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May 01, 2024
First-Year Engineering Students Work With Client on Real-World Project
For their Cornerstone of Engineering course project, a group of first-year engineering students in Boston designed and built a set of portable rehabilitation stairs to address a real-world challenge of a hospital in Maine, as part of a collaboration with Northeastern’s Roux Institute in Portland, Maine.
Apr 30, 2024
Zheng Receives Leadership for Inclusion and Diversity Award
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng received the 2024 Leadership for Inclusion and Diversity Award from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Asian American Pacific Islanders Commission, which recognized him “as an exceptional leader who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to fostering inclusivity and diversity.”
Apr 29, 2024
Industrial Engineering Student Receives IISE UPS Scholarship for Female Students
Mia Ferrante, E’25, industrial engineering, was chosen by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Scholarship Trustees Committee as the winner of the UPS Scholarship for Female Students for her scholastic achievement, leadership, and dedication to the ISE profession.
Apr 29, 2024
New Institute for NanoSystems Innovation in Boston and Oakland
The Institute for NanoSystems Innovation, a first-of-its-kind research institute located on both U.S. coasts, is developing nano-scale technologies to drive innovation and miniaturization of chip-level technology advancements and applications. ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi is the institute’s director and ECE Professor David Horsley is deputy director.
Apr 26, 2024
MIE Capstone Group Helps Northeastern Graduates Plant Trees for Better Neighborhoods
Cathy and Tom Griffin, two Northeastern graduates, have realized the importance of trees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, they have led the WE Tree Boston project to increase the tree population in Boston’s neighborhoods with the help of a watering system designed by a group of MIE capstone students.
Apr 26, 2024
Sontag Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, ECE/BioE, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his career that has made breakthroughs in the mathematics of nonlinear and complex systems, with repercussions for biomedicine, systems biology, and neural networks.
Apr 25, 2024
Celebrating Affinity Student Groups at the 18th Annual Joint Recognition Banquet
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and corporate partners were recognized for their commitments to several COE affinity student groups at the 18th Annual Joint Recognition Banquet. The groups represented included SHPE, SWE, BESS, SASE, and DICE.
Apr 24, 2024
Using Robots To Map Icy Frontiers
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh uses his team of sea-diving robots to collect data in extreme environments, helping us better understand climate change.