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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.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Gordon Engineering Leadership Program

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering