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SUMMARY:COE Global Co-op Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join the College of Engineering Global Co-op team in learning about global co-op opportunities for Summer II/Fall 2022. \nTopics discussed will include: \n\nSearch techniques and global positions in your field\nWhat to consider when interested in a global co-op\nLogistics for moving and living abroad\nTips and resources for self-developing global positions\n\nAttendance to one of these sessions is required if you plan to do a global co-op in Summer II/Fall 2022. \nRSVP on the NUworks Events Calendar. Location- Curry Student Center 333. \nPlease reach out to Sally Conant\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, s.conant@northeastern.edu or Kristina Kutsukos\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, k.kutsukos@northeastern.edu for additional information
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/coe-global-co-op-info-session-7/
LOCATION:Curry Student Center\, 360 Huntington Ave.\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to Make Compelling Figures- a Data Visualization Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive virtual workshop\, we’ll walk you through the steps of creating and revising compelling data visualizations and graphics. \nTo get the most out of the workshop\, please bring a visualization that you would like to improve and use in your own work. The visualization can be anything from a table of numbers\, to a graph\, to an illustration or diagram. The visualization does not have to be polished and can even be an informal sketch of a visual you would like to make in the future. \nClick HERE to Register via Zoom \nThis workshop is sponsored by the CommLab and presented by Kate Kryder\, the Data Analysis and Visualization Specialist at Northeastern University Library.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/how-to-make-compelling-figures-a-data-visualization-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220127T190000
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SUMMARY:Galante Engineering Business Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Northeastern University’s Galante Engineering Business Program offers a progressive opportunity for engineering students to complement their technical engineering education with business skills by earning a graduate certificate in engineering business. Galante is founded on the values of student engagement and leadership to strengthen interpersonal and professional skills. Programmatic elements are offered to students such as workshops\, speaker series\, site visits\, seminars\, and other related personal and professional development activities as a connected cohort. \nThe Info Session Event is an opportunity for CoE students to learn about the Galante Engineering Business Program\, the opportunities it provides\, the benefits offered\, the application process\, and more. This event will be hosted on Thursday\, January 27th (01/27/22) from 5:30-7:00pm in Egan 440. Attire is business casual. Please be sure to RSVP\, and please be sure to reach out to Program Assistant Bradley Miller (b.miller@northeastern.edu) for questions and additional information\, or visit our website.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/galante-engineering-business-program-info-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220128T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220128T200000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student of Color Collective 6th Annual Multicultural Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for a cultural mix and mingle! GSCC will be hosting its 6th Annual Multicultural Mixer on Friday\, January 28\, 2022.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/graduate-student-of-color-collective-6th-annual-multicultural-mixer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T140000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Michael Everett
DESCRIPTION:ECE Seminar: Deployable Learning Machines: From cost-to-go estimation to certification \nMichael Everett \nLocation: 442 Dana and Zoom Link \nAbstract: Autonomous robots have the potential to transform our everyday lives\, yet most of these systems struggle outside of the lab or carefully designed warehouses. This talk will first describe our work toward a new generation of robots that learn to handle the highly dynamic and uncertain nature of human environments. In particular\, I will highlight the importance of obtaining accurate cost-to-go models\, which we show can be learned from self-play or aerial imagery for a variety of applications\, from navigation among pedestrians to last-mile delivery. The talk will then dive into the challenges of certifying the safety and robustness properties of machines that learn. I will describe our work that uses convex relaxations and set partitioning to simplify the analysis of highly nonlinear neural networks used across AI. These analysis tools led to the first framework for deep reinforcement learning that is certifiably robust to adversarial attacks and noisy sensor data. The tools also enable reachability analysis — the calculation of all states that a system could reach in the future — for systems that employ neural networks in the feedback loop\, which provides another notion of safety for learning machines that interact with uncertain environments. Finally\, I will discuss my long-term vision that aims to spark a new era of learning machines that can be deployed in any environment without human supervision. \nBio: Michael Everett is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received the S.B.\, S.M.\, and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering in 2015\, 2017\, and 2020\, respectively\, at MIT. His research lies at the intersection of machine learning\, robotics\, and control theory. His papers have been recognized as one of the Editors’ Top 5 Articles of 2021 in IEEE Access\, Best Paper Award on Cognitive Robotics at IROS 2019\, Best Student Paper Award and Finalist for Best Paper Award on Cognitive Robotics at IROS 2017\, and Finalist for Best Multi-Robot Systems Paper Award at ICRA 2017. He has been interviewed live on the air by BBC Radio and his team’s robots were featured by Today Show and the Boston Globe.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-seminar-michael-everett/
LOCATION:442 Dana\, 360 Huntington Ave\, 442 DA\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Platinum: Not as Noble as We Thought
