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May 21, 2024

New Study Finds That Microplastics Reduce the Efficiency of Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere

MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins co-authored a new study, published in Marine Chemistry, which shows that microplastics slow down the ocean’s natural carbon sink process. This is reducing the ocean’s ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which impedes it from helping offset the climate crisis.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Hameed Metghalchi

May 20, 2024

Metghalchi Selected as HelioCon Featured Researcher

MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi was selected as a Featured Researcher by the Heliostat Consortium for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power, and was invited to join the HelioCon Board of Advisors.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 20, 2024

Preparing Autonomous Vehicles for the Mainstream Market

ECE/Khoury Assistant Professor Michael Everett explains why current autonomous vehicle technology isn’t ready for the mainstream market. The autonomy kits used on these vehicles aren’t precise enough to meet safety standards, he says.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rebecca Willits

May 20, 2024

Enhancing Diversity in Engineering Departments

ChE Professor and Chair Rebecca Willits’ research on “Framework for Department-Level Accountability To Diversify Engineering” was published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering.

Chemical Engineering

Miriam Leeser

May 20, 2024

Leeser Delivers Keynote at FCCM 2024

ECE Professor Miriam Leeser gave a keynote speech on “Pets vs Cattle: Heterogeneous Systems in the 21st Century” at the 32nd IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

May 20, 2024

Northeastern Research Shows the Benefits of Shifting to Standardized Employment

MIE Distinguished Professor Ozlem Ergun and other Northeastern researchers presented findings that suggest both workers and platforms may benefit from a move away from the independent contractor model to standardized employment. The interdisciplinary research team studied the working behavior of the package delivery platform Deliv for the study.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 20, 2024

ECE Professors Recognized Among Leading Women in Visual Tech and AI

ECE Professor Octavia Camps and ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas were recognized by LDV Capital as two of the 120+ Women Spearheading Advances in Visual Tech and AI, which highlights contributions of women in fields such as machine vision, pattern recognition, and generative models.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Nian X. Sun

May 13, 2024

Exploring Magnetoelectric Technology in IoT

ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun was invited to write the review “Magnetoelectric Microelectromechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Systems for the IoT” in the journal Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering.

Electrical & Computer Engineering