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Jan 06, 2025
Relive the 115 Years of Co-op Celebration
The year 2024 marked 115 years of cooperative education at Northeastern University, which began in the College of Engineering! To celebrate a series of events for alumni, employers, students, faculty, staff, and families took place across the global university network, culminating in Boston during Homecoming Weekend in November.

Jan 06, 2025
Hajjar Receives SSRC Distinguished Member Award
CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar was selected to receive the 2025 Structural Stability Research Council (SSRC) Distinguished Member Award, which is presented annually to an SSRC member who has actively served the organization for years and made outstanding contributions to its work and mission.

Jan 06, 2025
Patent for Energy-Saving Spin Technology
ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was awarded a patent for “Topological insulator/normal metal bilayers as spin hall materials for spin orbit torque devices, and methods of fabrication of same.”

Jan 06, 2025
Patent for Enhanced Memory Security Against Side-Channel Attacks
ECE Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Yunsi Fei was awarded a patent for “Methods and systems for protecting against memory-based side-channel attacks.”

Jan 06, 2025
Patent for Visible Light System Revolutionizes Underwater-to-Aerial Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia and Research Assistant Professor Emrecan Demirors were awarded a patent for “Visible-light software-defined modem.”

Jan 06, 2025
Patent for High-Speed Nanoprinting Technology
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for “Fast fluidic assembly method for nanoscale and microscale printing.”

Jan 06, 2025
Establishing a Tracking Methodology To Determine Food-and-Health Links
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Weng received funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts 2024 Innovation Fund to develop a methodology that will precisely trace food molecules as they travel through the human body to better understand food-host interactions and apply that knowledge to disease prevention and treatment.

Jan 03, 2025
Low-Power Computing for Complex Problems
ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella and Professor Marvin Onabajo were awarded a $600,000 NSF grant for “Low-Power Computing Based on Programmable Multidimensional Circuits.”