Patents Archive - Northeastern University College of Engineering


Non-rotating wind energy generator 12/29/15 Mohammad Taslim	Lower extremity exoskeleton for gait retraining 12/01/15 Constantinos Mavroidis	Microparticle organization 11/17/15 Jeffrey Ruberti	Real-time anomaly detection of crowd behavior using multi-sensor information 11/10/15 Gilead Tadmor

High rate electric field driven nanoelement assembly on an insulated surface 09/29/15 Ahmed Busnaina, Cihan Yilmaz & Sivasubramanian Somu	Voltage tuning of microwave magnetic devices using magnetoelectric transducers 09/22/15 Vincent Harris & Carmine Vittoria	Nanoscale interconnects fabricated by electrical field directed assembly of nanoelements 09/08/15 Ahmed Busnaina, Cihan Yilmaz & Sivasubramanian Somu	System and method for integrating a single nanowire into a nanocircuit 08/25/15 Sivasubramanian Somu, Ahmed Busnaina, Nicol McGruer, & George Adams

Nanoheater elements, systems and methods of use thereof 07/07/15 Teiichi Ando	Carbon nanostructures from pyrolysis of organic materials 06/09/15 Yiannis Levendis	Photocatalyst with enhanced stability for hydrogen production and oxidative reactions 06/2/15 Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy	Collagen Fibrillar Construction 04/28/15 Jeffrey Ruberti

Systems and methods of using a hieroglyphic machine interface language for communication with auxiliary robotics in rapid fabrication environments 03/10/15 Constantinos Mavroidis	Cobalt Carbide-Based Nanoparticle Permanent Magnet Materials 03/03/15 Vincent Harris	Universal Spherical Turbine with Skewed Axis of Rotation 01/27/15 Alexander Gorlov	Nanoscale interconnects fabricated by electrical field directed assembly of nanoelements 01/20/15 Ahmed Busnaina, Cihan Yilmaz, & Sivasubramanian Somu


Tunable Negative Permeability Based Devices 11/04/14 Hossein Mosallaei	Patterned nanosubstrates made by directed self assembly of amphiphilic molecules 09/23/14 Ahmed Busnaina	Patient Specific Ankle-Foot Orthotic Device 09/16/14 Mark Sivak Richard Ranky, & Constantinos Mavroidis	Fault Current Limiter 09/09/14 Brad Lehman

High Energy Density Vibration Energy Harvesting Device with High-Mu Material 08/26/14 Nian Sun	Tunable laser-based infrared imaging system and method of use thereof 08/26/14 Charles DiMarzio	Nanotubes and compositions thereof 08/05/14 Thomas Webster & Hicham Fenniri	Titania nanotubes prepared by anodization in chloride-containing electrolytes 07/29/14 Ron Willey

Highly organized single-walled carbon nanotube networks and method of making using template guided fluidic assembly 07/22/14 Ahmed Busnaina, Moneesh Upmanyu, & Sivasubramanian Somu	Systems, methods, and devices for frozen sample distribution 05/06/14 Jeff Ruberti	VMM-Based Intrusion Detection System 05/06/14 David Kaeli & Jennifer Dy	Directed assembly of a conducting polymer 04/22/14 Ahmed Busnaina

Multi-biomarker Biosensors 03/11/14 Ahmed Busnaina & Sivasubramanian Somu	Method of Integrating a Single Nanowire into a Nanocircuit 01/28/14 Sivasubramanian Somu, Ahmed Busnaina, Nicol McGruer, & George Adams


Sequential Planetary Stack Transmission System 05/28/13 MIE Capstone Team: Michael Witonis, Jay Seiter, Morgan Misek, Joshua Filgate, & Jesse Kuhn	Systems, Methods and Devices for Frozen Sample Distribution 05/28/13 Jeff Ruberti	Artery Imaging System 05/28/13 Ahmet Coskun	Acoustic Assisted Phase Conjugate Optical Tomography 05/28/13 Charles DiMarzio

Phase Subtraction Cell Counting Method 04/23/13 Charles DiMarzio	Antenna Module having Reduced Size, High Gain, and Increased Power Efficiency 03/12/13 Carmine Vittoria & Vincent Harris	Three Dimensional Nanoscale Circuit Interconnect and Method of Assembly by Dielectrophoresis 01/29/13 Ahmed Busnaina


Collagen Fibrillar Construction 12/25/12 Jeff Ruberti	Bistable nanoswitch 07/03/12 Sivasubramanian Somu, Ahmed Busnaina, George Adams, & Nicol McGruer	Nanoloom for controlling polymer assembly 06/26/12 Gregory Kowalski & Jeff Ruberti	Virtual Ankle and Balance Trainer System 06/26/12 Constantinos Mavroidis

