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May 26, 2026
Rebuilding From Scratch: How Northeastern’s Mars Rover Team will Overcome the Competition
Northeastern University Mars Rover team has rebuilt their rover from scratch, and are confident that their new upgrades will serve them well in this year’s University Rover Challenge in Utah.
May 26, 2026
Marriage Through the Challenges of Research
The love story of how two Northeastern ChE faculty, Associate Professors Abigail and Ryan Koppes, met and fell in love, and how that love has influenced their work since.
May 26, 2026
Uncovering the Mystery Behind Physical AI
The term “physical AI”, coined by the CEO of NVIDIA, refers to any AI system that is designed to interact with its environment. Northeastern COE professors, through the Physical AI Research Initiative (PAIR), weigh in with their own knowledge and research on the concept, and where it may be headed.
May 26, 2026
Davaji Receives the Hilton Head Rising Star of Microsystems Award
ECE Assistant Professor Benyamin Davaji won the 2026 Hilton Head Rising Star of Microsystems Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career faculty who are emerging leaders in microsystems research and who have demonstrated strong potential for sustained technical impact and community leadership.
May 26, 2026
Chen Receives Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen received the ASCE 2026 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to sustainable engineering practices in managing shorelines and coastal infrastructure through research, design, construction or management of the natural and built environment in the coastal zone.
May 21, 2026
SDS Lab PhD Student Wins Google TPU Research Cloud Award for AI Weather Prediction
Diyali Goswami, MS’24, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, who develops machine learning and AI methods for weather prediction at the Northeastern University Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory (SDS Lab), has won a prestigious award through a highly competitive international proposal process.
May 21, 2026
The Risk of Targeting Water Desalination Plants In The Gulf Region
COE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in the Time article “The Risk of Targeting Water Desalination Plants In The Gulf Region.”
May 21, 2026
Chemical Engineering PhD Student Wins Merck Next Gen Leader and ACS Pharma Innovator Honors
Stephen Adepoju, PhD’27, chemical engineering, won both the 2026 Merck Next Gen Leaders in Chemistry award and the 2026 ACS Future Pharma Innovators distinction.