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Feb 10, 2024

Giant Rolling Corals Defy Expectations in Florida Keys

MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson’s research on “Giant Mobile Coralliths From the Florida Keys, USA” was published in the Bulletin of Marine Science.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Cristian Cassella

Feb 09, 2024

Cassella Joins Fulbright Specialist Roster

ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella was recommended by a panel of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and World Learning to join the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of three years.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 09, 2024

First-Ever National Offshore Wind Research Center

CEE Professor Andrew Myers, CEE/MIE Associate Research Professor Nathan Post, and CEE CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar, in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a consortium of forty partners, were selected to join a first-of-its-kind $11.9 million DOE research center, Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW), dedicated to accelerate reliable and equitable offshore wind energy deployment across the nation.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Feb 09, 2024

Weighing Airline Passengers for Precise Estimates

MIE Professor Mohammad Taslim explains the benefits of weighing airline passengers in addition to their luggage before a flight.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 09, 2024

Eavesdropping Cyberthreats Through Modern Security Cameras

Research of ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu, who specializes in cybersecurity, uncovered a way to eavesdrop on most modern cameras, from home security cameras and dash cams to the camera on your phone. Called EM Eye, short for Electromagnetic Eye, the technique can capture the video from another person’s camera through walls in real time. 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 08, 2024

Hashmi Uses Spark Fund Award for Revolutionary Research

ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi received a Spark Fund Award from the Center of Research Innovation at Northeastern for her research to advance microfluidic tensiometry/elastometry technology, which promises to revolutionize the screening and optimization of elastic particles and fluid droplets.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 08, 2024

Improving Bioavailability in Oral Drug Delivery

ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier is developing an algorithm-driven, streamlined process for drug delivery to potentially reduce dosages and side effects. She received a Spark Fund award from the Center for Research Innovation at Northeastern for this research.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 06, 2024

Developing Hybrid Battery Management Systems To Protect Freezing Batteries

MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu and MIE Professor Hongwei Sun are exploring how to better protect batteries from extreme temperatures by determining what happens during exposure and developing a temperature management system to regulate battery temperatures.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering