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SUMMARY:Crafting Data Visuals to Tell a Scientific Story: CommLab Drop-In Hours
DESCRIPTION:Looking to illustrate your data? Join our Data Visualization Drop-In sessions Tuesdays from 10-11am on Zoom to discuss strategies or receive feedback on your data visualization process.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/crafting-data-visuals-to-tell-a-scientific-story-commlab-drop-in-hours/2026-03-17/
LOCATION:https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/99770601100?pwd=mbD3JHc7u0fjb558MDmqIHoSNBMrsS.1
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SUMMARY:ChE PhD Dissertation Defense: Alexandra Nukovic
DESCRIPTION:Name:\nAlexandra Nukovic \nTitle:\nOptimizing the Immunogenicity of an Oxygen-Generating Cryogel Vaccine Platform Against Prostate Cancer \nDate:\n03/17/2026 \nTime:\n10:00:00 AM \nCommittee Members:\nProf. Stephen Hatfield (Advisor)\nProf. Sidi Bencherif\nProf. Kara Spiller\nProf. Rebecca Carrier\nProf. Allison Dennis \nLocation:\nHastings 209 \nAbstract:\nTherapeutic cancer vaccines have been a promising avenue of research to boost patients’ own immune system to fight cancer\, targeting tumor eradication and inducing long-term immunological memory. However\, promising vaccine candidates have had limited success in clinical trials due to immunosuppressive mechanisms and insufficient delivery methods to overcome tolerance to tumor antigens.  Cryogel delivery scaffolds have already been established as a promising delivery vehicle for cancer vaccines\, due to their biocompatibility and macroporous nature\, which allow effective delivery to infiltrating cells; however\, cryogel-based vaccines are limited by rapid\, diffusion-mediated burst release of encapsulated recombinant proteins and local immunosuppressive hypoxia within the scaffold. Herein\, biochemical strategies are explored to improve hyaluronic acid-glycidyl methacrylate (HAGM) cryogels as effective delivery vehicles for a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine. \nFirst\, the degradation of cryogels via polymer oxidation was investigated as a potential strategy to control in vivo degradation and cargo delivery. Degradation of HAGM is hindered by the slow hydrolysis of the polymer after free-radical polymerization\, yielding dense polymer networks that endow cryogels with mechanical robustness. Ideally\, the degradation and resorption of HAGM cryogels should align with the timing of their application. Oxidation of the polymer facilitates degradation through alkaline hydrolysis. This work emphasizes the complexities involved in modeling degradation kinetics\, demonstrates that polymer degradation enhances the in vivo delivery of the model antigen ovalbumin\, and highlights the potential of cryogels as biocompatible\, degradable\, and injectable scaffolds for biomedical uses\, reducing long-term side effects and removing the need for surgical removal. \nNext\, a cryogel-based vaccine platform was explored to improve immunological memory to an anti-cancer vaccine for prostate cancer. Click conjugation of a tumor-associated protein within the cryogel improved antigen delivery\, supporting strong cellular memory responses. Meanwhile\, the inclusion of oxygen generation within the cryogel serves as a powerful co-adjuvant to boost humoral immunity. Cryogel-based vaccination elicited a robust anti-cancer response\, inhibiting tumor growth. Together\, these biochemical strategies prove to be key improvements that could help tailor cryogel-based delivery of immunological agents to improve patient responses \n\nAlexandra (Alex) Nukovic is currently a PhD candidate in her 5th year of study in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University. She has previously graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Alex has been a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society\, the Society of Biomaterials\, and the American Association for Cancer Research. She is currently a member of the Association for Women in Science.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/che-phd-dissertation-defense-alexandra-nukovic/
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SUMMARY:CV/LinkedIn/Resume CommLab Drop-In Hours
DESCRIPTION:Graduate students\, do you need to increase your on-line presence or update your CV or Resume?  Join the CommLab’s LinkedIn\, CV\, and Resume drop-in hours any Tuesday from 11 am to 12 pm ET. This collaborative space offers valuable advice and peer feedback to enhance your online profile and professional presence. Join this drop-in workshop in person in room 334 CSC or through Zoom.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/cv-linkedin-resume-commlab-drop-in-hours/2026-03-17/
LOCATION:https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEof-quqzwiGNCi3nAuNVzIyX1jgXA03KYO
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SUMMARY:Imaging Emergent Quantum States at the Atomic Scale
