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Jan 30, 2025
Going Beyond Her Role To Set a New Standard for Working Parents at Northeastern
Alison Nogueira, COE distinguished senior co-op coordinator and senior director of co-op, speaks of her experience as a co-founder and chair of NU Parents, an employee affinity group that supports over 600 working parents at Northeastern.
Jan 29, 2025
Medication Plus Support Groups Increases Effectiveness of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
MIE Associate Professor Muhammad Noor E Alam’s research, published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics, found that people in treatment for opioid addiction are 25% more likely to complete medication if they also attend a support group.
Jan 29, 2025
Capstone Project Leads to High-Speed Drone To Shadow Race Cars
For their capstone project, a group of mechanical engineering students led by David Lobo, E’24, developed a high-speed, first-person-view drone capable of traveling 187 mph while shadowing race cars. The drone could be a game changer in high-speed video capture.
Jan 29, 2025
Tips For Avoiding Static Electricity Shocks During Winter
COS/ECE Assistant Professor Ivana Dimitrova explains how dry winter air causes static electricity that can result in sometimes painful shocks and offers tips to prevent them, like using a coin or key to touch a metal object.
Jan 28, 2025
First Cohort of NSF NRT Student Trainees Share Value of Interdisciplinary Research
The first cohort of trainees of the NSF NRT Platforms for Exchange and Allocation of Resources grant share the value of the program’s interdisciplinary research, stipends, curriculum, seminars, and faculty mentorship. Applications are now open to be a trainee for the fall 2025 semester.
Jan 28, 2025
Patent Awarded for Lightweight Pose Estimation Network
ECE Distinguished/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was awarded a patent for “Light-weight pose estimation network with multi-scale heatmap fusion.”
Jan 28, 2025
NSF CAREER Award for Generative AI To Advance Biomanufacturing
MIE Assistant Professor Wei Xie was awarded a $596,920 NSF CAREER Award for “Mechanism-Informed AI for Biological Systems-of-Systems To Accelerate Biomanufacturing Systems Integration and Innovations.” The project aims to create innovative bioprocess-specific AI for general biological ecosystems that can facilitate flexible and intelligent on-demand manufacturing systems for biopharmaceuticals.
Jan 24, 2025
Researchers Warn of Damaging Effects of Smoke From California Fires
Bioengineering Associate Professors Chiara Bellini and Jessica Oakes highlight the dangerous health effects of inhaling wildfire smoke. Their research provides insight into the risks the California wildfires pose for people’s respiratory and cardiovascular systems.