News
Oct 24, 2019
ACM TOMM Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award 2019 awarded to Shuhui Jiang, Yue Wu, and Professor Yun “Raymond” Fu
Electrical PhD students Shuhui Jiang, Yue Wu, and Professor Yun “Raymond” Fu’s paper, “Deep Bi-directional Cross-triplet Embedding for Online Clothing Shopping,” was awarded the ACM TOMM Nicolas D. Georganas Best Paper Award 2019.
Oct 23, 2019
Upstage Lung Cancer Funds Biomarker Sensor Project Supporting Early Lung Cancer Detection
Boston-based organization Upstage Lung Cancer (ULC), the advocacy non-profit exclusively utilizing performing arts to raise awareness and funding in the fight against lung cancer, has awarded a $30k grant award to ECE Professor Nian Sun’s cutting edge Advanced Materials and Microsystems Laboratory (AMML), substantially funding a new research project exploring the use of a hand-held gas screening sensor system for breath biomarkers in the early detection screening of lung cancer.
Oct 23, 2019
Dialogue of Civilization 2019 – Silicon Valley
Professor Bala Maheswaran led a group of students on a five-week-long Dialogue of Civilization program, titled, “Technical Innovation and Product Prototyping” in Silicon Valley, San Jose.
Oct 22, 2019
ChE Student Earns 2nd Place at Falling Walls Lab Boston 2019 Competition
Undergraduate chemical engineering student James Sinoimeri, E’21, working in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif, earned 2nd place at the 2019 Falling Walls Lab Boston Competition.
Oct 21, 2019
Northeastern University Launches the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia will be the new director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things which will drive advances in the ways that people stay connected worldwide.
Oct 21, 2019
To Build a Better Drone, Look to the Bat
ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani is designing drones to mimic the complex movements and energy efficiency of bats.
Oct 17, 2019
Exciting New Funding Opportunities for Northeastern Ventures by Origin
Origin is a student-run organization that works to increase the quantity and quality of ventures in Northeastern’s ecosystem that solve significant, deep-tech problems in emerging industries.
Oct 17, 2019
In Busy, Rewarding Co-ops, Every “Second” Counts
Elal Segev is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in civil engineering and minoring in mathematics. Her first Northeastern co-op was at OCEO, a water filtration startup in Israel. Currently, she’s enjoying a diverse set of experiences in Madagascar through the International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) and Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute (MRCI).