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Feb 22, 2022
Advancing the Development of 2D Polymers
ChE Associate Professor Steve Lustig was awarded a $275k grant by the Army Research Laboratory in continued funding for the development of novel chemical monomers and polymerization methods for 2D polymers.
Feb 17, 2022
Method to Detect and Locate Small Tumors
BioE Associate Professor Qianqian Fang was awarded a patent for designing a “Method to localize small and high contrast inclusions in ill-posed model-based imaging modalities.”
Feb 17, 2022
Sign Language Robot You Can Feel
Bioengineering alumna Samantha Johnson, E’21, ME’21, created the tactile sign language robot, TATUM, for people who are deaf and blind to communicate. Related Article: Using Robots to Help Blind […]
Feb 16, 2022
Ostadabbas Receives NSF CAREER Grant for Early Detection of Autism
ECE Assistant Professor Sarah Ostadabbas was awarded a $600K NSF CAREER grant for “Learning Visual Representations of Motor Function in Infants as Prodromal Signs for Autism.”
Feb 14, 2022
Self-Powered Sensorial ‘Skin’ the Future of Motion and Gesture Recognition
Groundbreaking research on flexible photodetectors with computational powers by Canek Fuentes-Hernandez, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and Gregory D. Abowd, dean of the College of Engineering and professor of ECE, has been published in npj Flexible Electronics. The researchers developed a new approach to achieve motion and gesture recognition using arrays of thin and flexible organic photodetectors distributed in space.
Feb 10, 2022
Hajjar Elected as NAE Member
Northeastern’s CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his development of design criteria and models for stability and seismic design of innovative steel and composite structures. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
Feb 09, 2022
MIE’s Ruthie Nelson Receives Student of the Year by ASEE, Co-op and Experiential Division
Ruthie Nelson, E’21, mechanical engineering, was recognized as one of several Students of the Year by the American Society of Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division, which honors not only her strengths as an engineer, but her attitude and willingness as a student learning from her different co-ops.
Feb 08, 2022
Mastering Puzzle Strategies
MIE Associate Professor Laurent Lessard has developed a strategy to win games like Wordle. Here’s how to win at Wordle, every time Main photo: Laurent Lessard, associate professor in the […]