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Bats’ Weird Wings Inspired This Drone

ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani was featured in the Popular Science article “Bats’ Weird Wings Inspired This Drone.”

Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Designing a Bat-Inspired Robot for Confined Space Exploration

ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani developed a bat-inspired robot called Aerobat that can navigate tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for exploration and inspection in confined environments. Ramezani published his research on “A morphology-centered view towards describing bats dynamically versatile wing conformations” in The International Journal of Robotics Research.

Ramezani’s Robotics Research Featured in National Geographic Cover Story

ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani’s research on robots inspired by bats was featured in a National Geographic cover story, “Bats Have Disease-Defying Superpowers. What If We Could Copy Them?“

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Video Friday: Loco-Manipulation

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani’s Silicon Synapse Lab was featured in IEEE Spectrum’s “Video Friday: Loco-Manipulation,” their weekly selection of awesome robotics videos.

2024 URF Scholars Recipients

Several engineering students received 2024 URF Scholars Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. URF Scholars are students who are graduating this year and who have earned a PEAK Experiences Award, applied for a distinguished fellowship, or participated in graduate school advising.

Ramezani’s Student Selected as NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow

Henry Noyes, an undergraduate mathematics and physics student who works in ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani’s Silicon Synapse Lab, was selected as a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Fellow for his project on “Autonomous Navigation and Multi-Modal Path Planning in Lunar Craters Using a Modular Snake-like Robot.”

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NSF CAREER Award To Design Robots To Navigate Crawlspaces

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was awarded a $681,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Dynamic Locomotion With Plasticity for Remote Sensing in Crawlspaces.” The research will focus on developing an autonomous robotic device that mimics bird and bat movement to effectively move through tight crawl spaces while gathering data through sensors.

Faculty and Staff Awards 2024

The College of Engineering recognized faculty and staff at the annual faculty and staff awards event and thanked everyone for their hard work and dedication in support of our students, college, and university during the 2023-2024 academic year. View award recipients and photo gallery.

New Robotics Lab To Lead Innovative Research

The newly opened space in EXP for the Institute of Experiential Robotics will allow for interdisciplinary collaboration in the advancement of robotics.

Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

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Global Strategic Partnership Forged To Advance Robotic Technology

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is collaborating on a $3 million project with Caltech as part of a cross-disciplinary collaboration focused on the design and control of multi-modal robots.

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Morphing Robot From Northeastern University Could Someday Walk, Fly and Drive Over Alien Planets

The Morphobot (M4), designed by a team of researchers led by ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, was featured in the Space.com article “Morphing Robot From Northeastern University Could Someday Walk, Fly and Drive Over Alien Planets.”

This Robot Has All the Moves—Eight, To Be Precise

The Morphobot (M4), designed by a team of researchers led by ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, was featured in the IEEE Spectrum article “This Robot Has All the Moves—Eight, To Be Precise.”

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Finding Inspiration From Nature To Create the Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4)

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani’s research on “Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) With Appendage Repurposing for Locomotion Plasticity Enhancement” was published in Nature Communications.

The Future of Space Exploration Is a Transforming, Animal-like Robot, Scientists Say

The multi-modal mobility morphobot (M4), designed by a team of researchers led by ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, was featured in articles by ABC News, Science, Independent, Interesting Engineering, ZME Science, Mirage News, BollyInside, The Verge, Pasadena Now, Tech Explorist, NewsBytes, HT Tech, Ubergizmo, Autoevolution, Gearrice, TechTimes, New Scientist, Germany’s N-TV, and on WHDH.

Groundbreaking, Animal-Inspired Robot Rolls, Crawls and Flies Into the Future of Robotics

The multi-modal mobility morphobot (M4), designed by a team of researchers led by ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, is a shape-shifting robot with eight modes of mobility inspired by animals, capable of seamlessly transitioning between crawling, flying, rotating, and using thrusters, with potential applications in space exploration, package delivery, and search and rescue operations.

Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help NASA Explore the Moon

A Northeastern University student team, who won the 2022 NASA BIG IDEA Competition for their COBRA robot, was featured in the VOA News article “US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help NASA Explore the Moon.”

Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time To Send a Snakebot to Space

A Northeastern University student team, who won the 2022 NASA BIG IDEA Competition, was featured in the Wired article “Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time To Send a Snakebot to Space.”

‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.

The engineering students that created the snake-like robot, Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA), were featured in the National Geographic article “‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.”

First Place Win at 2022 NASA BIG IDEA Competition

A Northeastern University student team won the prestigious Artemis Award, the top honor at NASA’s 2022 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge for their COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator.

Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

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Ramezani Selected for JPL Faculty Fellowship Research Program

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was selected as a participant in the Faculty Fellowship Research Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

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Designing a Bat-Inspired Robot for Operation in Confined Spaces

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, in collaboration with Khoury Assistant Professor Lawson Wong and Koushil Sreenath from the University of California-Berkeley, is leading a $1M NSF grant for “Design, Flight Control, and Autonomous Navigation of Bioinspired Morphing Micro Aerial Vehicles for Operation in Confined Spaces.”

Summer 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards from the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

SEDS Student Group Finalist in NASA BIG Idea Challenge for Innovative Robot Snake Design

A Northeastern University student team, advised by Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, electrical and computer engineering, was one of seven university teams selected as finalists in the 2022 NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge. The team’s project, titled “COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator,” received $174K in funds to further develop and test the technologies over the next 10 months. COBRA is a snake-like design for their robot which will allow it to traverse the extreme terrains on the moon’s surface.

Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several COE undergraduate students are recipients of the Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

FY22 TIER 1 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 17 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY22 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects.

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NU Team Selected for NASA’s Big Idea Challenge

Congratulations to the Northeastern team that was selected as an awardee of the Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.

Spring 2020 PEAK Experiences Awardees

Congratulations to the COE student recipients of the Spring 2020 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. BASE CAMP AWARDS Developing HPLC Methods for Characterizing […]

‘PigeonBot’ Brings Robots Closer To Birdlike Flight

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was quoted in the KCRW article “‘PigeonBot’ Brings Robots Closer To Birdlike Flight.”

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To Build a Better Drone, Look to the Bat

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is designing drones to mimic the complex movements and energy efficiency of bats.

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Ostadabbas and Ramezani Awarded an NSF NRI EAGER

ECE Assistant Professors Sarah Ostadabbas (PI) and Alireza Ramezani (co-PI) received a $100K EAGER grant from NSF National Robotics Initiative (NRI) on teaching aerial robots to perch like a bat via AI-guided design and control.

Forget props and fixed wings. New bio-inspired drones mimic birds, bats and bugs.

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was featured in the NBC News article “Forget props and fixed wings. New bio-inspired drones mimic birds, bats and bugs” and in the earth.com article “Bat-inspired drones could be used to monitor weather or pollinate crops”.

Robot Designed to Walk and Fly Could One Day Be Used to Explore Other Planets

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani’s robotics research featured in In Compliance article “Robot Designed to Walk and Fly Could One Day Be Used to Explore Other Planets”.

Developing Robots That Don’t Fall

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is working on designing robots that can not only walk but fly to someday explore distant planets.

Designing the Next Generation of Flying Robots

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani studied the flight movements of bats to build a robotic Bat Bot that has more maneuverability than drones and would be good for surveillance of traffic patterns or airport security.

New Faculty Spotlight: Alireza Ramezani

Alireza Ramezani joins the Electrical & Computer Engineering department in August 2018 as an Assistant Professor.