ECE Student Stories
Mar 10, 2021
Co-op at Qualcomm Opens New Doors
As a master’s student in electrical and computer engineering, Nagulan Manivelan, ME’21, had to act quickly. A week before he was slated to begin his co-op with a Boston technology startup, the company had to cancel the position due to COVID. What Nagulan did next, embodies the Northeastern ethos of personal and professional resiliency.
Mar 03, 2021
ECE PhD Student Wins 1st Place at CGO 2021
Computer Engineering PhD student Malith Jayaweera won First Place in the student research competition at the International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) 2021 for his research on “Data vs Instructions: Runtime Code Generation for Convolutions”.
Mar 02, 2021
The ‘Triple Husky’ Experience
Sarah Brown is a true Northeastern success story: a ‘triple Husky’ who earned her bachelor’s in electrical engineering, E’11, master’s in electrical and computer engineering, ME’14, and a doctorate in electrical engineering, PhD’16. After completing her doctorate, she was awarded the University of California at Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship and served as a postdoctoral research […]
Mar 02, 2021
The Perfect Detour
Northeastern graduate David Delaine, E’05, electrical engineering, was well on his way to a solid career as a consulting engineer, but life had other plans for him. A network of mentors and transformative experiences at Northeastern and beyond laid the groundwork for a career detour that led Delaine to pursue advanced studies and discover his passion for engineering education.
Feb 22, 2021
Taking Stereotypes out of Facial Recognition Software
PhD computer engineering student Zaid Khan, PhD’24, and ECE/Khoury Professor Raymond Fu are working to remove racial bias out of facial recognition programs.
Feb 17, 2021
Subharmonic Tag for Wireless Sensing
ECE PhD student Hussein Hussein, Professor Matteo Rinaldi, Associate Professor Marvin Onabajo, and Assistant Professor Cristian Cassella had their research on “A chip-less and battery-less subharmonic tag for wireless sensing with parametrically enhanced sensitivity and dynamic range” published in Scientific Reports from the Nature group.
Feb 08, 2021
2021 Goldwater Scholarship Nominees
Congratulations to Hannah Boyce, ChE’22, Spencer Lake Jacobs-Skolik, EE’22, and Cameron Young, ChE/COS’22, who are three of the four students nominated as the most distinguished undergraduate scientists and engineers for the 2021 Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
Jan 07, 2021
Outstanding Paper Award at ISOCC 2020
Electrical Engineering PhD student Yixuan He and ECE Professor Yong-Bin Kim received an outstanding paper award from 2020 IEEE International Soc Design Conference for their paper “An Ultra Low Power Tunable Bump Circuit using Source-Degenerated Differential Transconductor.”