Electro-Rheological Fluid Brake and Actuator Devices and Orthotic Devices using the Same 03/27/12 Constantinos Mavroidis


Ultra-Sensitive Temperature Sensing and Calorimetry 12/13/11 Gregory Kowalski	Bistable nanoswitch 10/04/11 Sivasubramanian Somu, Ahmed Busnaina, George Adams, & Nicol McGruer	Instrumented handle and pedal systems for use in rehabilitation, exercise and training equipment 09/27/11 Constantinos Mavroidis	Gear Bearing Drive 09/13/11 Constantinos Mavroidis


Hydrocephalus shunt system quick connector assembly 11/23/10 MIE Capstone Team: Bruce Eidinger, Kendra Mcgrath, Joshua Rigberg, Peter Callaway, & Mark Macomber	Opto-acoustic signal detection with coherent confocal microscopy 09/07/10 Charles DiMarzio	Dielectric and magnetic particles based metamaterials 07/06/10 Hossein Mosallaei	Enhanced detection of acousto-photonic emissions in optically turbid media using a photo-refractive crystal-based detection system 01/26/10 Charles DiMarzio


Functionalized nanosubstrates and methods for three-dimensional nanoelement selection and assembly 07/21/2009 Ahmed Busnaina


Confocal reflectance microscope system with dual rotating wedge scanner assembly 12/30/2008 Charles DiMarzio


Isolated, current-fed, pulse width modulation, DC-DC converter 09/18/2007 Bradley Lehman	Method of preparing electrical contacts used in switches 08/14/2007 Nicol McGruer & Jeffrey Hopwood


Integrated magnetics for a DC-DC converter with flexible output inductor 04/25/2006 Bradley Lehman	Process for the production of nan-sized zeolite A 03/21/2006 Albert Sacco	DC–DC converters providing reduced deadtime 02/07/2006 Bradley Lehman


Integrated magnetic isolated two-inductor boost converter 10/04/2005 Bradley Lehman	Robust controller for controlling a UPS in unbalanced operation 09/06/2005 Alex Stankovic	Process of forming a composite coating on a substrate 08/30/2005 Teiichi Ando	Low power plasma generator 07/12/2005 Jeffrey Hopwood

Saliency-based position estimation in permanent magnet synchronous motors 04/26/2005 Alex Stankovic	Adaptive controller for d-statcom in the stationary reference frame to compensate for reactive and harmonic distortion under unbalanced conditions 03/01/2005 Alex Stankovic


Electrostatic discharge protection for eletrostatically actuated microrelays 12/28/2004 Nicol McGruer & Paul Zavracky	Iterative decision feedback adaptive equalizer 11/16/2004 John Proakis & Masoud Salehi	Method for the production of inorganic fiber-reinforced metal matrix composite wires 08/24/2004 Joseph Blucher	Multiple wavelength microwave-enhanced infrared thermography 06/22/2004 Charles DiMarzio & Carey Rappaport

Wide-aperture catheter-based microwave cardiac ablation antenna 03/02/2004 Carey Rappaport	Micro-electromechanical optical switch assembly for optical data networks 03/02/2004 George Adams, Nicol McGruer, Paul Zavracky


Method and apparatus for manufacturing composite materials 10/07/2003 Joseph Blucher	Magnetically actuated torsional micro-mechanical mirror system 03/25/2003 Paul Zavracky


Light modulating device 04/30/2002 Paul Zavracky	Method of fabrication of a torsional micro-mechanical mirror system 03/05/2002 Paul Zavracky


System for providing wind propulsion of a marine vessel using a helical turbine assembly 09/25/2001 Alexander Gorlov	Method of forming plastically deformable microstructures 07/17/2001 Paul Zavracky, Keith Warner, & Nicol McGruer	Method for maintaining flotation using a helical turbine assembly 07/03/2001 Alexander Gorlov	Flow, tactile and orientation sensors using deformable microelectrical mechanical sensors 03/20/2001 Paul Zavracky & Nicol McGruer

Torsional micro-mechanical mirror system 03/13/2001 Paul Zavracky


Helical turbine assembly operable under multidirectional gas and water flow for power and propulsion systems 12/5/2000 Alexander Gorlov	Micromechanical switching devices 11/28/2000 Paul Zavracky & Nicol McGruer	Microspectrometer with sacrificial layer integrated with integrated circuit on the same substrate 11/14/2000 Paul Zavracky & John Martin	Process for producing polymer coatings with various porosities and surface areas 11/07/2000 Yiannis Levendis

