Transcript of ECE Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa’s Remarks
Hello Graduating Seniors
I am Srinivas Tadigadapa, the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. It is with great pride and happiness I want to congratulate you all on completing your amazing journey at Northeastern. Kudos to each and every one of you for instantaneously adapting to the new reality of learning and coursework in the last month and doing so with great maturity and understanding. The faculty and staff have also been hard at work to make this transition as smooth as possible with you as the main focus of all our efforts. While this is not what we planned originally, I hope you will along with your family take a bow in honor of your success and accomplishment. Clearly your generation has been presented with an exceptional challenge. As lifelong experiential learners, I hope you will take this as an opportunity to show your creativity, knowledge, and resilience in the face of this unusual situation. The lockdown has spawned new challenges relating to COVID 19, supply chains, production, economy, public infrastructure, and hygiene where ECE and engineering solutions will play a critical role in defining our society for generations to come. Your fortitude, persistence, and ingenuity along with all you have learnt here at NU will distinguish you. Also please take a moment to make sure that whatever you do to be inclusive of all parts of our society and especially those who are less fortunate. In closing, I wanted to personally congratulate you all on behalf of the entire department and wish you all the very best of success as you move onwards from here. Remember we will always be here to support you.
Hooray Huskies 2020!
Back to Congratulatory Event for the COE Class of 2020 Graduates
Sensor Devices and Smart Sensor Systems realized through interdisciplinary field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); including the design, optimization, fabrication, testing, and networking of such transducers; fabrication of novel micro and nano-sensors and actuators by integrating non-traditional materials using silicon planar microfabrication techniques and exploring phenomenon at the micro-nano interfaces; development of sustainable sensing solutions for biomedical applications including investigation of robust magnetic technologies for interfacing to the brain