News
May 19, 2016
Improving Valkyrie’s Mobility
The Associated Press featured ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir and his team as they work to improve Valkyrie's movements which will help the robot use tools, climb ladders, and perform high-level tasks once it is shipped to Mars.
May 19, 2016
Swarming Red Crabs in Hannibal Bank Seamount
ECE Professor Hanumant Singh's article on "A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount" published in PeerJ was picked up by several media outlets including: CNBC, Discovery, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, New York Times, Smithsonian.com, The Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal.
May 18, 2016
Two ECE PhD Students Win Best Poster Award at 2016 High Performance Computing Day
Phd Students Fanny Nina-Paravecino and Leiming Yu received a best poster award at the 2016 High Performance Computing Day held at UMASS Dartmouth. Both Fanny Nina-Paravecino and Leiming Yu are PhD students in the Northeastern University Research Group (NUCAR) under Professor Dave Kaeli. Their NIH-funded research is led by PI Professor Qianqian Fang from the Department of Bioengineering. The ECE […]
May 18, 2016
ECE PhD Student Wins 2016 NCWIT Collegiate Award
PhD Student Meenupriya Swaminathan is one of six winners of the 2016 National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) Collegiate Award. Along with a cash reward and an engraved trophy, the winners of this award will be invited to the NCWIT summit in Las Vegas to attend an awards ceremony and have an opportunity to network with sponsors […]
May 17, 2016
ASCE Student Chapter Receives Certificate of Commendation
Congratulations to the Northeastern University ASCE Student Chapter, which was selected by the Committee on Student Members to receive a Certificate of Commendation for its outstanding activities as recorded in the 2015 Chapter annual report. This is a distinction earned by only the top 5% of all student organizations. Additionally, this year’s Student Chapter was […]
May 16, 2016
Designing Lifelike Robotic Movements
MIE Assistant Professor John Whitney worked with Disney Corporation to create a robot with lifelike movements that could perform such tasks as threading a needle or closely interact with humans.
May 16, 2016
Committed to Social Justice
Congratulations to bioengineering student Peyton Perry, E'20, who was selected to be part of the Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative.
May 16, 2016
Eckelman Part of $10M EPA Center
CEE Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman will be a part of a $10M, 5-year EPA center which is co-hosted by Yale and John Hopkins.