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Aug 13, 2024
Revolutionizing Medical Imaging With Micromirror Technology
ECE Assistant Professor Benyamin Davaji, in collaboration with Shahrzad Towfighian from SUNY at Binghamton, was awarded a $550,000 NSF grant for “Merging Electrostatic and Ferroelectric MEMS Actuators To Create Tunable High-Speed Scanners.”
Aug 13, 2024
Patent for Improved Detection of Facial Landmarks
ECE/Khoury Professor Yun Raymond Fu was awarded a patent for “System and method for generating image landmarks.”
Aug 12, 2024
Northeastern University and SEI Host ‘Towards Zero Carbon’ Workshop
Northeastern and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) hosted a conference focused on decarbonization and new design objectives for the structural engineering industry. University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor and CEE Department Chair Jerome Hajjar, who is also SEI president, led the conference and emphasized concepts of sustainability, equity, and resilience.
Aug 09, 2024
Exploring the Adverse Effects of Ticketmaster’s Monopoly
Khoury/ECE Associate Professor Wil Robertson explains how the cyberattack by bots that Ticketmaster suffered from during the sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour reflects the company’s monopolistic position within the concert industry.
Aug 08, 2024
Patent for Ultra-Low Power Sensor for Remote Monitoring
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Associate Research Professor Zhenyun Qian were awarded a patent for “Sensor and method using bi-stable digitizing micromechanical switches for analog measurement of input signals.”
Aug 06, 2024
Studying Proteins Involved in the Urea Cycle
BioE/COS Professor Lee Makowski, BioE Affiliate Faculty Penny Beuning, and Mary Jo Ondrechen had their research on “Revisiting the Roles of Catalytic Residues in Human Ornithine Transcarbamylase” published in Biochemistry.
Aug 05, 2024
The Anti-Aging Effects of Rapamycin on Humans
MGEN Associate Teaching Professor Ram Hariharan says rapamycin, which has been shown to extend the lifespan of mice, flies, worms, yeast, has the potential to be among the first generation of anti-aging drugs for humans.
Aug 02, 2024
Advancing Heliostat Design and Operation Education
MIE Professors Hameed Metghalchi (PI), Yiannis Levendis, and Emeritus Associate Professor Gregory Kowalski were awarded a $360,065 grant for “Advancing University Level Education on Heliostat Design and Operation” from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory Heliostat Consortium.