News
Jun 29, 2009
Prof Erdogmus receives $695K grant
Deniz Erdogmus, an ECE Assistant Professor, has received a 5-yr grant from NIH, to design a noninvasive brain computer interface to help patients with locked-in syndrome (LIS) by detecting their responses to rapid serial visual presentations.
Jun 29, 2009
Prof Kaeli Awarded NSF grant
David Kaeli, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a 4-yr NSF Scholarship for Service Award, which will provide scholarships to talented students in Information Assurance technologies so as to protect our national cyber infrastructure.
Jun 26, 2009
Niedre Awarded $360K Grant
ECE Assistant Professor, Mark Niedre, was one of seven local scientists to receive grants from the Massachusetts Life Science Center to develop a non-invasively method for detecting rare cells circulating in the blood.
Jun 26, 2009
Prof Ando Selected as Fellow
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Teiichi Ando has been selected as a Fellow of ASM International.
Jun 22, 2009
Drop of Blood to Lead to Heart Health
Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, is working on bringing his diagnostic tool, which will monitor a patients cardiovascular health to hospitals in the next couple of years. He will not be satisfied until high risk patients are benefiting from the device.
Jun 22, 2009
EWB Featured by State Department
The Engineers Without Borders group is highlighted on www.America.gov, which is used to promote the nation's image in the world. The group was also recently featured on the Cambridge-based TV series "Civil Engineering Today".
Jun 17, 2009
Historical Brooklyn Bridge Built to Last
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mishac Yegian has determined that the Brooklyn Bridge could withstand an earthquake that registers a 6.5 on the Richter Scale without any damage to its foundation.
Jun 12, 2009
Tracking Cancer Tumors Digitally
ECE Associate Professor Jennifer Dy is developing a computer algorithm that will try to track the movement of tumors that will allow for detection and targeted treatments.