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May 22, 2024
Bioengineering PhD Develops and Commercializes Breakthrough MRI Technology
Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD’16, bioengineering, co-founded Imaginostics, commercializing a novel technology called QUTE-CE MRI, which is a platform technology for non-invasive imaging that transforms any MRI machine into a powerful quantitative diagnostic tool. Imaginostics was recognized as a finalist among more than 4,500 participants of Hello Tomorrow, a prestigious competition for deep tech startups.
May 21, 2024
New Study Finds That Microplastics Reduce the Efficiency of Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins co-authored a new study, published in Marine Chemistry, which shows that microplastics slow down the ocean’s natural carbon sink process. This is reducing the ocean’s ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which impedes it from helping offset the climate crisis.
May 20, 2024
Metghalchi Selected as HelioCon Featured Researcher
MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi was selected as a Featured Researcher by the Heliostat Consortium for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power, and was invited to join the HelioCon Board of Advisors.
May 20, 2024
Preparing Autonomous Vehicles for the Mainstream Market
ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Michael Everett explains why current autonomous vehicle technology isn’t ready for the mainstream market. The autonomy kits used on these vehicles aren’t precise enough to meet safety standards, he says.
May 20, 2024
Enhancing Diversity in Engineering Departments
ChE Professor and Chair Rebecca Willits’ research on “Framework for Department-Level Accountability To Diversify Engineering” was published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering.
May 20, 2024
Test and Measurement: Northeastern’s OTIC up and Running
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia was featured in the RCR Wireless article “Test and Measurement: Northeastern’s OTIC up and Running.”
May 20, 2024
Leeser Delivers Keynote at FCCM 2024
ECE Professor Miriam Leeser gave a keynote speech on “Pets vs Cattle: Heterogeneous Systems in the 21st Century” at the 32nd IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines.
May 20, 2024
Northeastern Research Shows the Benefits of Shifting to Standardized Employment
MIE Distinguished Professor Ozlem Ergun and other Northeastern researchers presented findings that suggest both workers and platforms may benefit from a move away from the independent contractor model to standardized employment. The interdisciplinary research team studied the working behavior of the package delivery platform Deliv for the study.