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Aug 05, 2026
Patent for AI Driven Digital Twin System to Improve Factory Efficiency
MIE Teaching Professor Mohammad Dehghani was awarded a patent for “Digital twin modeling and optimization of production processes.”
Aug 04, 2026
Brain Inspired Computer Chips Could Power Faster and More Efficient Supercomputers
ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei received the U.S. Department of Energy’s AI Genesis Award to advance research on brain-inspired computer chips that could make future AI supercomputers significantly faster and much more energy-efficient.
Aug 04, 2026
Industrial Engineering Student Builds AI Agent to Repair Chemical Plant Blueprints
Sierre Ternoey, E, industrial engineering, developed an agentic AI tool during a research co-op in Germany that reads error reports and automatically fixes chemical plant process flow sheets.
Aug 04, 2026
New Agentic AI Framework Promises Faster Development of Next Generation Wireless Networks
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems developed GENESIS, an agentic AI framework led by College of Engineering Professor Tommaso Melodia that autonomously writes, tests, and debugs code to dramatically accelerate the development of next-generation telecommunications systems like 6G.
Aug 04, 2026
Student Startup Creates Hands On STEM Toy to Inspire Young Engineers
Mechanical engineering students Nicolas Bejar and Mason Kim co-founded NextTile, a patent-pending student startup supported by the IDEA venture accelerator that creates modular, magnetic building block toys to provide hands-on STEM education for elementary students.
Aug 04, 2026
The Power of Mentorship: How Northeastern’s Young Scholars Program Elevates Faculty and Graduate Roles
At Northeastern University’s Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education, a six-week summer program is quietly transforming the way faculty and graduate students think about mentorship—and […]
Aug 03, 2026
Jennifer Nelson Receives Northeastern’s Innovation Across the Network Award
Jennifer Nelson, Associate Director of Academic Operations for the College of Engineering, has been named a recipient of Northeastern University’s 2026 Innovation Across the Network Award, part of the university’s Staff Excellence Awards recognizing staff whose work has significantly advanced the Northeastern community.
Jul 31, 2026
Robotics Student Helps Maritime Startup Map Unexplored Ocean Environments
Shalini Agrawal, MS, robotics, completed a co-op at maritime startup Orpheus Ocean, developing critical camera integration and navigation software to enable low-cost autonomous underwater vehicles to map unexplored deep-sea environments.