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Jan 02, 2026
Computer Architecture Students Design Industry Ready Pipelined Processors
In the Computer Architecture course taught by ECE Teaching Professor Julius Marpaung, students applied foundational design principles to develop fully functional MIPS and ARM-based pipelined processors using industry-standard FPGA tools.
Jan 02, 2026
Inaugural Engineering Class Explores the Intersection of Law and Innovation
Led by Teaching Professor Julius Marpaung, students in the inaugural class of Legal Aspects of Electrical and Computer Engineering course demonstrated their interdisciplinary expertise through final presentations that analyzed high-profile patent disputes and the challenges of applying legacy intellectual property laws to modern technological innovations.
Dec 23, 2025
Patent for a Carbonized Manure System for Solar Driven Desalination
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was awarded a patent for “Farm waste-derived recyclable photothermal evaporator.”
Dec 23, 2025
Patent for a Solar Driven Evaporation Device for Water Desalination
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was awarded a patent for “Solar-driven evaporation device for desalination system.”
Dec 22, 2025
The Environmental Reality of Dissolvable Electronics
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya discovered that some biodegradable electronics fail to fully dissolve and instead break down into harmful microplastics that can persist in and damage the environment for years.
Dec 22, 2025
Navigating the Risks of Self Driving Tech
ECE Professor Taskin Padir and other experts suggest that while autonomous vehicles offer significant safety advantages over human drivers, they are not yet perfect and require transparent, responsible oversight to navigate complex real-world scenarios.
Dec 19, 2025
Husky Heat Harvesters Win $10K for Visionary Campus Energy Plan
Led by Emma Ortiz, E’26, mechanical engineering, a team of Northeastern University students won first place in a U.S. Department of Energy competition for their design of a theoretical geothermal energy system beneath the campus’s Centennial Common.
Dec 19, 2025
ECE PhD Student Receives Best Paper Award at IEEE RoboticCC 2025
Sarvesh Prajapati. MS’24, robotics and PhD’30, computer engineering, received the Best Paper Award for his work on “Spectral Signature Mapping from RGB Imagery for Terrain-Aware Navigation” at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing and Communications (RoboticCC 2025).