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Dec 20, 2022

Rover Team Prepares for Next Competition

After competing at the global Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge earlier this year, the Northeastern Mars Rover Team, advised by MIE Assistant Professor Peter Whitney, is gearing up for next year’s competition.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Tianchi Chen

Dec 19, 2022

PhD Spotlight: Tianchi Chen, PhD’22 – Bioengineering

My research concentration is on using dynamical system modeling approach to understand epigenetic mechanisms in gene regulatory networks and building distributed computational synthetic genetic circuits. Following Northeastern, I will be […]

Bioengineering

Dec 19, 2022

Robot Created by Northeastern University Allows a Person To Control, Feel From a Distance

ECE Professor Taskin Padir and the Institute for Experiential Robotics were featured in the CBS News article and interview “Robot Created by Northeastern University Allows a Person To Control, Feel […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber

Dec 17, 2022

First-Ever Global Survey of Earth’s Surface Water

NASA has launched a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite that will support global water applications led by CEE Professor Edward Beighley. Launched on December 16, 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will, for the first time, simultaneously measure elevations and extents of the Earth’s surface waters at high resolution.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dec 16, 2022

AFOSR Young Investigator Award To Advance Future Data Driven Wireless Systems

Francesco Restuccia, ECE assistant professor and member of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Roux Institute, has been awarded an AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award to establish the theoretical foundations of next-generation dynamic data driven wireless systems.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mohsen Moghaddam

Dec 16, 2022

Using AI To Bridge the Gap Between Market Research and Product Development

MIE Assistant Professor Mohsen Moghaddam is using AI algorithms and machine learning to better inform new product and service development by more deeply understanding customer needs and enhancing human innovation. He received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work. 

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

surendra gupta

Dec 16, 2022

Gupta Gives a Keynote Speech at the Third International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022)

MIE Professor Surendra M. Gupta delivered a keynote speech titled “Academic Research in Reverse Supply Chains, Disassembly and Remanufacturing: A Comprehensive Overview” at the 3rd International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design & Energy (ICoFT2022).

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 15, 2022

‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.

The engineering students that created the snake-like robot, Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA), were featured in the National Geographic article “‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering