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Nov 18, 2024
MIE Alum Receives Distinguished Civilian Award
Mechanical engineering graduate Donald Hoffer was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Award, given annually to a civilian who made significant contributions to the work of the U.S. Submarine Force. In his 37-year career with the Department of the Navy, Hoffer worked on several significant projects, including the restoration of the submersible Alvin.
Nov 18, 2024
Theme Park Engineering Club Creates Opportunities for Revolutionary Thinking
For the past two years, members of Northeastern’s Theme Park Engineering Club have developed innovative projects emphasizing thematic immersion that could reshape theme park engineering.
Nov 15, 2024
Northeastern Nominates 6 COE Students for Prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Alex Bender, E’20, MS’20, Matthew Coughlin, E’25, Maya De Los Santos, E’25, Jose Meza Llamosas, E’25, Dominic Pizzarella, E’25, and Daniel Sneyers Pont, E’21, MS’21, were six of eight nominated by Northeastern for the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, which develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation.
Nov 15, 2024
Patent for Multi-Modal Robot With Legged and Aerial Capabilities
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani received a patent for “Morpho-functional robots with legged and aerial modes of locomotion.”
Nov 14, 2024
ChE Student Receives Tau Beta Pi Scholarship
Madeline Szoo, E’25, chemical engineering and biochemistry, advised by MIE Assistant Professor Cynthia Hajal, was awarded a Stabile Scholarship from Tau Beta Pi, a prestigious engineering honor society, which supports students based on their academic work, campus leadership, and service, as well as their promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Nov 14, 2024
Modeling the Mechanics of Cell Migration
Physics/BioE University Distinguished Professor Herbert Levine and BioE/MIE Affiliated Faculty Alain Karma were awarded a $760,000 NSF grant for “Building Quantitative Models of Eukaryotic Cell Motility.” They will work with Ecole Normale in Paris as part of a special NSF program with the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Nov 14, 2024
ECE Student Nominated for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships
Maya De Los Santos, E’25, electrical and computer engineering, was nominated for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships by Northeastern University.
Nov 13, 2024
Investing in the Revolutionary Power of Quantum Computing
Associate Vice Provost for Research Computing and ECE Associate Professor Devesh Tiwari says a quantum computing project to be launched in Holyoke, Massachusetts with a $5 million investment from the state demonstrates the increasing interest in the public and private sector in quantum computing’s potential impact on the future of computing.