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nArthur Shih\, Ph.D. \nLeiden Institute of Chemistry\, Leiden University\, The Netherlands \nAbstract \nUnderstanding of catalysis at a fundamental level has historically lagged behind its commercial counterpart with the Haber-Bosch ammonia synthesis process and catalytic converters as pertinent examples [1]. This historical paradigm\, however\, is shifting with the advancement of computing prowess and collaboration. We will discuss how experiments and density functional theory (DFT) computations led us to discover that platinum\, a noble metal that is frequently utilized as a catalyst in the cathode of fuel cells\, restructures when the voltage is held constant between fuel-cell relevant voltages of 0.6 and 1.0 V on a reversible hydrogen electrode scale (VRHE) [2]. \nAn anomalous reduction feature at ~0.53 VRHE was observed on a Pt(111) single crystal in Ar-saturated HClO4 after holding at the fuel-cell relevant voltage of 0.8 VRHE (Figure 1). Decades of research has established that Pt(111) in HClO4 oxidizes H2O to adsorbed *OH between 0.6 and 1.0 VRHE [3-5] and this current model is unable to explain the anomalous feature. Using a combination of computational\, electrochemical\, spectroscopic\, and imaging probes\, we find that holding the voltage between 0.6 and 1.0 VRHE results in a mildly-roughened Pt(111) surface [6]\, presumably due to an *OH-induced release of surface stress. The catalytic performance of this mildly roughened Pt(111) was tested for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and carbon monoxide oxidation (CO Oxidation) where it was found that the ORR rate is seemingly structure insensitive and CO Oxidation rate is surprisingly structure sensitive [7]. Overall\, this discovery demonstrates the importance of understanding how dynamic and steady operating conditions influence the electrode-electrolyte interface – critical for predicting\, designing\, and improving current commercial technologies and opening doors for the development of future technologies. \nBio \nArthur Shih’s research interests are in catalysis for the sustainable production of chemicals and energy\, with emphasis on utilizing reaction kinetics and spectroscopy to understand catalytic mechanisms. He obtained his bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan during which he developed computer-based resources with H. Scott Fogler for his textbook “Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering” and explored several research areas ranging from cancer detection to polymers to CO2 capture. He then earned his Ph.D.\, also in Chemical Engineering\, from Purdue University with Fabio H. Ribeiro where he investigated the thermal-catalytic reduction of toxic nitrogen oxides in catalytic converters. Inspired by the growth and prowess of computational chemistry coupled with a desire to capitalize on cheap renewable electricity for the environment\, he then moved to Leiden University and completed a postdoc in Chemistry with Marc Koper on the electrocatalysis of water splitting to H2 and O2 over well-defined single crystal electrodes. During that time he collaborated with several computational chemists around the world. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar in Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University with Sossina Haile working on nitride catalysts for high temperature electrochemical ammonia synthesis. \nIf unable to attend in person\, please contact a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/platinum-not-as-noble-as-we-thought/
LOCATION:024 East Village\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:COE Global Co-op Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join the College of Engineering Global Co-op team in learning about global co-op opportunities for Summer II/Fall 2022. \nTopics discussed will include: \n\nSearch techniques and global positions in your field\nWhat to consider when interested in a global co-op\nLogistics for moving and living abroad\nTips and resources for self-developing global positions\n\nAttendance to one of these sessions is required if you plan to do a global co-op in Summer II/Fall 2022. \nRSVP on the NUworks Events Calendar. This session will be virtual. \nPlease reach out to Sally Conant\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, s.conant@northeastern.edu or Kristina Kutsukos\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, k.kutsukos@northeastern.edu for additional information.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/coe-global-co-op-info-session-9/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
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SUMMARY:COE Global Co-op Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join the College of Engineering Global Co-op team in learning about global co-op opportunities for Summer II/Fall 2022. \nTopics discussed will include: \n\nSearch techniques and global positions in your field\nWhat to consider when interested in a global co-op\nLogistics for moving and living abroad\nTips and resources for self-developing global positions\n\nAttendance to one of these sessions is required if you plan to do a global co-op in Summer II/Fall 2022. \nRSVP on the NUworks Events Calendar. Location- Curry Student Center 333. \nPlease reach out to Sally Conant\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, s.conant@northeastern.edu or Kristina Kutsukos\, Global Co-op Coordinator\, k.kutsukos@northeastern.edu for additional information.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/coe-global-co-op-info-session-8/
LOCATION:Curry Student Center\, 360 Huntington Ave.\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Career Conversations with NUCEAO
DESCRIPTION:Do you have questions about life after graduation? Northeastern Civil Engineering Alumni Organization (NUCEAO) is offering a virtual lunchtime “office hours” series for students and young alumni to chat and network with professionals who are actively working in the Civil Engineering and Construction fields. \nEach session we will be focusing on a different topic\, but feel free to bring specific questions for our panelists! You can sign up for as many hours as you like. \nSwitching Concentrations After Graduation\nFebruary 3\, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET \nHear from NUCEAO board members on how they switched concentrations within civil engineering: \nDan Hack\, E’16\, Turner Construction Company\nKayla Sousa\, E’15\, PE\, Howard Stein Hudson\nEzgi Talarico\, E’14\, MBA’21\, Gilbane Building Company \nRelocating for Work\nFebruary 17\, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET \nHear from NUCEAO board members on how they relocated for work: \nSam Kinnaly\, E’20\, MS’20\, Suffolk Construction\nRyan St. Martin\, E’08\,  JB Pacific\nEzgi Talarico\, E’14\, MBA’21\, Gilbane Building Company \nAcquiring Professional Licensure\nMarch 3\, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET \nQuestions about obtaining professional licenses and exams like the PE and LEED? Ask NUCEAO! \nAnna Beheshti\, E’15\, PE\, Arup\nTeja Pulla\, MS’18\, LEED AP BDC\, CCT\, CMIT\, Drone Pilot\, AECOM\nMike Tecci\, E’03\, MS’08\, PE/SE LEED GA\, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. \nGraduate School\nMarch 10\, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET \nHear from NUCEAO board members about their experiences applying to and completing graduate school: \nAllie Goldberg\, E’15\, Weston & Sampson\nAshley Kocsis\, MS’15\, PE\, Greenman-Pedersen\, Inc.\nEzgi Talarico\, E’14\, MBA’21\, Gilbane Building Company \nClosed Captioning.  Live closed captioning services for this event can be made available upon advanced request (2 weeks). \nThese events are complimentary but registration is required. \nAll registrants will receive an email with information on accessing this virtual event. \nRegister
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/whats-next-career-conversations-with-nuceao/2022-02-03/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220203T180000
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SUMMARY:Creating a Poster-A CommLab Virtual Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the CommLab for an interactive workshop on creating a poster.  We will help you craft your story\, effectively plan for your audience and give you tips for mindful poster design.  Bring a poster at any stage of progress to get feedback from the CommLab Fellows or bring your ideas to get help on sketching out your design.  This is a great opportunity to get ready for your next conference or the COE PhD Expo on March 3. \nRegister for Zoom link.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/creating-a-poster-a-commlab-virtual-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T160000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220125T181755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T181755Z
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SUMMARY:Invisible disabilities: Mental health & navigating higher education
DESCRIPTION:Join Professors Christopher Parsons & Melissa Ferrick to learn how to navigate a career in higher education with invisible disabilities such as mental health on February 4th\, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at ISEC Room 655\, 6th floor or on Zoom at https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/2099280142 \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/invisible-disabilities-mental-health-navigating-higher-education/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220202T152348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220202T152348Z
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SUMMARY:Engineering at NERF - First Year Engineering Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday February 4th 5pm-6pm \nWhere: Churchill 103 \nWho: Justin Saccone\, Sr. Engineer @ Nerf (under Hasbro)
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/engineering-at-nerf-first-year-engineering-speaker-series/
LOCATION:103 Churchill\, 103 Churchill Hall\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220207T124500
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SUMMARY:Library Webinar: Introduction to Citation Managers
DESCRIPTION:Start your spring 2022 research off on the right foot with Northeastern University Library’s series of online workshops and webinars! \nIn this webinar\, learn how to manage your references\, organize your research and quickly create citations and bibliographies using a citation management program. \nThe session will cover: an introduction to EndNote\, Refworks\, Mendeley and Zotero; similarities and differences between different citation management programs; how to choose the right citation manager for you; and how to install and use a citation manager. \nNote: it is recommended that you choose one citation manager to use\, as they are not meant to be used together. \nRegister here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops \nAll times are in Eastern Time.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/library-webinar-introduction-to-citation-managers-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T122000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T191931Z
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Sunwoo Lee
DESCRIPTION:ECE Seminar: Autonomous Microsystems Based on Heterogeneously Integrated CMOS for Biological Big Data \nSunwoo Lee \nLocation: 442 Dana or Zoom Link \nAbstract: Minimally invasive and chronic physiological monitoring can provide an effective means of disease prevention and early detection while the cumulative big data can unveil hidden patterns in our physiology. Yet\, current physiological monitoring tools are often bulky\, invasive\, and expensive\, limiting their sensitivity and applicability. In this talk\, I will discuss autonomous microsystems based on heterogeneously integrated CMOS\, a platform on which ideal physiological sensors and actuators can be built.\nA micro-scale optoelectronically transduced electrode (MOTE)\, an exemplary microsystem I have designed and built for tetherless neural recording\, is powered and communicates optically through a vertically integrated AlGaAs micro-scale light emitting diode (µLED)\, eliminating the needs for a battery or a RF coil; the MOTE is smaller than a human hair (~60 µm × 30 µm × 330 µm) and weighs about one 1 µg (cf. a grain of sand is about 670 µg). I will review the unique challenges and considerations in developing such heterogeneous systems in terms of device fabrication\, circuit design\, integration\, and handling/manipulation.\nWhile the MOTE is designed for neural recording\, its design methodologies can also be used to monitor other physiological parameters such as temperature\, pH\, glucose-level\, etc. I will introduce future autonomous microsystems with expanded modalities and how to interface them with existing wearables. As such microsystems become more accessible\, the resulting biological big data will help enable personalized healthcare and produce a physiological ‘digital twin’ (like the architectural digital twins of select cities) that can add a new dimension to epidemiological and aging studies. \nBio: Sunwoo Lee (Member\, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University\, Ithaca\, NY in 2010\, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University\, New York\, NY in 2012 and 2016\, respectively\, working on graphene synthesis and graphene-based nano-electro-mechanical systems for signal processing and sensing applications. In 2016\, he joined the Molnar Group in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University as a post-doctoral researcher and has been working on heterogeneously integrated CMOS for physiological monitoring. Sunwoo was a recipient of Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) 2012 as well as QInF 2013\, and a recipient of Pi-Star Award for Young Researcher Presentation at CARBONHAGEN 2015.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-seminar-sunwoo-lee/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T120000
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Qiushi Guo
DESCRIPTION:ECE Seminar: Emergent Active Photonic Platforms for Next-generation Mid-infrared and Ultrafast Photonics \nQiushi Guo \nLocation: 442 Dana or Zoom Link \nAbstract: As two basic properties of light\, wavelength and timescale are central to numerous photonic applications. Compared to visible and near-infrared\, the longer wavelength mid-infrared spectral regime contains unique thermal visual information and chemical fingerprints of the environment.  On a different front\, femtosecond light sources and systems can enable ultrafast information processing\, sensing\, and computing. Yet\, current chip-scale photonic devices and systems are facing tremendous challenges in detecting\, generating\, and processing light of long wavelength and ultrashort timescale. Overcoming these challenges requires new materials and clever device architectures\, and these technologies stand poised to revolutionize fields such as biomedical sensing\, free-space communication\, and photonic computing in both classical and quantum domains. \nIn this talk\, I will show that by engineering the carrier and nonlinear dynamics in emergent active photonic materials\, we can detect photons beyond the regimes accessible to conventional laser sources and detectors\, and process information in an ultrafast manner. In the first half of my talk\, I will first briefly introduce the discovery of black phosphorus (BP) mid-infrared photonics\, highlighting the world’s first BP mid-infrared detectors with high internal gain\, as well as BP’s electrically tunable spectral response due to its unique bandgap tunability. Then\, I will discuss a new strategy for detecting longer wavelength mid-infrared radiations at 12 µm. This is achieved by harnessing the intrinsic mid-infrared plasmons in large-scale graphene. \nThe second half of my talk will cover my recent work on integrated lithium niobate (LN) ultrafast photonics in both classical and quantum domains. I will discuss the realization of ultra-strong nonlinear optical interactions and dynamics in dispersion-engineered and quasi-phase-matched integrated LN devices\, which have enabled 100 dB/cm optical parametric amplification\, ultra-wide bandwidth quantum squeezing\, as well as femtosecond and femtojoule all-optical switching. Finally\, I will outline promising pathways toward realizing chip-scale ultrafast light sources and microsystems for on-chip spectroscopic sensing\, mid-infrared free-space communication\, coherent all-optical computing\, and next-generation thermal vision technologies. \nBio: Dr. Qiushi Guo is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology with Prof. Alireza Marandi. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in Dec. 2019\, advised by Prof. Fengnian Xia. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014\, and his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2012. Qiushi is the winner of the 2021 Henry Prentiss Becton Graduate Prize for his exceptional research achievements at Yale University. His research interests include integrated nonlinear and quantum photonics\, mid-infrared photonics\, and 2-D materials optoelectronics. He has published 36 peer-reviewed research papers in leading scientific journals with citations more than 2700 times. He is serving on the editorial board of the journal Micromachines.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-seminar-qiushi-guo/
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UID:30062-1644408000-1644410700@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:Library Webinar: Introduction to Citation Managers
DESCRIPTION:Start your spring 2022 research off on the right foot with Northeastern University Library’s series of online workshops and webinars! \nIn this webinar\, learn how to manage your references\, organize your research and quickly create citations and bibliographies using a citation management program. \nThe session will cover: an introduction to EndNote\, Refworks\, Mendeley and Zotero; similarities and differences between different citation management programs; how to choose the right citation manager for you; and how to install and use a citation manager. \nNote: it is recommended that you choose one citation manager to use\, as they are not meant to be used together. \nRegister here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops \nAll times are in Eastern Time.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/library-webinar-introduction-to-citation-managers/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220201T180550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T180550Z
UID:30088-1644408000-1644411600@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:Spring 2022 Study Abroad Info Session
DESCRIPTION:This Study Abroad Info Session is designed to introduce you to the wonders of studying abroad. Listen to students talk of past experiences. Representatives from both COE Undergraduate Academic Advising and Global Experience Office will be on hand to provide the details you need for this exciting opportunity. This event will be on Wednesday\, Feb. 9th 2022 from 12:00-1:00pm in 458 RI.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/spring-2022-study-abroad-info-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220207T145452Z
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UID:30180-1644408000-1644411600@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:Capture and Conversion of CO2 – Towards CO2 Recycling
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nJuliana Carnerio\, Ph.D \nPostdoctoral Research Fellow \nSchool of Chemical Engineering & Biomolecular Engineering\, Georgia Institute of Technology \nAbstract: \nOur current global fossil-based economy produces significant environmental\, economic\, and social challenges. Such complex challenges are the defining issues of our time\, pushing society toward stepwise decarbonization of our energy and consumption economy. Ideally\, the aim is a more just and reliable economy\, with minimal social and environmental burdens and the redistribution of economic and environmental benefits. To this end\, a circular carbon economy – which integrates energy\, chemical\, and waste management sectors – offers an opportunity to rethink our linear model. With the CO2 recycling system playing a central role in this proposed model\, the scientific community responds with efforts in R&D to create a suite of CO2 mining and utilization technologies. \nIn the first part of my talk\, I will tackle the electrochemical conversion of CO2 at an elevated temperature regime\, using Reversible Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells (RSOECs). The optimization of the performance of the oxygen and fuel electrodes in these cells has been hindered by the limited understanding of the factors that govern the O2 and CO2 chemistries. As such\, I will discuss our efforts toward developing design principles for the identification of optimal electrocatalysts for these electrode reactions. We used a combination of theoretical calculations\, controlled synthesis\, advanced characterization\, and testing to show that the binding energy of atomic oxygen can be used as an activity descriptor for these processes. It was found that a compromise in the oxophilicity of the electrocatalyst was required to achieve optimal activity and stability. Our theory-guided design principles successfully identified: (i) Cobalt-doped La2NiO4 as a highly active material for O2 electrocatalysis\, and (ii) Fe\, the most oxophilic metal tested\, as a highly active metal for CO2 electrochemical reduction. However\, Fe exhibited unstable electrochemical behaviors induced by the oxidation of the metal under electrochemical CO2 reduction conditions in SOECs. This phenomenon ratifies the importance of the strength of oxygen binding on the electrocatalyst surface as a descriptor of activity and stability for CO2 electrolysis in SOECs. \nIn the second part of my talk\, I will highlight our work on adsorptive materials for the direct air capture (DAC) of atmospheric CO2. We explore the role of atmospheric humidity as an essential stability parameter for DAC processes employing solid amine adsorbents. We demonstrate this by using prototypical class 1 aminopolymer-type solid sorbents that allow for flexibility in the support use. Sorbent deactivation was investigated by means of several complementary factors\, including (i) the relative loss in amine efficiency determined via time-course CO2 sorption\, (ii) elemental analysis\, and (iii) in situ IR spectroscopy to obtain an understanding of the role of water on the sorbent degradation process. Our findings provide important insights into the relevant parameters that impact the effective design of DAC sorbents and processes for different climatic environments\, allowing tailoring of