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Jul 02, 2024
Studying Gut Bacteria
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston, in collaboration with Ahmad (Mo) Khalil from Boston University, was awarded a $900,000 NSF grant for “Synthetic ecology of mixed aerobic/anaerobic microbial consortia.”
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Jul 02, 2024
Closas Elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
The IEEE AESS Board of Governors selected ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas to serve as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine from July 2024 to June 2027.
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Jun 26, 2024
BioE PhD Student Earns Prestigious IBSA Doctoral Fellowship
Helna Mary Baby, a BioE PhD student, is one of only six students worldwide to earn the prestigious IBSA Doctoral Fellowship for her drug delivery system research to treat osteoarthritis.
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Jun 26, 2024
Leading the Charge in Building the Next Generation of Wireless Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia oversees the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University. With a specific focus on wireless network technologies like 5G and 6G, he is helping Northeastern lead wireless communications into the future.
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Jun 26, 2024
New AI Architecture Can Detect Breast Cancer With a Near-Perfect Accuracy Rate
BioE Assistant Research Professor Saeed Amal is part of a team of Northeastern researchers who have developed AI architecture that can detect breast cancer with an almost perfect accuracy rate. Amal explains how the AI technology learned and how it can be implemented.
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Jun 25, 2024
Exploring the Potential of Frictional Mechanical Metamaterials
MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li was awarded a $531,056 NSF grant to explore a new category of mechanical metamaterials – “Frictional Mechanical Metamaterial.”
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Jun 24, 2024
Enhancing Educational Research With AI and Cloud Infrastructure Training
ECE Associate Professor Ningfang Mi, in collaboration with Yu Wang and Chiu C Tan from Temple University, Lishan Yang from George Mason University, and Chuang Wang from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is leading a $999,969 NSF grant for “AI4EDU: Cloud Infrastructure-Enabled Training for AI in Educational Research and Assessment.”
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Jun 24, 2024
Advancing EV Battery Technology
MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ford University Research Program (URP) designated for developing advanced EV battery cell models.