Method of fabricating an integrated complex-transition metal oxide device 09/5/2000 Paul Zavracky, Nicol McGruer, & Carmine Vittoria	Micromechanical electronic device 07/18/2000 Paul Zavracky	Method of coating edges with diamond-like carbon 06/20/2000 Jeffrey Hopwood	Optical pulse induced acoustic mine detection 05/30/2000 Charles DiMarzio & Stephen McKnight

Helical turbine assembly operable under multidirectional gas and water flow for power and propulsion systems 03/14/2000 Alexander Gorlov	Gating system for continuous pressure infiltration processes 03/14/2000 Joseph Blucher	Optical quadrature Interferometer 02/01/2000 Charles DiMarzio


Apparatus and method for measuring instantaneous power using a magneto-optic Kerr effect sensor 11/30/1999 Charles DiMarzio & Stephen McKnight	Memory architecture dependent program mapping 10/05/1999 David Kaeli	Monolithic miniaturized inductively coupled plasma source 08/24/1999 Jeffrey Hopwood	Method of monolithically fabricating a microspectrometer with integrated detector 06/01/1999 Paul Zavracky

Optical quadrature interferometry utilizing polarization to obtain in-phase and quadrature information 03/16/1999 Charles DiMarzio & Anthony Devaney	Apparatus and method for hydrogenating polysilicon thin film transistors by plasma immersion ion implantation 03/16/1999 Chung Chan	Microscale fluid handling system 02/16/1999 Paul Zavracky & Nicol McGruer


Method and apparatus for simultaneous beamforming and equalization 12/01/1998 John Proakis & Milica Stojanovic	Catalytic process for making ethers, aldehydes esters and acids from alcohols using a supercritical fluid mobile 11/03/1998 Ronald Willey	Optical lock-in detection technique for coherent detection applications 10/20/1998 Charles DiMarzio	Simultaneous control of SO.sub.2, NO.sub.x, HCl, and particulates by in-furnace high-temperature sorbent injection and particulate removal 07/28/1998 Yiannis Levendis

Method and apparatus for performing magnetic field measurements using magneto-optic Kerr effect sensors 04/07/1998 Charles DiMarzio	Gating system for continuous pressure infiltration processes 04/07/1998 Joseph Blucher


Micro emitter based low contact force interconnection device 08/26/1997 Chung Chan & Keith Warner	Helical turbine assembly operable under multidirectional fluid flow for power and propulsion systems 07/01/1997 Alexander Gorlov	Micromechanical switch with insulated switch contact 06/17/1997 Paul Zavracky	Method and apparatus for performing magnetic field measurements using magneto-optic kerr effect sensors 05/20/1997 Charles DiMarzio


Method for the deposition and modification of thin films using a combination of vacuum arcs and plasma immersion ion implantation 12/03/1996 Chung Chan	Unidirectional reaction turbine operable under reversible fluid flow 11/26/1996 Alexander Gorlov	Robot arm end effector 11/05/1996 Jill Crisman & Ibrahim Zeid	Antenna array having two dimensional beam steering 05/07/1996 Carmine Vittoria

Plasma ion implantation hydrogenation process utilizing voltage pulse applied to substrate 04/16/1996 Chung Chan	Magneto-optic Kerr effect stress sensing system 02/20/1996 Charles DiMarzio & Stephen McKnight


Balloon angioplasty device 11/28/1995 Carey Rappaport	Unidirecional reaction turbine operable under reversible fluid from flow 09/19/1995 Alexander Gorlov	Unidirectional helical reaction turbine operable under reversible fluid flow for power systems 09/19/1995 Alexander Gorlov	Large area ion implantation process and apparatus 09/12/1995 Chung Chan

Large area ion implantation process and apparatus 08/15/1995 Chung Chan	Triggered vacuum anodic arc 08/15/1995 Chung Chan	Anodic arc source containment mechanisms 08/15/1995 Chung Chan	Receiver for receiving a plurality of asynchronously transmitted signals 07/11/1995 David Brady

Diesel engine exhaust gas recirculation system for NO.sub.x control incorporating a compressed air regenerative particulate control system 06/27/1995 Yiannis Levendis	Planar squid magnetometer with inductively coupled microstrip resonator 05/30/1995 Carmine Vittoria	Flow-through particulate incineration system coupled to an aerodynamically regenerated particulate trap for diesel engine exhaust gas 02/21/1995 Yiannis Levendis