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Sep 24, 2026
Northeastern to Host NANOscientific Symposium Americas 2026
Northeastern University will serve as the host site for the NANOscientific Symposium Americas (NSS Americas) 2026, a hybrid event bringing together researchers, instrumentation experts, and industry partners to explore the latest developments in nanoscale discovery. The symposium runs September 29 at EXP, Northeastern University in Boston, with hands-on tool training following on September 30 at Northeastern’s Innovation Campus in Burlington, MA.
Aug 28, 2026
What do teachers think about AI?
COE Industrial Engineering Professor Abe Zeid, Executive Director Claire Duggan, and Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director Jennifer Love of the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education are working on the NSF-funded project “Modernizing Education: Using AI to Improve Students’ Learning and Build Skills for the Future” with 30 local high school STEM teachers.
Aug 06, 2026
Northeastern helps lead $15M Army-funded center for next-generation sensing and communications
Josep M. Jornet and Tommaso Melodia, co-director and director of the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) at Northeastern University and faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are co-principal investigators on a new $15 million research center funded by the Army Research Office to advance secure sensing, imaging and wireless communications.
Mar 13, 2026
Simpler, Faster, More Human: Shweta Shinde’s Path to Product Management
Shweta Shinde, MS’25, is an engineering management graduate from Northeastern whose technical background and hands-on industry experience have shaped her into a product manager focused on one core goal: making the user’s experience simpler, faster, and more human.
Feb 27, 2026
The Boom of AI is Behind the Surge in RAM Prices
Matteo Rinaldi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, helps explain the reason behind the recent surge in RAM prices. Due to the high memory usage AI data centers require, most RAM manufacturing streams feed directly to AI cooperations instead of consumers, driving up the market price.
Jan 20, 2026
Transforming Specialized Research into Medical Device Innovation
Zhengxuan Wei, PhD ’26, mechanical engineering, creates insightful medical innovations and protocols at Fresenius Medical Care through his placement from the LEADERs program.
Dec 17, 2025
New Multi-Purpose Athletics and Recreation Complex has Positive Environmental Impact
CEE Professor Matthew Eckelman talks about the new multi-purpose athletics and recreation complex at Northeastern University and how the building aims to make strides in sustainability.
Oct 22, 2025
SpaceX and NASA Partnership Makes Positive Progress in Aerospace Industry
ECE Professor Taskin Padir talks about NASA’s partnership with SpaceX and how it will positively progress NASA’s research and help advance technology in the aerospace industry.