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Jul 03, 2024
Improving the Range of Radio Frequencies
ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella’s research on “Multipurpose Acoustic Metamaterial Anchors for Aluminum Scandium Nitride Contour Mode Resonators” was published in the Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and will be featured on the cover when it is printed.
Jul 03, 2024
Improving the Smell of Composting
A team of bioengineering students are participating in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation global competition that showcases synthetic biology projects. The iGEM student team is developing a solution that would make compost smell like mint and lavender by targeting the microbial process. They also recently received a PEAK Experience Award from Northeastern.
Jul 03, 2024
Warmer Water Can Lead to Stronger Hurricanes
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen explains that the high ocean temperatures are a factor in Hurricane Beryl’s record-breaking development and predicts a busy hurricane season.
Jul 03, 2024
Advancing Ultra-Fast Sound Technology
MIE Assistant Professor Yoseob Yoon’s research on “Terahertz Phonon Engineering With van der Waals Heterostructures” was published in Nature. He has discovered a way to create atomically thin transducers that could one day enable quantum computing at room temperature.
Jul 02, 2024
Studying Gut Bacteria
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston, in collaboration with Ahmad (Mo) Khalil from Boston University, was awarded a $900,000 NSF grant for “Synthetic Ecology of Mixed Aerobic/Anaerobic Microbial Consortia.”
Jul 02, 2024
Closas Elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
The IEEE AESS Board of Governors selected ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas to serve as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine from July 2024 to June 2027.
Jun 26, 2024
BioE PhD Student Earns Prestigious IBSA Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
Helna Mary Baby, a BioE PhD student, advised by BioE Associate Professor Ambika Bajpayee, is one of only six students worldwide to earn the prestigious IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research Doctoral Fellowship to continue her work on developing novel gene delivery system to treat osteoarthritis. Her project was selected from a group of 248 project entries from 47 countries.
Jun 26, 2024
Leading the Charge in Building the Next Generation of Wireless Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia oversees the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University. With a specific focus on wireless network technologies like 5G and 6G, he is helping Northeastern lead wireless communications into the future.