News
Sep 11, 2023
Morocco Earthquake Devastation Worsened by Age-Old Construction Methods
CEE Professor Mehrdad Sasani says that the traditional methods of construction used in rural and remote regions of Morocco are not earthquake-resistant and will continue to cause devastation during earthquakes due to limited resources.
Sep 08, 2023
Should We Adapt to Climate Conditions or Work To Mitigate Climate Change
In order to protect the safety and security of people around the globe from extreme weather events, CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop R. Ganguly and Puja Das, PhD’27, interdisciplinary engineering, say both adaptation to changing climate conditions and mitigation of the causes of climate change are necessary.
Sep 08, 2023
Spinout Company Fourier LLC To Revolutionize Thermal Management
After pioneering thermoforming technical ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s) last year, MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb and Jason Hoffman-Bice, PhD’22, mechanical engineering, created spinout company Fourier LLC to commercialize their groundbreaking innovation in thermal management.
Sep 08, 2023
Developing Eco-Friendly Cooling Solutions
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s spinout from his lab at Northeastern, Planck Energies, has received a $275,000 NSF grant for “Climate-Eco-friendly Biocoating for Passive Cooling of Infrastructure.”
Sep 08, 2023
Global Strategic Partnership Forged To Advance Robotic Technology
ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is collaborating on a $3 million project with Caltech as part of a cross-disciplinary collaboration focused on the design and control of multi-modal robots.
Sep 05, 2023
Developing New Technology for Social Anxiety Treatment
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas is leading a $500,000 NSF grant, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, for the “Development of a Precision Closed Loop BCI for Socially Fearful Teens With Depression and Anxiety” to introduce a prototype for clinical application of augmented reality (AR)-guided, electroencephalogram (EEG)-based exposure technology for socially fearful teens.
Sep 01, 2023
India’s Landing on the Dark Side of the Moon Is Cheered, Now Comes the Hard Part of Space Exploration
After India’s successful moon landing, ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh and ECE Professor Taskin Padir are excited to see what the future holds for lunar exploration and what role robots will play.
Sep 01, 2023
Summer 2023 Marks Second Rainiest in Boston, Forecasters Say
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in the Boston Globe article “Summer 2023 Marks Second Rainiest in Boston, Forecasters say.”