 3rd Place at Embedded Security Challenge (ECS) at the CSAW 2020 Conference
ECE PhD students Wenhao Wang, Shijin Duan, and Yukui Luo, advised by Professor Xiaolin Xu, recently participated in the Embedded Security Challenge (ECS) at the CSAW 2020 conference, placing 3rd in the US-Canada region.
Nov 03, 2020
Spurring Undergraduate Research with the UPLIFT Scholars Program
With a focus on experiential learning and research, the College of Engineering at Northeastern is offering a new undergraduate research program—the Undergraduate Program for Leaders In Future Transformation (UPLIFT). The program is designed to nurture high-potential undergraduate talent through transformative experiential research and learning opportunities. Beginning in their first year of study at Northeastern, UPLIFT […]
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Oct 30, 2020
Building the Next Generation of Autonomous Robots
ECE Professor Hanumant Singh is working to build the next generation of autonomous robots to explore remote environments like the bottom of the ocean.
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Oct 30, 2020
Water on Moon Might Lead to Colonization or Trip to Mars
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir is hoping that the recent discovery of water on the moon might serve as a stepping stone before eventually reaching Mars.