News
Oct 31, 2025
Turning Coal Waste into Treasure Extracting Critical Rare Earth Elements for Clean Energy
Chemical engineering student Lawrence Ajayi, PhD’28, received the Certificate of Merit (CoM) from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) for his research on “Effect of alkali-treatment on microwave-assisted rare earth elements extraction from coal mine tailings,” which he presented at the ACS Fall 2025 National Meeting.
Oct 31, 2025
Creating a Single Nanodevice That Displays a Record-High Number of Independent Images
Research conducted by MIE/ECE Professor Yongmin Liu on “Polarization-Encoded Lenticular Nano-Printing with Single-Layer Metasurfaces” was published in Advanced Functional Materials.
Oct 30, 2025
Advanced Science Frontispiece Features Research on Materials with Embodied Intelligence
Research conducted by MIE Postdoctoral Research Associate Richard Nash, Yunzheng Yang, PhD’27, and Associate Professor Yaning Li on “Adaptive Mechanical Metamaterials with On-Demand Binary Local Modulus for Embodied Intelligence” was featured on the frontspiece of Advanced Science.
Oct 29, 2025
Patent for Keeping Microchips Cool with Printed Nano-Arrays
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for “Printed micro and nanostructured arrays for thermal management of electronic devices.”
Oct 29, 2025
Patent for the Next Generation of Smart Robotic Grippers
ECE Professor Taskin Padir, Associate Professor Kris Dorsey, and Distinguished Professor Deniz Erdogmus were awarded a patent for “Systems and methods for robotic grippers with fiber optic spectroscopy.”
Oct 29, 2025
Northeastern Partners in Major Grant to Advance Trusted Microelectronics
ECE Associate Professor Xiaolin Xu, in addition to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Synopsys Inc., is collaborating on a new multi-institutional project funded through the Massachusetts SCALE Capital Program. Their project, “SAIL: Securing AI Chips and Intelligent Design Automation for Trusted Hardware,” is led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and received a $236,226 grant to acquire key capital equipment.
Oct 28, 2025
Woolston Receives SIMB Early Career Award
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received a Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Early Career Award.
Oct 27, 2025
Helping Communities Impacted by the Climate Crisis
Raiana Sumpter, E’27, environmental engineering, cares deeply about two things: protecting vulnerable communities from climate change and building a more sustainable future for everyone. Through her classes and work experience, she has contributed to projects that address these challenges. She hopes to continue working on sustainable solutions in engineering.