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Apr 22, 2025
Dehghani Receives DAIS Data Analytics Teaching Award
MIE Associate Teaching Professor Mohammad Dehghani received the Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Data Analytics Teaching Award from the DAIS division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the prime national society for industrial engineering.
Apr 22, 2025
2025 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2025 were awarded to more than 40 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.
Apr 22, 2025
Once Extinct Plant Gene Could Impact New Drug Discovery
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Wen applied a new method called molecular gene resurrection to repair a defunct gene found in the coyote tobacco plant that encodes cyclic peptide nanamin. This peptide could be used in new cancer treatments, antibiotics development, and insect protection for crops. The research was published in PNAS.
Apr 18, 2025
New Class of CMOS Chips To Address Quantum Computing Bottlenecks
ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella and Professor Marvin Onabajo are developing CMOS-based chips that are smaller and more energy efficient than current technology used to address quantum computing bottlenecks. High school students in Northeastern’s Young Scholars program will participate in this project.
Apr 17, 2025
Mosallaei One of Most-Read Authors of Advanced Theory and Simulations
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s paper “Active Metasurfaces for Non‐Rigid Light Sail Interstellar Optical Communication” which was published in Advanced Theory and Simulations, was ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal in 2023.
Apr 17, 2025
Zheng Selected as One of Most-Read Authors of Advanced Engineering Materials
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s paper “Biomass‐Based Materials for Sustainably Sourced Solar‐Driven Interfacial Steam Generation” which was published in Advanced Engineering Materials, was ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the journal.
Apr 17, 2025
Graduate Student Team Wins First Place at National Geothermal Competition
At the 2024 Geothermal Collegiate Competition, organized by the Department of Energy, the Husky Heat Harvesters team of students from the Northeastern University Energy Systems Society won first place in the technical track and an honorable mention for the best video.
Apr 16, 2025
Lin Receives IISE Best Paper Award
MIE Professor and Chair Yingzi Lin’s paper on “Isolating the Impact of Masked Perceptual Attacks on Attention in Mixed Reality” won the Best Paper Award in the Human Factors & Ergonomics (HF/E) track at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2025.