News
Nov 05, 2021
$36M DHS Center of Excellence for SENTRY Surveillance System to Protect Public Spaces
Michael Silevitch, Robert D. Black Distinguished Professor of ECE, has been awarded $36 million over 10 years to lead a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) multi-institutional Center of Excellence, SENTRY (Soft target Engineering to Neutralize the Threat Reality). SENTRY will develop a “Virtual Sentry” system that provides just-in-time information to key decision makers to protect civilian soft targets such as transit stations and schools, and crowded spaces such as stadiums from covert threats.
Nov 04, 2021
Institute of Wireless Internet of Things Part of IARPA Contract
The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things is participating in an Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) contract led by AiRANACULUS®, a Massachusetts-based technology company. The IARPA program is focused on identifying unexpected radio frequency (RF) transmissions to detect attempted data breaches. ECE Professors Kaushik Chowdhury (lead), Tommaso Melodia, and Francesco Restuccia, will work on designing machine learning techniques and support experimental testing for signal analysis and classification.
Oct 29, 2021
Piezoelectric Cross-Sectional Lame Mode Transformer
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Assistant Professor Cristian Cassella were awarded a patent for “Piezoelectric cross-sectional Lamé mode transformer.”
Oct 27, 2021
Computer PhD Student Selected for ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship
Tirthak Patel, PhD’22, computer engineering, was selected as a recipient of the 2021 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowship and the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Research.
Oct 22, 2021
Developing Ultra-Low Power Timing Circuit
ECE Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava received a $315K sub-contract on an $800K Phase-I and Phase-II Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) grant with escAerospace to develop ultra-low power timing circuit to enable navigation in total GPS denial.
Oct 22, 2021
Northeastern Team Advances to Finals of ANA Avatar XPRIZE
Team Northeastern is one of 15 teams selected as finalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. Finalist teams will equally share a milestone prize purse of $2M and move on to Finals Testing in Fall 2022 for their chance to win part of the $8M Finals prize purse.
Oct 19, 2021
2021 Fulbright Applicants
Rodrigo Blanco Bravo, E’22, bioengineering; Hannah Boyce, E’22, chemical engineering; Lake Jacobs-Skolik, E’22, electrical engineering; and Carrie Tam, E’22, civil engineering and architectural studies, are among the slate of 2021 Northeastern University applicants to the Fulbright US Student Program.
Oct 12, 2021
Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.