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Oct 24, 2024

Encouraging Maine Business Leaders To Adopt Data-Driven Practices

MIE/CEE Professor Jack Lesko, who is also director of engineering research at the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, co-led a study that revealed businesses in that state are behind international trends to implement what is known as Industry 4.0, or real-time data and automation standards.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 01, 2024

Patent for Color-Sensing Technology

ChE Affiliated Faculty Swastik Kar and ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas were awarded a patent for “Device and method for color indentification.”

Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mona Minkara

Sep 23, 2024

$1.95M NIH MIRA R35 Award for Developing New Strategies To Combat Bacterial Infections

BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was awarded a $1.95 million NIH R35 MIRA Award for Early-Stage Investigators for “Foundational Investigations Into Bacterial Surface Glycan Dynamics.” The project aims to advance knowledge of bacterial and glycan behavior, leading to new ways to enhance health and prevent infections.

Bioengineering

Sep 12, 2024

Shi Selected for 35 Innovators Under 35

ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Weiyan Shi was named as one of MIT’s Tech Review 35 Innovators Under 35 for her work in artificial intelligence and her research in natural language processing and persuasive dialogues.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sep 03, 2024

Alpha Fund Award for Pioneering Innovation With Finder @ Social

Surya Sai Brahmendra Ramoju, MS’24, data analytics engineering, received the Alpha Fund Award from Northeastern’s Center for Entrepreneurship Education for his commitment to fostering transformative change in the digital sphere as founder of Finder @ Social.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Weiyan Shi

Aug 14, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Weiyan Shi

Weiyan Shi joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in August 2024 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Khoury.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Yongmin Liu

Aug 01, 2024

Revolutionizing Computing With Meta-ONNs

MIE/ECE Professor Yongmin Liu was awarded a $467,930 NSF grant for “Design and Realization of Multiplexed Meta-Optical Neural Networks.” He will design and implement a novel class of metasurface-based ONNs, which can operate at optical frequencies and realize diverse functions.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 01, 2024

$1.6M NSF Award for Creating Inclusive Cities Through Technology

CEE Associate Professor Qi “Ryan” Wang and ECE Associate Professor Yanzhi Wang, in collaboration with the University of Florida and the University of Virginia, received a $1.6 million NSF grant for “Strengthening Elderly Mobility in Urban Landscapes: Towards Age-Inclusive and Equitable Communities.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering