News
May 02, 2024
AstraZeneca Admits Vaccine Can Cause Rare Blood-Clotting Condition
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji gives insight into the risk of getting thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or TTS, if you received the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19.
May 01, 2024
First-Year Engineering Students Work with Client on Real-World Project
A group of first-year engineering students in Boston designed and built a set of portable rehabilitation stairs to address a real-world challenge of a hospital in Maine, as part of a collaboration with Northeastern’s Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, for their Cornerstone course project.
Apr 29, 2024
New Institute for NanoSystems Innovation in Boston and Oakland
The Institute for NanoSystems Innovation, a first-of-its-kind research institute located on both U.S. coasts, is developing nano-scale technologies to drive innovation and miniaturization of chip-level technology advancements and applications. ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi is the institute’s director and ECE Professor David Horsley is deputy director.
Apr 25, 2024
Celebrating Affinity Student Groups at the 18th Annual Joint Recognition Banquet
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate partners were recognized for their commitments to several COE affinity student groups at the 18th Annual Joint Recognition Banquet. The groups represented included SHPE, SWE, BESS, SASE, and DICE.
Apr 24, 2024
Zheng Selected as 2024 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was selected as a NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow. He will collaborate on a NASA project about the highly efficient Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS) during the summer of 2024.
Apr 22, 2024
Enabling Engineering Students Design Inexpensive Wheelchair Sensor System
Students in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering class designed a wheelchair rear-sensor system for a resident at The Boston Home, a care center for individuals with progressive neurological conditions. The system met the resident’s needs at a fraction of the cost of a typical wheelchair sensor system.
Apr 19, 2024
Patented Molecule that Eliminates Cancer Cells Commercialized
A patented anti-cancer molecule, invented by Ning Wang, BioE professor and director of the Institute of Mechanobiology, and three collaborators, is being replicated and commercialized as a research product by several companies, marking a significant advancement that validates the invention.
Apr 18, 2024
How Spotify Can Maximize Server Bandwidth for the Release of Taylor Swift’s New Album
ECE Professor Edmund Yeh explains how Spotify can prepare itself for the anticipated extremely high traffic on Friday when Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets’ Department,” releases.