News
Jun 15, 2011
Inspiring Future Students Through Robotics
Northeastern students and alumni mentored high schoolers during the 7th annual FIRST Robotics Beantown Blitz competition — one of the largest off-season robotics events in the New England area.
Jun 15, 2011
COE Alum Takes Archery High-Tech
Robert Donahoe, EE‘85, combined his knowledge of engineering and intellectual property law to form Full Flight Technology, which improves an archers understanding of arrow speed, flight dynamics and bow performance.
Jun 14, 2011
Prof. Hellweger Leads Workshop on Individual-based Ecology of Microbes
On June 8-10, 2011, researchers from around the world came together at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville to discuss individual-based ecology of microbes.
Jun 14, 2011
Engineering a Healthcare Solution
MIE Professor James Benneyan is investigating ways to use systems engineering to improve the healthcare system by optimizing treatments, patient safety and quality of care.
Jun 14, 2011
Ratilal Awarded $150K Grant
ECE associate professor Purnima Ratilal, has received a $150K NSF grant to develop a system to detect the movements of marine animals in near-real-time to minimize the impact of man-made activities on their populations
Jun 13, 2011
Lending a Mind-Controlled Hand
Under the direction of Associate Professor Waleed Meleis, a team of ECE capstone students, created a Disability Assistant Robot With i (Eye) Navigation (DARWiN) that would allow a disabled people to interact with things around the house.
Jun 13, 2011
Improving Tomorrow’s Leaders
The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program cohosted a conference with MIT to discover ways to improve engineering leadership education across several universities.
Jun 13, 2011
Real-World Academics
CIV Professors Ming Wang, Dionisio Bernal, and Jerome Hajjar organized the 2011 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference which focused on academic research and real-world applications.