sorbent formulations to overcome the challenges associated with highly varied conditions in which a DAC process must operate. \nBio: \nDr. Juliana Carneiro is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Chemical Engineering & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology with Professor Christopher W Jones. She received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Wayne State University in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Eranda Nikolla. Her research interests lie in developing active\, selective\, and stable electrocatalysis for electrochemical conversion and separation processes\, including the electrochemical recycling/upcycling of post-consumer plastics\, the capture and storage of CO2 from oceans\, and the capture and conversion of atmospheric CO2. She is the recipient of several awards\, including\, but not limited to the 2017-2018 Ralph H. Kummler Award for Distinguished Achievement in Graduate Student Research\, 2018 Women’s Initiatives Committee’s (WIC) AIChE Travel Award\, and the prestigious Student Presentation Awards at the (i) Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis\, (ii) the Michigan Catalysis Society.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/capture-and-conversion-of-co2-towards-co2-recycling/
LOCATION:024 East Village\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Derya Aksaray
DESCRIPTION:ECE Seminar: Reinforcement Learning for Dynamical Systems with Temporal Logic Specifications \nDerya Aksaray \nLocation: 442 Dana or Zoom Link \nAbstract: In many applications\, dynamical systems such as drones\, mobile robots\, or autonomous cars need to achieve complex specifications on their trajectories which may include spatial (e.g.\, regions of interest)\, temporal (e.g.\, time bounds)\, and logical (e.g.\, priority\, preconditions\, concurrency among tasks) requirements. As these specifications become more complex\, encoding them via algebraic equations become intractable. Alternatively\, such specifications can be compactly expressed and used in control synthesis by utilizing the framework of temporal logics. In this talk\, I will address the problem of learning optimal control policies for satisfying temporal logic (TL) specifications in the face of uncertainty. Standard reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms\, which aim to maximize the expected sum of discounted rewards\, are not directly applicable when the objective is to satisfy a TL specification. To overcome this limitation\, I will formulate an approximate problem that can be solved via reinforcement learning and present the suboptimality bound of the proposed solution. Then\, I will consider the case where a TL specification is given as the constraint rather than the objective and present a novel approach for satisfying the TL constraint with a desired probability throughout the learning process. I will motivate this part by multi-use of autonomous systems\, e.g.\, a drone executing a pick-up and delivery mission as its primary task (constraint) while learning to fly over regions of interest (aerial monitoring) as its secondary task (objective). Finally\, I will conclude my talk by discussing some future directions toward the resilience and safety of autonomous systems with complex specifications. \nBio: Derya Aksaray is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Before joining UMN\, she held post-doctoral researcher positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2016-2017 and at Boston University from 2014-2016. She received her Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of control theory\, formal methods\, and machine learning with applications to autonomous systems and aerial robotics.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-seminar-derya-aksaray/
LOCATION:442 Dana\, 360 Huntington Ave\, 442 DA\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
GEO:42.3387508;-71.0923044
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T160000
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Mengting Yan
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Circuit Design Methods for Temperature-based Hardware Trojan Detection and Parametric Frequency Division in Next-Generation Systems-on-a-Chip \nMengting Yan \nLocation: Zoom Link \nAbstract: With the increasing costs and globalization in the semiconductor industry over the past years\, the ongoing trends to disperse integrated circuit (IC) design\, fabrication and testing tasks among different design centers and manufacturers are becoming more common and inevitable. As a soaring number of ICs are fabricated around the world\, the increasing risks associated with hardware Trojan (HT) insertions have been identified as a growing concern in military systems\, medical applications\, wireless cryptography\, etc. This research introduces an integrated system-level on-chip countermeasure to malicious HT insertions\, which is founded on power sensing and integrated circuit design. The approach addresses the corresponding design considerations of analog temperature sensors\, on-chip quantization of signals and machine learning-based data analysis.\nAn on-chip temperature-based HT detection system is proposed in the first part of this dissertation research. The approach to detect inserted HTs relies on thermal profiling of the circuit-under-test (CUT) and side-channel analysis of the obtained thermal data. Hence\, a system that includes the CUT\, modeled HT\, temperature sensing circuitry and an on-chip ADC will be implemented and evaluated through simulations and measurements. On-chip electro-thermal coupling is modeled as part of the simulation technique\, which associates local thermal activities with circuit-level power consumption using a standard electrical simulator. To monitor the thermal profiles on chips with high sensitivity to local temperature changes and the resilience to flicker noise\, a fully-differential temperature sensor equipped with a chopping mechanism has been designed in 130-nm CMOS technology\, which has a sensitivity of 840 V/°C over a linear dynamic range of ±1°C. The simulated temperature sensor output in the presence of noise and process variations is quantized by an ideal ADC model and processed using principal component analysis (PCA)\, which allows to determine the minimum detectable Trojan power and the design requirements for the on-chip ADC. With a modeled 8-bit ideal ADC\, the proposed HT detection system shows a detection rate of 100% with a Trojan power down to 2.4 µW within the thermal profile of a CUT consuming 508 µW. A prototype 8-bit 1 MS/s SAR ADC was designed in 130-nm CMOS technology\, fabricated\, and tested. The measured effective number of bits (ENOB) is 7.27 bits up to the Nyquist frequency with a power consumption of 103.2 µW from a 1.2 V supply.\nAnother part of this dissertation research addresses the need for low-power 2:1 frequency division at sub-6 GHz frequencies for radio frequency (RF) systems-on-a-chip (SoCs). In particular\, a differential 2:1 parametric frequency divider (PFD) with an output frequency of 2.4 GHz and an input voltage range of 450-890 mV at 4.8 GHz is being designed in 65-nm CMOS technology\, which mainly consists of passive on-chip components and consumes zero static power. The proposed PFD is the first on-chip CMOS implementation for sub-6 GHz applications\, which balances the trade-offs among frequency range\, power consumption\, and chip area constraints. As an important part of this dissertation\, the performance of the proposed PFD will be validated with measurements of a prototype chip fabricated in standard 65-nm CMOS technology.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-mengting-yan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T123000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220210T165423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T165423Z
UID:30234-1644492600-1644496200@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Giuseppe Michetti
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: IoT Front-Ends enhanced by Time-Variant RF-MEMS based Circuits \nGiuseppe Michetti \nLocation: Zoom \nAbstract: Implementation of cheap\, scalable radio frequency (RF) front ends in the context of the Internet of Things and 5G devices calls for reconfigurable and spectrally efficient components and circuits operating at RF. In the 4G era\, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based on piezoelectric resonators have dominated the filter market for mobile radios\, due to their selectively narrow bandwidth (BW)\, small footprint\, and for their capability to be mass-produced with standard CMOS techniques.\nFor succeeding in the 5G era\, micro-acoustic technologies need to take on the challenge of large data-rates and potentially novel RF front-end architectures. To this end\, I introduce spatio-temporal modulation as a powerful tool to enrich the state-of-the-art of RF front-ends\, and I demonstrate how this can be effectively used to fundamentally increase the performance of high-quality factor microsystems operating at RF.\nFor the case of full-duplex systems\, a nonreciprocal filter structure is proposed\, together with its modeling\, optimization strategies\, and experimental demos at 1GHz and 2.5GHz. Starting from this novel modulation scheme\, MEMS devices are used in place of other resonant technologies\, to enable a filter that features strong nonreciprocal propagation at low power consumption (10s of uW) and high linearity (>30dBm).\nFor the case of half-duplex systems\, a novel modulated filter architecture is introduced and modeled showing its capability of real-time BW control\, as well as to fundamentally extend the BW limited of MEMS filters\, typically associated with their limited piezoelectric coupling coefficient (k¬t2)\, without the need of lossy tunable components. Unprecedented BW tuning ratio (3:1) is experimentally demonstrated at VHF (300MHz) using commercial off-the-shelf resonators\, within a compact footprint\, large absolute BW\, and at a reduced fabrication complexity.\nTo cast this device into next-generation mobile radios\, custom-built MEMS devices are developed and characterized for these filter architectures. MEMS device designs for these architectures are proposed\, leveraging the novel Sc- doped AlN thin-films technology recently added to the Northeastern portfolio of microfabrication capabilities. \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-giuseppe-michetti/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220119T144441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220131T144041Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Pandemic: Transformative Engineering
DESCRIPTION:In the College of Engineering\, we prepare the next generation of engineers to solve real-world global challenges. Join Dean Gregory D. Abowd for a panel discussion on the ways in which the pandemic has influenced our engineering curriculum and driven our students and faculty to innovate new solutions to issues related to health\, sustainability\, security and more. \nFaculty presenters include: \n\nDr. Jerome F. Hajjar\, CDM Smith Professor and Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering\, Affiliated Faculty of Marine & Environmental Sciences\nDr. Lee Makowski\, Professor and Chair of Bioengineering\, Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology\, Affiliated Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering\nDr. Marilyn Minus\, Professor and Chair of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering\nDr. Srinivas Tadigadapa\, Professor and Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering\nDr. Rebecca Willits\, Professor and Chairperson of Chemical Engineering\, Affiliated Faculty of Bioengineering
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/beyond-the-pandemic-transformative-engineering-2/
ORGANIZER;CN="Alumni Relations":MAILTO:alumni@northeastern.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T190000
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SUMMARY:Summer1\, 2022 Panama DOC: International Applications of Fluid Mechanics - Info Session
DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in learning fluid mechanics through relevant examples in an international setting in a Dialogue Of Civilization (DOC) program this summer in Panama\, please join the Zoom Info Session on Thursday\, February 10th at 6:00 pm. By participating in this program\, you will gain an international perspective on the real-life applications of fluid mechanics\, while learning about the culture and history of this burgeoning and diverse Latin America country. This program will take place in Summer 1\, 2022 and will include travel to 3 relevant engineering projects (including the Panama Canal) in different locations in Panama. Two courses are offered under this program: \n\nME 3480 – International Applications of Fluid Mechanics (4SH; equivalent to ME 3475\, ME degree core course requirement)\nStudies fundamental principles in fluid mechanics in an international setting. Students have an opportunity to travel to a foreign locale to develop theoretical understanding while experiencing the issues that affect applications of fluids engineering in a culture and environment different from their own. Topics include hydrostatics (pressure distribution\, forces on submerged surfaces\, and buoyancy); Newton’s law of viscosity; dimensional analysis; integral forms of basic laws (conservation of mass\, momentum\, and energy); pipe flow analysis; differential formulation of basic laws including Navier-Stokes equations; and the concept of boundary layer and drag coefficient.\n\n\nME 4699 – Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Fluid Mechanics Engineering Analysis within the Socio-Cultural\, Political and Economic History of Panama (4SH)\nThis course is designed for college undergraduate students who are interested in addressing and analyzing fluid mechanics related engineering problems and solutions in the context of the traditions\, cultures\, and socioeconomic and political history of Panama\, seeking to obtain a solid grasp on the historical developments of the country and their effects on contemporary fluid mechanics engineering projects and issues.\n\nThe courses and program will be taught and run by Prof. Carlos Hidrovo Chavez. \nPlease visit the program website for more information.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/summer1-2022-panama-doc-international-applications-of-fluid-mechanics-info-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T160000
DTSTAMP:20260508T220238
CREATED:20220207T145123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T145123Z
UID:30154-1644591600-1644595200@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:Making digital content accessible: From websites to PDF's
DESCRIPTION:Join Sina Bahram\, a world renowned computer scientist on digital accessibility to discuss how to make digital content accessible. An event by the ALLIED project. \nZoom link: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/95320296228 \n 
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/making-digital-content-accessible-from-websites-to-pdfs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220214T110000
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Mengshu Sun
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Deep Learning Acceleration on Edge Devices with Algorithm/System Co-Design \nMengshu Sun \nLocation: Zoom Link \nAbstract: As deep learning has succeeded in a broad range of applications in recent years\, there is an increasing trend towards deploying deep neural networks (DNNs) on edge devices such as FPGAs and mobiles. However\, there exists a significant gap between the extraordinary accuracy of state-of-the-art DNNs and the efficient implementations on edge devices\, due to their limited resources to DNNs with high computation and memory intensity. With the target of simultaneously accelerating the inference and maintaining the accuracy of DNNs\, I investigate efficient implementation of deep learning on low-power and resource-constrained devices in this dissertation\, leveraging algorithm/system co-design techniques that incorporate hardware-friendly DNN compression algorithms with system design optimizations. \nIn the first part of this dissertation\, I explore the DNN compression algorithms leveraging weight pruning and quantization techniques. As for weight pruning\, novel structured and fined-grained sparsity schemes are proposed and obtained with the reweighted regularization pruning algorithm\, and then incorporated into acceleration frameworks on both FPGAs and mobiles to make the acceleration rate of sparse models approach the pruning rate of GFLOPs for the unpruned models. As for quantization\, intra-layer mixed precision/scheme weight quantization is proposed to boost utilization of heterogeneous FPGA resources and therefore improving the FPGA throughput\, by assigning multiple precisions and/or multiple schemes at the filter level within each layer and maintaining the same ratio of filters with different quantization assignments across all the layers. \nIn the second part of this dissertation\, I study the system implementations\, proposing an automatic DNN acceleration framework to generate DNN accelerators to satisfy a target frame rate (FPS). Unlike previous approaches that start from model quantization and then optimizing the FPS for hardware implementations\, this automatic framework will provide an estimation of the FPS with the FPGA resource utilization analysis and performance analysis modules\, and the bit-width is reduced until the target FPS is met and the ratio is automatically determined to guide the quantization process and the accelerator implementation on hardware. A resource utilization model is developed to overcome the difficulty in estimating the LUT consumption\, and a novel computing engine for DNNs is designed with various optimization techniques in support of DNN compression to improve the computation parallelism and resource utilization efficiency.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-mengshu-sun/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220214T120000
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CREATED:20220131T210634Z
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UID:30064-1644840000-1644842700@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:Library Webinar: Getting Started with Mendeley
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning how to better organize your PDFs and research sources? Using Mendeley can help you become more organized and efficient throughout the research process: from when you first begin to explore your topic to when you are adding citations to your paper. \nIn this online session\, you will learn how to download Mendeley and set up an account\, organize your research sources and PDFs\, annotate PDFs\, and create in-text citations and bibliographies. (Category: Citation help) \nNOTE: EndNote\, RefWorks\, Zotero\, and Mendeley are similar\, so you only need to choose one. \nThis webinar will be recorded. To receive a copy of the recording\, please register using your Northeastern email address. All the times of the webinars are in EST. \nRegister here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/library-webinar-getting-started-with-mendeley/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T100000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T160441Z
UID:30296-1644915600-1644919200@coe.northeastern.edu
SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Abhimanyu Venkatraman Sheshashayee
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Wake-up Radio-enabled Wireless Networking: Measurements and Evaluation of Data Collection Techniques in Static and Mobile Scenarios \nAbhimanyu Venkatraman Sheshashayee \nLocation: 432 ISEC \nAbstract: Multi-hop Wireless Networks such as Wireless Sensor Networks and similar networks that enable most applications of the Internet of Things\, are comprised of wirelessly communicating nodes that are powered by batteries. In many relevant scenarios\, it is inconvenient or impossible to replenish or replace the batteries of these nodes\, which limits the operational lifespan of the network. One of the most significant sources of power consumption comes from idle listening on the node’s main radio. This can be ameliorated by Wake-up Radio (WuR) technology: Nodes keep their main radio off while listening for a signal via an ultra-low-power auxiliary radio used only for wake-up purposes. When the appropriate signal is received\, the node turns its main radio on\, conducts the necessary exchange of packets\, and then turns off its main radio. This strategy allows for a considerable reduction in power consumption.\nThis dissertation studies data collection approaches that leverage WuR technology to maximize the lifespan of multi-hop networks for data gathering via routing and via a Mobile Data Collector (MDC). We analyze contemporary WuR technology\, isolating the main criticalities of the state-of-the-art\, including range and data rates. We use a prototype with highly desirable characteristics to conduct experiments to measure its effective communication range\, in both static and mobile scenarios. We then examine the application of WuR technology to data collection scenarios based on multi-hop routing. We devise new techniques and evaluate the effects of different WuR characteristics on the performance of routing\, considering for the first time what the network performance could be if we could overcome the limitation of current WuRs.\nThe remainder of the dissertation will focus on mobile data collection protocols and approaches. We are conducting a comprehensive survey of mobile data collection protocols. We plan to execute exhaustive simulation-based experiments with selected protocols applied to various scenarios. We will evaluate the performance of those protocols and determine how their features influence their performance. We will use the information gleaned from our investigations to develop a novel mobile data collection protocol that effectively utilizes WuR technology to maximize network lifespan. The effectiveness of our protocol will be evaluated using both simulations and physical experiments\, sporting an ad hoc testbed of WuR-enabled nodes and a quad-rotor drone for the MDC.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-abhimanyu-venkatraman-sheshashayee/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T120000
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CREATED:20220131T210701Z
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SUMMARY:Library Webinar: Getting Started with EndNote
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use Endnote to increase your efficiency. Endnote will help with organizing your references and generating reference lists and in-text citations in your chosen style. This online session will cover: \n\nhow to export references from a database to Endnote\nhow to organize your research information using groups\nhow to create an online account\nwhere to download Endnote software\nhow to use Endnote with Microsoft Word (Cite While You Write)\n\nNOTE: EndNote\, RefWorks\, Zotero\, and Mendeley are similar\, so you only need to choose one. \nThis webinar will be recorded. To receive a copy of the recording\, please register using your Northeastern email address. All the times of the webinars are in EST. \nRegister here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/library-webinar-getting-started-with-endnote/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T150000
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SUMMARY:ECE PhD Proposal Review: Stella Banou
DESCRIPTION:PhD Proposal Review: Coupling Methods for Wireless Intra-body Communication and Sensing \nStella Banou \nLocation: 432 ISEC \nAbstract: Advances in miniaturized bio-compatible Internet of Things (IoT) device design and wireless connectivity have resulted in rapid strides towards realizing the vision of connected health and ubiquitous monitoring of physiological conditions. Core enablers of this capability are wearable and implanted IoT devices\, albeit with limitations arising from their low energy storage and computational power. This thesis goes beyond the RF-only communication standards by exploring alternate communication modalities that are more amenable for inter- and intra-body communication. In summary\, this thesis explores the conductive and radiating nature of the human body as a channel for three non-RF coupling communication methods – Galvanic\, Magnetic and Capacitive coupling.\nIn part I\, an implementation of Galvanic Coupling-based beamforming is presented for implant to wearable communication. The key idea here is to exploit the conductivity of human tissue and transmit weak electrical signals by coupling them via electrodes to muscle tissue in a way that concentrates energy at the receiver location. In part II\, we focus on realizing a relay network of IoT devices for both implant-implant and implant to on-skin sensor communication using Magnetic Resonance Coupling. The advantage of this method over Galvanic Coupling is that the former reduces attenuation when signals pass through human tissue. In part III\, we enhance the scope of the connected health paradigm to now include sensing for proximity and for automated encouraging of healthy habits that mitigate the spread of communicable diseases using Capacitive Coupling.\nAs part of proposed work\, we will design a novel human antenna field to sense and communicate with other IoT devices in the near field – within 2.5 meters\, also using Capacitive Coupling. This will complete the full cycle of data flow\, from implanted to wearable devices and finally connect the body network to the computational cloud for the next generation of IoT-enabled healthcare.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/ece-phd-proposal-review-stella-banou/
LOCATION:432 ISEC\, 360 Huntington Ave\, Boston\, MA\, 02115\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T100000
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SUMMARY:Accelerating the Transition to Carbon Neutrality
DESCRIPTION:ChE Seminar Series Presents: \nMadga Barecka\, Ph.D. \nPost-Doc at University of Cambridge\, Research Centre in Singapore \nAbstract \nTransition to Net Zero 2050 requires immediate and drastic changes in the current manufacturing methods. This transformation is difficult to realize without disrupting the existing industries and putting at risk the delivery of the products that our society relies on. To address this challenge\, I proposed an alternative approach: use of novel\, carbon-neutral technologies such as CO2 electrolysis as a retrofit\, which operates in parallel to an existing chemical plant\, can be installed with a minimum disruption to the ongoing manufacturing activities and leads to a meaningful reduction of the carbon footprint. This technology\, Carbon Capture On-site Recycling\, will be illustrated with examples of several chemical manufacturing processes\, where\, if fully deployed\, it could allow to save annually up to 10 Gt of CO2 emissions by 2050. \nThis work is a part of my broader vision on disrupting the global carbon cycle through both discovery and scaling of circular production methods for chemical\, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors. How to encourage the industry to change and adopt innovative technologies? How to functionally reproduce photosynthesis to deliver carbon neutral chemicals? How to improve the access to medicines for those most exposed to distribution injustice? In my talk\, I will discuss my current and future research that will significantly contribute to answering these questions. \nBio \nDr. Magda H. Barecka is a Post-Doc at University of Cambridge\, Research Centre in Singapore. She is interested in accelerating the adoption of CO2 conversion\, powered by renewable energy\, and the development of economically viable and scalable carbon neutral production methods. Dr. Barecka holds a PhD degree from TU Dortmund University (Germany) and was the first PhD candidate to be awarded the title as a Double Diploma certificated together with Lodz University Technology (Poland). She is a chemical engineer with expertise in process intensification\, retrofitting and design\, developed in academia and private sector. As a part of her PhD thesis\, she developed a methodology supporting implementation of intensified technologies in the chemical manufacturing\, which was transferred to Industry (Processium company\, France/Brazil). After the completion of her PhD\, she joined pharmaceutical/fine chemicals sector in Switzerland and worked on the design of manufacturing lines\, as well as established collaborations with Academia towards the development of algorithms accelerating process development. After this\, she came back to the research sector to deploy her process design experience in the field of carbon capture and utilization. Dr. Barecka is currently working in the intersection of CO2 electrolysis process design\, reaction optimization\, integration with renewable energy sources\, and techno-economic analysis for CO2-based manufacturing methods that can disrupt the carbon cycle. \nPlease contact a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the remote seminar link.
URL:https://coe.northeastern.edu/event/accelerating-the-transition-to-carbon-neutrality/
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