News
Oct 01, 2015
Modeling Spinal Cord Growth
Biology Professor Gunther Zupanc and MIE Associate Professor Rifat Sipahi were awarded a $389K NSF grant to develop "A Three-dimensional Model of Spinal Cord Growth and Repair in a Regeneration-competent Organism".
Oct 01, 2015
Targeting Brain Functions
ECE Professor Dana Brooks awarded a $250K NSF grant as part of a collaborative research effort to determine the "Optimization of Human Cortical Stimulation".
Oct 01, 2015
Should Downtown Crossing Have Cars?
CEE Professor Peter Furth weighs in against the proposition that cars should be allowed to drive in Boston's Downtown Crossing area in a Boston Magazine article.
Sep 30, 2015
Designing Large Efficient Wind Turbines
CEE Associate Professor Luca Caracoglia was awarded an $155K NSF for "Active Control of Nonlinear Flow-Induced Instability of Wind Turbine Blades under Stochastic Perturbations".
Sep 30, 2015
CHN Awarded 2nd Patent
A 2nd Patent was awarded this month to CHN researchers Ahmed Busnaina, Siva Somu, & Cihan Yilmaz for “High rate electric field driven nanoelement assembly on an insulated surface”.
Sep 30, 2015
Erdogmus Research Featured on Cover of Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
ECE Associate Professor Deniz Erdogmus was featured on the cover of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering for "Language-Model Assisted Brain Computer Interface for Typing: A Comparison of Matrix and Rapid Serial Visual Presentation".
Sep 30, 2015
SAGE featured in ASCE Civil Engineering
CEE Professor Thomas Sheahan and his colleagues in Sustainable Adaptive Gradients in the Coastal Environment (SAGE) were featured in the ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine for "Coastal Protection Efforts to Benefit […]
Sep 29, 2015
Nanomedicine Academy for Minorities
COS Professor Srinivas Sridhar and ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster were awarded a $496K NSF grant to develop a "Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions".