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Apr 24, 2024
Abur and Hajjar Appointed University Distinguished Professors
ECE Professor Ali Abur and CDM Smith Professor and CEE Department Chair Jerome Hajjar were appointed the rank of University Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the university can bestow upon a faculty member.
Apr 24, 2024
Patent for Innovative Thin Film Heterostructures
ECE Professor Nian X. Sun was awarded a patent for “Sputter deposited crystalline ordered topological insulator/ferromagnet (TI/FM) thin film heterostructures for spintronics applications.”
Apr 23, 2024
2024 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Graduate Awards. Outstanding Graduate Research Award (PhD) Noa Grooms, Bioengineering, PhD’24 Kyla Nichols, Chemical Engineering, PhD’24 John Moody, Civil Engineering, PhD’26 Moinak Ghoshal, Computer Engineering, PhD’24 Joshua Groen, Electrical Engineering, PhD’27 Baolin Li, Computer Engineering, PhD’24 Ankit Mittal, Electrical Engineering, PhD’24 Ilia Chiniforooshan, Mechanical Engineering, PhD’25 Guoyan Li, […]
Apr 22, 2024
The New Role of AI in Physical Therapy
ECE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Tunik and Bouvé/ECE Assistant Professor Mathew Yarossi are investigating the potential of AI systems in physical therapy. Though the attentiveness of a human physical therapist remains essential, AI systems could play a critical role.
Apr 22, 2024
Maheswaren, Wan Named to ASEE-NE Leadership
At the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section of Zone 1 Conference held April 19-20, Bala Maheswaran, COE Distinguished Professor, electrical and computer engineering and first-year engineering program, was named to the leadership of the ASEE board of directors and Kai-tak Wan, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, was named ASEE-NE Section Chair for 2024-2026.
Apr 22, 2024
Enable Engineering Students Design Inexpensive Wheelchair Sensor System
Students in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering class designed a wheelchair rear-sensor system for a resident at The Boston Home, a care center for individuals with progressive neurological conditions. The system met the resident’s needs at a fraction of the cost of a typical wheelchair sensor system.
Apr 22, 2024
2024 Lux. Veritas. Virtus. Inductees
Twenty-three engineering graduate students were inducted into the Lux. Veritas. Virtus. society, which recognizes exceptional graduate students in their final year of study.
Apr 19, 2024
Patent for Faster Computing in Distributed Networks
ECE Professor Edmund Yeh was awarded a patent for “Network and method for servicing a computation request.”