News
Oct 27, 2021
BioE Alumna Published and Honored for Community Service and Leadership
Bioengineering alumna Kritika Singh, E’20, who was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge (NIH OxCam) Scholar , has had her research, which she began before she graduated, on “Bright and stable luminescent probes for target engagement profiling in live cells” featured on the cover of Nature Chemical Biology. Singh was […]
Oct 25, 2021
ASEE-NE2021 Conference
The American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Chair Teaching Professor Bala Maheswaran led and helped organize the 2021 ASEE-NE in-person conference at WPI from October 21st to 23rd, which was very successful in the pandemic era.
Oct 22, 2021
Developing Ultra-Low Power Timing Circuit
ECE Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava received a $315K sub-contract on an $800K Phase-I and Phase-II Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) grant with escAerospace to develop ultra-low power timing circuit to enable navigation in total GPS denial.
Oct 22, 2021
Northeastern Team Advances to Finals of ANA Avatar XPRIZE
Team Northeastern is one of 15 teams selected as finalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. Finalist teams will equally share a milestone prize purse of $2M and move on to Finals Testing in Fall 2022 for their chance to win part of the $8M Finals prize purse.
Oct 22, 2021
Making Space Accessible to All
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara participated in a zero-gravity flight with a crew of 12 ambassadors with mobility, vision, and hearing disabilities to test how spacesuits and vessels can be made more accessible.
Oct 21, 2021
Gupta gives Keynote Speech and Serves on a Panel of Experts at IWAR2021
MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a keynote speech and served on a panel of experts at the 5th International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing (IWAR2021) organized by Beihang University.
Oct 21, 2021
Using Natural Materials to Produce Drinkable Water
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng is using natural materials like cow manure and hornet nests to create filters that can be used in desalination systems.
Oct 21, 2021
Using Magnetic Force During 3D Printing at the Microscale
MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb is using a magnetic field during the 3D printing process to create strong complex ceramic designs that can be used in everything from circuit boards to hypersonic airplanes.