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Feb 23, 2024
Widespread AT&T Outages May Have Had Multiple Possible Causes
ECE Assistant Research Professor Michele Polese and ECE Professor Josep Jornet suggest many possible causes of the widespread AT&T cellphone outages Thursday morning.
Feb 22, 2024
Research Partnership Between Northeastern and University College Dublin Flourishes
Northeastern has expanded its longstanding undergraduate partnership with University College Dublin of Ireland to include research and doctoral education. As part of the collaboration, the universities will jointly fund five new joint research projects that address global challenges in health care. ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier and University College Dublin Professor David Brayden will partner on one of the new research projects.
Feb 22, 2024
Engineers Week Speaker Discusses Creating Inclusivity Through Psychological Safety
As part of the National Engineers Week celebration, chemical engineer and DEI leader Mark McBride-Wright spoke at a fireside chat with COE Dean Gregory Abowd about creating inclusivity and leading teams by creating a psychologically safe environment in the workplace and beyond.
Feb 21, 2024
Fending Off Cyberthreats in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Auroop Ganguly, CEE Distinguished Professor, and director of AI for Climate and Sustainability and co-director of Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute, and his interdisciplinary team, are conducting a U.S. Department of Defense funded study on recovery from disruptions to critical infrastructure, both military and civilian.
Feb 21, 2024
Engineers Week Women in Engineering Panel Discusses Unique Challenges Facing Women in Engineering
During Engineers Week, a panel of faculty and students shared their experiences and advice on their education and career journeys as women engineers. They offered advice to future female engineers to empower them and help them grow, including the importance of faculty and peer mentors.
Feb 20, 2024
Using Ultra-Efficient Ising Machines for Complex Problem Solving
Research on “Parametric Frequency Divider Based Ising Machines” conducted by Nicolas Casilli, E’21, MS’21, PhD’26, electrical engineering, in Associate Professor Cristian Cassella’s lab, was accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters.
Feb 16, 2024
New Research Questions How Connective Tissues Are Formed
BioE Professor Jeffrey Ruberti’s new research, published in the journal Matter, suggests that connective tissues in the human body are more likely formed by cells pulling apart than coming together. Ruberti conducted the research with BioE Associate Research Scientist Seyed Mohammad Siadat; Alexandra Silverman, MS’21, bioengineering; and Jason Olszewski, E’24, bioengineering.
Feb 16, 2024
Sherman Center Venture Co-op: Frieda Huang
Frieda Huang, MS’24, product development, describes a venture co-op experience at the Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education as the founder of Moonshot, a web application that provides real-time feedback and suggestions for foreign-born professionals to know exactly how to respond in an online conversation.