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Jul 22, 2025
Patent for a Robot That Walks and Flies
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani received a patent for “Synchronized multi-modal robot.”
Jul 21, 2025
Strengthening AI For Critical Edge Applications
ECE Professor Stratis Ioannidis, ECE/Khoury Distinguished Professor Jennifer Dy, and ECE Professor Yanzhi Wang, in collaboration with Kaushik Chowdhury from the University of Texas at Austin, were awarded a $1,100,000 NSF grant for “Robust Machine Learning at the Edge.”
Jul 17, 2025
The Impact of Water Scarcity
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Pujas Das using Earth systems models found there is an alarming decrease in runoff from the world’s major rivers. CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly co-authored Das’s paper that details the negative impacts of declining runoff on humans and the world as a whole.
Jul 17, 2025
Fall 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
Jul 15, 2025
Patent for a Solar Device That Makes Fresh Water
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was awarded a patent for “Photothermal evaporator for a desalination system and method of manufacture.”
Jul 15, 2025
Modeling Crystal Growth For Advanced Materials And Medicines
ChE Associate Professor Francisco Hung, in collaboration with Erik Santiso from North Carolina State University, was awarded a $590,666 NSF grant for “Molecular Modeling of Solute Precipitate Nucleation in Confinement.”
Jul 15, 2025
Sharing Radio Waves For Better Connections
Assistant Research Professor Michael Polese, William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, and WIoT Research Scientist Paolo Testolina were awarded a $759,422 NSF grant for “Sharing Spectrum, Services, and Infrastructure in Spectrum Era 4.”
Jul 15, 2025
Working With Communities To Reduce Flood Risk
MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz, Assistant Professor James Dennedy-Frank, and CEE Affiliated Faculty Geoffrey C. Trussell were awarded a $998,696 NSF grant for “Working with communities to reduce flood risk and increase resilience.”