ECE Student Stories
May 03, 2023
Teams Share Top Honors in Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Presentations
Two student teams tied for first place in the 2023 Electrical and Computer Engineering capstone presentations. One designed and built a modular video game controller to help increase accessibility; the other created a robotic poker-playing platform to aid in teaching and learning card games.
May 01, 2023
Casilli to Present at International Microwave Symposium
Electrical engineering student Nicolas Casilli’s, E’21, MS’21, PhD’26, paper on “A UHF 1.3 cm 2 Passive Subharmonic Tag With a 13 m Read-Range” was accepted as one of the top-50 papers at the prestigious IEEE International Microwave Symposium IMS conference in San Diego.
May 01, 2023
Discovering a Passion for Robotics through Research
Serena Lin, computer engineering, participated in the UPLIFT (Undergraduate Program for Leaders in Future Transformation Program) where she started research in her first semester as an undergraduate. With a variety of hands-on research experiences, including an NSF REU and working at the Institute for Experiential Robotics, Lin found her passion in robotics.
Apr 27, 2023
2023 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Awardees of the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Award were selected by faculty members of the students’ department based on the students’ exemplary record in the classroom or laboratory, the contributions made in mentoring peers, or significant accomplishments in furthering research and scholarship.
Apr 27, 2023
Announcing Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. They will be pursuing a diverse set of projects, including a study of a pathogen that haunts hospitals, an examination of segregationist rhetoric in Boston newspapers, and an analysis of creativity in music.
Apr 20, 2023
2023 Capstone Projects
The engineering departments hosted a series of poster sessions and presentations featuring capstone projects completed by our engineering seniors.
Apr 20, 2023
Alborzi and Hanson Are Recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Experiential Learning
Mechanical engineering student Saeed Alborzi, PhD’24, and computer engineering student Nathaniel Hanson, PhD’24, are recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Experiential Learning, which recognizes graduate students who have shown an extraordinary capacity to integrate academics and professional work and establish themselves as emerging leaders in their field.
Apr 19, 2023
2023 GEM PhD Engineering Fellowships
Eric Cardoza, Melanie Edmund, and Benoni Vainqueur were selected to receive Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) PhD Engineering Fellowships, which offer master of science and PhD level students an outstanding opportunity and access to dozens of the top engineering and science firms and universities in the nation.