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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber

Dec 17, 2022

First-Ever Global Survey of Earth’s Surface Water

NASA has launched a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite that will support global water applications led by CEE Professor Edward Beighley. Launched on December 16, 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will, for the first time, simultaneously measure elevations and extents of the Earth’s surface waters at high resolution.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dec 16, 2022

AFOSR Young Investigator Award To Advance Future Data Driven Wireless Systems

Francesco Restuccia, ECE assistant professor and member of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Roux Institute, has been awarded an AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award to establish the theoretical foundations of next-generation dynamic data driven wireless systems.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mohsen Moghaddam

Dec 16, 2022

Using AI To Bridge the Gap Between Market Research and Product Development

MIE Assistant Professor Mohsen Moghaddam is using AI algorithms and machine learning to better inform new product and service development by more deeply understanding customer needs and enhancing human innovation. He received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work. 

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

surendra gupta

Dec 16, 2022

Gupta Gives a Keynote Speech at the Third International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022)

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a keynote speech titled “Academic Research in Reverse Supply Chains, Disassembly and Remanufacturing: A Comprehensive Overview” at the 3rd International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022).

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 15, 2022

Regenerating Major Nerve Injuries With a Different Type of Stem Cell

ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes is developing methods of converting olfactory stem cells into Schwann Cells that can be used to repair nerve damage. He received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work.

Chemical Engineering

Yiannis Levendis

Dec 14, 2022

Levendis Selected as AIAA Associate Fellow

Yiannis Levendis, Distinguished Professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, was selected as a member of the Class of 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellows for his technical contributions to fuel combustion physics, chemistry, and diagnostics, and for educating engineering students in the fields of gas turbine combustion and air pollution.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 14, 2022

Ghana Biomedical Innovation Summit

The Department of Bioengineering in partnership with the non-profit 4GBI sponsored the Ghana Bioinnovation Workshop and the Ghana Bioinnovation Symposium. The two events attracted a total of over 300 attendees. Fact-finding visits of the Northeastern/4GBI team to rural health clinics, hospitals, and Academic City University College supplemented these events.

Bioengineering

Dec 14, 2022

Ed Galante Meets With Students of the Galante Engineering Business Program

Galante Engineering Business Program Fellows had the opportunity to meet and connect in-person with their namesake benefactor Ed Galante for their final event of the Fall 2022 semester. Galante is the former sr. vice president of ExxonMobil and graduated with a degree in civil engineering from Northeastern.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering