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Oct 10, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Caterina Bartomeu Garcia, PhD’22, Chemical Engineering
Caterina Bartomeu Garcia, PhD’22, chemical engineering, focused her research on the development of novel drug delivery systems for the treatment of brain infections such as bacterial meningitis. She had a publication in the International Journal of Nanomedicine, and five peer-review publications. She is now a scientist at Repertoire Immune Medicines.
Oct 10, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Sarah Sanchez, PhD’23, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sarah Sanchez earned her BS in civil engineering, MS in engineering and public policy, and PhD in civil and environmental engineering. She was awarded the Strategic Advancement of Rising Scholars (STARS) Fellowship funded by the National Science Foundation for her PhD studies.
Oct 10, 2023
Northeastern Professor’s Robotic Boats Are Exploring the Arctic
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh and his work on robotics designed to gather data on glaciers, were featured on WGBH Morning Edition, titled “A Northeastern Professor’s Robotic Boats Are Exploring the […]
Oct 09, 2023
Ostadabbas Receives Sony Faculty Innovation Award
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas received the Sony Faculty Innovation Award for her project titled “Live Stream Temporally Embedded 3D Human Body Pose and Shape Estimation.” She is the first at Northeastern to receive this prestigious award.
Oct 06, 2023
It’s Possible To Extract Audio From a Still, Soundless Image
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu has developed a machine learning tool called Side Eye that can extract audio from pictures and even muted videos.
Oct 05, 2023
Global Warming: Act To Stop World Becoming Uninhabitable – Okyenhene Entreats World Leaders
Bioengineering Professor and Chair Lee Makowski was recently featured in the Ghanaian magazine Graphic Online, in an article titled “Global Warming: Act To Stop World Becoming Uninhabitable – Okyenhene Entreats World […]
Oct 04, 2023
AI Impact: Claims It Could Lead to Shorter Work Week, Extended Lifespan
Ram Hariharan, an associate teaching professor and associate director of program management in Seattle, was featured in The National Desk article “AI Impact: Claims It Could Lead to Shorter Work […]
Oct 04, 2023
Using Iron Powder as a Renewable Energy Source
MIE Professors Yiannis Levendis, Hameed Metghalchi, and Associate Professor Randall Erb were awarded a $600,000 NSF grant, titled “A Study on Burning Iron Particles as Carbon-Free Circular Fuels With Co-Generation of Value-Added Nanomaterials,” to improve the process of burning iron to produce carbon-free renewable energy.