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Jun 03, 2025
New Wireless Sensing Technology Based on Ising Dynamics
ECE Assistant Research Professor Luca Colombo, Professor Matteo Rinaldi, and Associate Professor Cristian Cassella published research on “Programmable Threshold Sensing in Wireless Devices Using Ising Dynamics” in Nature Electronics. They embedded intelligence capabilities in a wireless sensor tag that has the potential to revolutionize the Internet of Things and AI by improving accuracy and reducing energy use.
May 27, 2025
Robotics Research Earns IEEE King-Sun Fu Best Paper Award
ECE Postdoctoral Research Associate Alan Papalia and ECE/COS Assistant Professor David Rosen are recipients of the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award for their paper “Certifiably Correct Range-Aided SLAM,” which introduces a fundamental advance in reliable autonomous navigation for robots operating without GPS.
May 21, 2025
Northeastern Students Create VR Controls for NASA’s SUIT Competition
Northeastern’s SEDS club developed a mixed reality system for controlling lunar rovers as part of NASA’s SUITS competition. Collaborating with a University of Michigan team, they created VR interfaces that could enable efficient remote operation of robots for future moon settlements.
May 20, 2025
Innovating Nanoscale Semiconductor Technologies
The spring 2025 edition of The Brief publication provides a deep-dive into the variety of innovative research being conducted in nanoscale semiconductor technologies at the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation at Northeastern University. View and download The Brief.
May 20, 2025
Patent for Robotic Aquaculture System
BioE/ECE Affiliated Faculty Joseph Ayers, MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar, ECE Professor Milica Stojanovic, and CEE/MES Associate Professor Amy Mueller were awarded a patent for “Robotic aquaculture system and methods.”
May 19, 2025
Abur Receives IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award
ECE University Distinguished Professor Ali Abur received the 2025 IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering Award “for contributions to power system state and network model estimation.”
May 14, 2025
Students Win First Place at UK National Unibots Competition
The London Northeastern Robotics Club secured first place in the 2025 National Unibots Competition held at the University of Cambridge, besting 10 other teams with its robot that incorporated a vacuum motor, which gave it an edge against its competitors.
May 13, 2025
Lunabotics Team Builds Lunar Robot for Collegiate Space Mining Competition
Northeastern’s Lunabotics team will present its lunar robot this month at the Iowa State Collegiate Space Mining Competition. The team launched last fall to expand the reach of the university’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).