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Mar 17, 2022
Pursuing Multiple Passions
When one chooses a career, it makes sense that career should match one’s individual interests. But what if a person has multiple interests and goals, is it possible for one […]
Mar 15, 2022
New Sutural Gabions will Resist Impact and Vibrations
MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li, in collaboration with Jongmin Shim from the University at Buffalo, is leading a $667K NSF grant for “Bio-Inspired Impact-Resistant Phononic Sutural Gabions.”
Mar 14, 2022
SEDS Student Group Finalist in NASA BIG Idea Challenge for Innovative Robot Snake Design
A Northeastern University student team, advised by Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani, electrical and computer engineering, was one of seven university teams selected as finalists in the 2022 NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge. The team’s project, titled “COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator,” received $174K in funds to further develop and test the technologies over the next 10 months. COBRA is a snake-like design for their robot which will allow it to traverse the extreme terrains on the moon’s surface.
Mar 14, 2022
CEE Spinout Wins Accelerator Grant to Continue Wind Energy Research
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers, an expert in structural engineering, and Senior Research Engineer Jim Papadopoulos, an expert in structural/mechanical design, recently founded a startup company developing novel offshore wind energy solutions spun out from research conducted at Northeastern University. Now, their startup T-Omega Wind has received a new grant to continue development.
Mar 11, 2022
Featured Galante Fellow: Renuka Kannan
Renuka Kannan is a fifth-year student at Northeastern University graduating in May 2022 with a BS in industrial engineering and an MS in engineering management. While on campus, she has […]
Mar 10, 2022
ECE PhD Students Nominated as Finalists for Best Paper at IEEE Conference
Xuanyi Zhao, PhD’23, and Onurcan Kaya, PhD’24, electrical engineering, have been nominated as finalists for the best student paper at the 2022 Joint conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum & the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium.
Mar 08, 2022
Modeling Data from Hurricane Impacts to Natural and Hybrid Infrastructure
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen, in collaboration with Navid Jafari from Louisiana State University, is leading a $765k NSF grant for “Integrated Numerical Modeling and Field Observations of Hurricane Impacts to Natural and Hybrid Infrastructure.”
Mar 08, 2022
In The Big Dig’s Shadow
CEE Chair and Professor Jerome Hajjar featured in the Boston Business Journal article “In The Big Dig’s Shadow.”