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Jul 17, 2023
MIE Alum Receives EuroSim Best Master’s Thesis Award
Sahil Belsare, MS’21, industrial engineering, received the Best Master’s Thesis Award at the EuroSim Conference in Amsterdam for his innovative thesis on adaptive job shop scheduling using deep reinforcement learning.
Jul 17, 2023
ASCE Thomas A. Lenox ExCEED Leadership Award for Contributions to Civil Engineering Education
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded W. Samuel Easterling, James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering at Iowa State University, and Jerome F. Hajjar, CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, the 2023 Thomas A. Lenox Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Leadership Award for extraordinary leadership in civil engineering education.
Jul 14, 2023
NSF CAREER Award To Enhance the Security of Machine Learning Hardware Accelerators
ECE Assistant Professor Xiaolin Xu was awarded a $600,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Securing Reconfigurable Hardware Accelerator for Machine Learning: Threats and Defenses.”
Jul 14, 2023
Improving Efficiency of Data-Centric Computing
ECE Professor Edmund Yeh was awarded a patent for “Network and method for servicing a computation request.”
Jul 13, 2023
Developing a New Generation of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Advanced Manufacturing
MIE Assistant Professor Mohsen Moghaddam is leading a $850,000 NSF grant for “Accelerating Skill Acquisition in Complex Psychomotor Tasks via an Intelligent Extended Reality Tutoring System.”
Jul 12, 2023
Selected as Runner-Up in SB3C Student Paper Competition
Ana I. Vargas, PhD’24, bioengineering, was chosen as the runner-up in the Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, & Biotransport Conference (SB3C) Student Paper Competition for the “Morphogenesis, Maternal/Abdominal Health” competition category.
Jul 10, 2023
Recognition of Bala Maheswaran as ASEE Zone 1 Chair for the Council of Sections and Board of Directors of the ASEE
First-Year Engineering Teaching Professor Bala Maheswaran commenced his three-year term as the Zone 1 Chair for the Council of Sections and Board of Directors of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) on June 28, 2023, and was presented with an esteemed “ASEE Board of Directors” pin at the President’s Farewell Reception.
Jul 07, 2023
Minkara Serves as Moderator for Intersection of Disability Panel
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara served as a moderator for the “Intersection of Disability Panel” at the Disrupting Ableism and Advancing STEM: A National Leadership Summit held on June 5, 2023.