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Jun 14, 2022
Sontag Awarded 2022 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, received the 2022 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award—the highest recognition in control theory and engineering in the United States.
Jun 13, 2022
Imani Awarded $590K NIH Trailblazer Grant for Mathematical Modeling of Microbial Communities
ECE Assistant Professor Mahdi Imani was awarded a $590K NIH Trailblazer R21 grant for New and Early Stage Investigators from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) for “Bayesian Dynamical Modeling of Microbial Communities”.
Jun 09, 2022
Padir Selected as Northeastern’s First Amazon Scholar
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir was selected as Northeastern University’s first Amazon Scholar and will be bringing his human-centered approach to robotics to the company’s fleet of drivers.
Jun 09, 2022
Creating NME Antennas for Portable Electronic Applications
ECE Professor Nian X. Sun was awarded a patent for “Nanoscale radio frequency magnetoelectric antenna.” Abstract Source: USPTO A nanomechanical magnetoelectric antenna includes a thin film heterostructure that has a […]
Jun 09, 2022
Improving Computer Networks with Distributed Cached Content
ECE Associate Professor Stratis Ioannidis and Professor Edmund Yeh were awarded a patent for designing a “Distributing cached content in a network.” Abstract Source: USPTO The invention relates to a […]
Jun 09, 2022
Monitoring Crop Fields with Zero-Power Sensors
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Research Assistant Professor Zhenyun Qian were awarded a patent for “Zero-power wireless chemical sensor for agricultural pests and disease monitoring.” Abstract Source: USPTO An ultra-miniaturized, […]
Jun 08, 2022
Making 6G Possible: Time Sharing Demonstrated for the First Time in the Terahertz Band
The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things has developed methods to move beyond the 5G frequencies into the higher terahertz bandwidths needed for 6G.
Jun 08, 2022
DeepCharge Startup Transforms Surfaces into Universal Chargers
Main photo: DeepCharge, a startup spun out of a Northeastern College of Engineering lab, enables any surface to charge electronic devices. For every electronic device you own, there’s one more […]