News
Jan 02, 2019
New Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia is the founding director of Northeastern’s new Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, which will help build the next generation of wireless technologies.
Jan 02, 2019
Professor Harris and PhD Student Receive Project Funding From GAP-360
University Distinguished Professor and William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor Vincent Harris and his PhD Student, Parisa Andalib, will head a recently funded project by GAP-360. This project will receive 50k as part of the first phase. Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important medical tool for early diagnosis of disease. However, the efficacy for […]
Dec 19, 2018
Creating Faster, More Accurate TSA Scanners
Carey Rappaport, ECE Professor and deputy director of the Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) Center, is working with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop quicker and more accurate scanners at airport security checkpoints.
Dec 19, 2018
Melodia Selected as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia has been selected as an IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for 2019 and 2020.
Dec 18, 2018
Assistant Professor Fang Awarded NSF CAREER
ECE Assistant Professor Hui Fang has been awarded a $500K NSF CAREER Award for his Transforming Neural Interfaces Using Stretchable, Transparent, Multifunctional Nanomesh Microelectrodes project. The award starts in 2019 and will run for five years.
Dec 18, 2018
Five COE Projects Selected for GapFund360
Congratulations to ECE Associate Professors Kaushik Chowdhury, Raymond Fu, Matteo Rinaldi, ECE Professor Vincent Harris, and BioE Professor Jeff Ruberti whose projects were selected for Phase 1 2018 funding by Northeastern’s GapFund360 program.
Dec 14, 2018
Hajjar and Padir’s Collaborative Work Highlighted at CRDR Workshop
CEE Chair and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar and ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir are collaborating on a research project for post-disaster assessment of critical infrastructure such as bridges using small unmanned aircraft systems.
Dec 13, 2018
Prof. Edmund Yeh to Chair National Academies Panel
ECE Professor Edmund Yeh will serve as Chair of the National Academies Panel on Review of the In-house Laboratory Independent Research in Network Sciences at the Army’s Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs).