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Announcing Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. Projects this fall are tackling a range of topics and modes with students developing an autobiographical zine, studying the development of amphibian limbs, building better rocket parts, and more. BASE CAMP AWARDS Farhad Ibrahimzade COE’26 & […]

Teams Share Top Honors in Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Presentations

Two student teams tied for first place in the 2023 Electrical and Computer Engineering capstone presentations. One designed and built a modular video game controller to help increase accessibility; the other created a robotic poker-playing platform to aid in teaching and learning card games.

Inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars

Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars.

Self-Powered Sensorial ‘Skin’ the Future of Motion and Gesture Recognition

Groundbreaking research on flexible photodetectors with computational powers by Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and Gregory D. Abowd, dean of the College of Engineering and professor of ECE, has been published in npj Flexible Electronics. The researchers developed a new approach to achieve motion and gesture recognition using arrays of thin and flexible organic photodetectors distributed in space.

Creating a More Comfortable Fitness Tracker

ECE Associate Professor Canek Fuentes-Hernandez is creating a thin, flexible fitness tracker that doesn’t consume a lot of power.

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New Faculty Spotlight: Canek Fuentes Hernandez

Canek Fuentes Hernandez joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2021 as an Associate Professor.