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ilija Zeljkovic\, Boston College \nHosts: Prof. Arun Bansil & Prof. Kin Chung Fong \nAbstract \nUnderstanding how collective electronic states emerge in quantum materials is a central challenge in condensed matter physics. Scanning tunneling microscopy provides a powerful way to probe these systems by imaging electronic structure directly at the atomic scale. In this talk\, I will discuss how atomic-scale imaging has enabled the discovery of unexpected electronic phenomena in quantum materials\, focusing in particular on kagome metals. Our measurements reveal a cascade of symmetry-broken states\, including novel charge density waves and nematic order alongside superconductivity\, illustrating how local probes can reveal broken symmetries often hidden to conventional bulk techniques. I will also outline future directions in which scanning probe microscopy is combined with quantum sensing and machine-learning-assisted analysis to accelerate the discovery and control of emergent quantum phenomena. These approaches open new opportunities for interdisciplinary research linking quantum materials\, nanoscale devices\, and data-driven experimentation.\nAbout the Speaker \nIlija Zeljkovic is a Professor of Physics at Boston College. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University in 2013\, where he built a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope to study the interplay of structural\, chemical\, and electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors. His research focuses on the synthesis and atomic-scale characterization of quantum materials using molecular beam epitaxy and advanced scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy techniques\, with the goal of uncovering and controlling novel electronic phases. Zeljkovic is the recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (2017)\, NSF CAREER Award (2017)\, ARO Young Investigator Award (2017)\, DOE Early Career Award (2019)\, the Marko Jaric Award (2023)\, and is a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator (2024). \nVenue: Elliott Hall – Room 130C\, 147 S. Bedford St\, Burlington\, MA \nRemote: MS Teams Link
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/imaging-emergent-quantum-states-at-the-atomic-scale/
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SUMMARY:MIE Seminar: Automated Driving from a Control Systems Perspective: Architectures\, Learning\, and Safety Guarantees
DESCRIPTION:Location: 011 Kariotis Hall \nWe welcome you to join us for our next MIE Seminar Series of the Spring 2026 semester\, featuring Dr. Stefano Di Cairano\, Distinguished Research Scientist\, Senior Team Leader\, Deputy Director\, and IEEE Fellow\, at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories. \nDr. Di Cairano will present a seminar titled: “Automated Driving from a Control Systems Perspective: Architectures\, Learning\, and Safety Guarantees.” This seminar explores deployment-ready\, control-inspired approaches to autonomous driving—drawing on two decades of academic and industry experience—while highlighting remaining challenges\, cross-domain lessons\, and a near-deployment application in autonomous logistics. \nAbstract: \nAfter years of strong enthusiasm for autonomous vehicles\, recent adjustments in targets and expectations have highlighted that significant challenges remain before these technologies can be deployed everywhere at scale. In this talk\, I will share some insights from nearly 20 years of work in automated driving across both academia and industry\, spanning early prototypes\, ADAS technologies\, road-tested vehicles\, and systems deployed in production and pre-production environments. \nThe talk will focus on control-inspired approaches that have proven effective for deployment in real-world environments. These include predictive constrained control\, statistical sampling–based planning\, learning with safety guarantees\, and architectural integration based on reachable and invariant sets. \nFinally\, I will discuss key challenges that still need to be addressed\, what lessons can be drawn from related domains—such as fault-tolerant control for spacecraft and planning for autonomous drones—and the underlying research questions that remain open. I will also present a recent application in autonomous logistics\, currently approaching deployment\, that leverage infrastructure support to address some of these challenges. \nBio: Stefano Di Cairano received the Master’s (Laurea) and the Ph.D. degrees in information engineering in 2004 and 2008\, respectively\, from the University of Siena\, Italy. During 2008-2011\, he was with Powertrain Control R&A\, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering\, Dearborn\, MI\, USA. Since 2011\, he is with Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories\, Cambridge\, MA\, USA\, where he is currently a Deputy Director\, and a Distinguished Research Scientist. His research focuses on optimization-based control and decision-making strategies for automotive\, factory automation\, transportation\, and aerospace. His research interests include model predictive control\, constrained control\, path planning\, hybrid systems\, optimization\, and particle filtering. He has authored/coauthored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings and is an inventor in more than 100 patents. Dr. Di Cairano is a Fellow of IEEE\, and a winner of the IEEE T-ASE best new application paper award\, 2024. He has been the chair of the IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Automotive Controls and of the IEEE CSS Standing Committee on Standards. He was the inaugural Chair of the IEEE Technology Conferences Editorial Board and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/mie-seminar-automated-driving-from-a-control-systems-perspective-architectures-learning-and-safety-guarantees/
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