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Aug 15, 2025
IEEE Best Paper Award for Terahertz Band Communication Research
ECE Professor & Associate Dean for Research Josep Jornet’s research on “Terahertz Band Communication: An Old Problem Revisited and Research Directions for the Next Decade” received the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Best Survey Paper Award, which will be presented at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2025 ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, in December 2025.
Aug 14, 2025
PADAM: A New Passive Imaging Algorithm Enabling Safer, More Precise Control for Focused Ultrasound Therapy
BioE Assistant Professor Tao Sun and his team have developed Passive Acoustic Dynamic Differentiation and Mapping (PADAM), a breakthrough in passive cavitation imaging that provides sharper localization and real-time classification of bubble activity during focused ultrasound (FUS) therapies.
Aug 13, 2025
Dialogue of the Decade: The Climate of Chile and Argentina in May-June 2025
In May-June 2025, Northeastern University’s “Dialogue of Civilizations” program on “Climate Change in Emerging Economies” celebrated its tenth year by taking students to Chile and Argentina. Led by CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly, alongside program assistants and local guides, the month-long experience immersed fifteen undergraduate students in climate science, adaptation engineering, and policy discussions through classroom sessions, role-playing, and field trips to diverse locations like the Andes, Patagonia, and urban centers.
Aug 13, 2025
New Research on Liquid Metals Leads to Innovative Developments
ChE Associate Professor Steve Lustig’s new research on liquid metals creates an exciting and innovative pathway for developments in the technology and aerospace industries.
Aug 13, 2025
Northeastern’s Silvia Zhang Joins Major Federal Effort to Revolutionize Wireless Chip Design
Xuan “Silvia” Zhang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is playing a key role in a groundbreaking $10 million federal initiative to transform how wireless communication chips are designed. The project, led by Princeton University’s Kaushik Sengupta, was selected by the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (Natcast) to develop AI-powered tools for creating advanced semiconductors.
Aug 11, 2025
The Future of mRNA Vaccines
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji, discusses the future of creating mRNA vaccines and the technology behind developing these vaccines.
Aug 11, 2025
Developing Projects That Create a Significant Impact
Ujjawal Shrivastava, MS’25, software engineering systems, had multiple years of industry experience before pursuing a master’s degree. His passion for creating projects that make a significant impact, mixed with his ambition for taking on leadership roles, led him to the software engineering systems program.
Aug 08, 2025
Decoding the Proteins Inside Every Cell
BioE Professor Nikolai Slavov, in collaboration with EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK, was awarded a £2,000,000 NSF grant for “Making Single-Cell Proteomics data FAIR.”