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Jul 02, 2024
Closas Elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
The IEEE AESS Board of Governors selected ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas to serve as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine from July 2024 to June 2027.
Jun 26, 2024
BioE PhD Student Earns Prestigious IBSA Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
Helna Mary Baby, a BioE PhD student, advised by BioE Associate Professor Ambika Bajpayee, is one of only six students worldwide to earn the prestigious IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research Doctoral Fellowship to continue her work on developing novel gene delivery system to treat osteoarthritis. Her project was selected from a group of 248 project entries from 47 countries.
Jun 26, 2024
Leading the Charge in Building the Next Generation of Wireless Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia oversees the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University. With a specific focus on wireless network technologies like 5G and 6G, he is helping Northeastern lead wireless communications into the future.
Jun 26, 2024
New AI Architecture Can Detect Breast Cancer With a Near-Perfect Accuracy Rate
BioE Assistant Research Professor Saeed Amal and his research team have developed a new AI architecture that has detected breast cancer with a 99.7% accuracy rate. His research was published in the journal Cancers. He has submitted an invention disclosure with the Center for Research Innovation on the idea.
Jun 25, 2024
Exploring the Potential of Frictional Mechanical Metamaterials
MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li was awarded a $531,056 NSF grant to explore a new category of mechanical metamaterials: “Frictional Mechanical Metamaterial.”
Jun 25, 2024
Scientists Sound Alarm Over Threat Altering Ocean’s Ability To Absorb Carbon: ‘A Threat to Global Scale Processes’
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins was featured in the Yahoo article “Scientists Sound Alarm Over Threat Altering Ocean’s Ability To Absorb Carbon: ‘A Threat to Global Scale Processes’.”
Jun 25, 2024
Will the New COVID FLiRT Variant Lead to a Summer Surge? Watch for These Symptoms, Experts Say
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji was featured in the Medical Xpress article “Will the New COVID FLiRT Variant Lead to a Summer Surge? Watch for These Symptoms, Experts Say.”
Jun 24, 2024
$1M NSF Award for Enhancing Educational Research With AI and Cloud Infrastructure Training
ECE Associate Professor Ningfang Mi is leading a multi-institution, $1 million NSF grant to create tools, resources, and templates to enable educators to analyze student data and identify trends more effectively to better determine improvements to curriculum and testing.