News

Jan 03, 2025
Enabling Dense and In-Situ Spectrum Sensing for 6G and Beyond
ECE Assistant Professor Aravind Nagulu, in collaboration with Duke University, Oregon State University, and the University of Notre Dame, was awarded a $800,000 NSF grant for “NewSpectrum: Enabling Dense and In-Situ Spectrum Monitoring via Analog Correlators and Circuits-System Co-Design.”

Jan 03, 2025
Proposed Security Solutions for Public Spaces
In the aftermath of the New Year’s Eve attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, ECE Distinguished Professor Carey Rappaport highlights the need for improved security measures in public spaces that include physical barriers and innovative architectural solutions.

Jan 03, 2025
Zhu Co-Leads Battery Sustainability Efforts at MIT Workshop
MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu co-organized the third annual Battery Sustainability Workshop at MIT, which focused on sustainable battery science and featured keynotes and industry talks.

Jan 03, 2025
Alam Gives Industrial Engineering/Operations Research Conference Keynote Speech
MIE Associate Professor Muhammad Noor E Alam delivered a keynote speech, “How Industrial Engineers Can Solve Critical Healthcare Problems: A Case Study Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Crisis,” at the 7th IEOM Bangladesh International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.

Jan 02, 2025
Patent for Zero-Power Sensing Technology
ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Associate Research Professor Zhenyun Qian were awarded a patent for “Zero power micromechanical switch-based sensing and monitoring system.”

Dec 23, 2024
Offering Insights into Increased Drone Presence
ECE Distinguished Professor Deniz Erdogmus suggests that the increase in mysterious drone sightings across the country could be the result of private companies operating more drones to test the limits of the technology.

Dec 23, 2024
New Bioinnovation Center in Ghana
BioE/COS Professor Lee Makowski established a Bioinnovation Center in Ghana at Academic City University College. He is developing and distributing affordable, locally designed medical technologies, including ventilator technology that was originally developed by the late Craig Smallwood, PhD’18, bioengineering.

Dec 23, 2024
Zhao Receives NSF CAREER Award To Advance Ammonia Production Research
ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao received a $618,100 NSF CAREER Award for “Computational Characterization of Reaction Mechanisms and Catalytic Microenvironments in Redox-Mediated Ammonia Electrosynthesis.”