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Oct 15, 2026
2026 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines.
Oct 14, 2026
For the Love of The Game: A Student’s Journey in Bioengineering Research
Matteo Couto Frignani, E’25, combined bioengineering and biochemistry, graduated last year and is now pursuing a PhD in bioengineering at Princeton University. He discovered his love for research at Northeastern and uses the skills he learned from his experience to continue asking new and impactful questions in the bioengineering field.
Oct 14, 2026
Robotics Graduate Student Selected to Inaugural NSS 30 Under 30 Class
Prathmesh Barapatre, MS’27, robotics, has been selected for the inaugural National Space Society (NSS) 30 Under 30 Class of 2026.
Oct 14, 2026
Leeser Wins Outstanding Paper Award at IEEE HPEC
ECE Professor Miriam Leeser co-authored “LatencyLab: A DPDK-Based P4 Pipeline Latency Measurement Framework for FPGA SmartNICs,” which won the Outstanding Paper Award at the 30th Annual IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Virtual Conference.
Oct 13, 2026
Light & Matter! Bringing Color-Changing Art to Life
Researchers led by MIE Associate Professor Hongli Zhu have developed a method for writing multicolor images into cellulose-based photonic gels using light. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, the study on “Grayscale Photomasks Enable Noncontact Optical Patterning of Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Gels for Dynamic Art” combines machine-learning-guided calibration with grayscale photomasks to create images in a single 10-second ultraviolet exposure.
Oct 09, 2026
Sternad and Krotov Win Best Conference Paper Award at BioRob 2026 for Whip Control Study
COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad and Aleksi Krotov, MS’20, PhD’26, bioengineering, won the Best Conference Paper Award (Second Place) at the IEEE RAS/EMBS 11th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2026) in Edmonton, Canada for their paper “Hitting a target with a whip: The center of mass as a simplified internal model to control the whip,” which will be published in IEEE Transactions in Medical Robotics and Bionics.
Oct 07, 2026
Forever Chemicals Raise Pregnancy Blood Pressure Risks
Bouvé/CEE Assistant Professor Julia Varshavsky led a Northeastern study linking exposure to “forever chemicals” (PFAS) during pregnancy with an increased risk of hypertension later in gestation, particularly among first-time mothers and those carrying female fetuses.
Oct 07, 2026
Sending Microchips to the Stars Through a Student Co-op
During her co-op at Besxar Space Industries, mechanical engineering and bioengineering student Rhea Dharia, E’27, helped design equipment to test semiconductor manufacturing in the vacuum of outer space.