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May 16, 2018
ECE Professor & Chair Tadigadapa Awarded Patent
ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa was awarded a patent for “Ultra-high speed anisotropic reactive ion etching.” Abstract Source: USPTO A system and method for reactive ion etching (RIE) system of a material is provided. The system includes a plasma chamber comprising a plasma source and a gas inlet, a diffusion chamber comprising a substrate holder for supporting […]
May 15, 2018
ECE Post-doc Wins 2017 Chinese Government Award
Dr. Zhenyun Qian from Professor Matteo Rinaldi's group received the 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. This award was established by China Scholarship Council in 2003. No more than 500 recipients are selected worldwide each year for their outstanding accomplishments during PhD studies in any discipline. This award is considered as the […]
May 15, 2018
Assistant Professor Shrivastava Awarded Patent
ECE Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava was awarded a patent for “Low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero detection.” Abstract Source: USPTO The low input voltage boost converter with peak inductor current control and offset compensated zero detection provide a boost converter scheme to harvest energy from sources with […]
May 14, 2018
Mahdiar Sadeghi: Student Paper Finalist in IEEE Antennas & Propagation Symposium
Mahdiar Sadeghi, who recently completed a Master’s degree in ECE under the supervision of Prof. Carey Rappaport, is one of a dozen finalists in the 2018 IEEE Antennas & Propagation Symposium student Paper Competition.
May 10, 2018
Mosallaei's Article Top 25 Most Accessed in Advanced Optical Matter
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei's article on "All-Dielectric C-Shaped Nanoantennas for Light Manipulation: Tailoring Both Magnetic and Electric Resonances to the Desire" is one of the top most accessed in the Advanced Optical Matter journal.
May 10, 2018
Northeastern Debuts New Drone Testing Facility
A drone cage was built at the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security which will allow faculty like CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar and ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir to develop drones to evaluate damage to structures after disasters.
May 02, 2018
Chair-elect/Chair of the ASEE-NE
At the Northeast Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Executive Board Meeting, Professor Bala Maheswaran was elected as the chair-elect of the section. He will serve as the chair-elect for the next two years followed by two additional years as the Section Chair. He will also serve as the executive board member of the […]
May 02, 2018
Closas Awarded 2018 PLANS Conference Best Paper Award
ECE Assistant Professor Pau Closas was awarded with the Best Paper in Track Award at the IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS). Jordi Vilà-Valls, James T. Curran, Pau Closas, Carles Fernández-Prades and Javier Arribas, “On-line Model Learning for Adaptive GNSS Ionospheric Scintillation Estimation and Mitigation,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS […]