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Aug 27, 2014

Vibration Energy Harvester

ECE Professor Nian Sun was awarded a patent for his invention of a vibration energy harvesting device with increased output power density. 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 27, 2014

Building Underwater Networks

ECE associate professors Stefano Basagni, Yunsi Fei, & professor Milica Stojanovic were awarded a $400K NSF grant to develop a Northeastern University Marine Observatory NETwork (NU MONET).

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 26, 2014

Patent for Nanotubes

ChE professor Thomas Webster and Hicham Fenniri were awarded a patent for using “Nanotubes and compositions thereof” on the surfaces of implants.

Chemical Engineering

Aug 26, 2014

Passion for Quality Awarded

HSyE Research Associate Salah Haridy received the 2014 American Society for Quality’s Richard A. Freund International Scholarship for continued quality control research. 

Aug 20, 2014

Ideas to Lead By

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, MS, Industrial Engineering, 1977—Learn more about him in a story published in Winter 2011/2012 issue of Northeastern Magazine. Career Success: Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, a minister and trusted senior advisor […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 19, 2014

Fusing Nanotube Structures

MIE Associate Professors Yung Joon Jung, Moneesh Upmanyu, Carol Livermore-Clifford, and ECE Professor David Kaeli were awarded an $1.3M NSF grant to create high-performance carbon nanofibers.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 15, 2014

SQUID Shirt

Squid is a sensitized, wearable compression shirt that integrates with a smart-phone and web database to monitor resistance exercises (e.g. weightlifting). Created by an Northeastern University interdisciplinary team of mechanical […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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Aug 13, 2014

Thwarting Cyber-espionage

ECE & Khoury College Associate Professor Engin Kirda is developing advanced malware detection software to analyze and protect against the growing number of targeted cyberattacks. When it comes to Internet […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering