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Sep 23, 2024
SFPE 2024 Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communication
MIE Distinguished Professor Yiannis Levendis is one of 15 collaborators who received the 2024 Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communication in the field of fire technology from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) for their paper “The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Outdoor Fire Fighting.”
Sep 21, 2024
$13M ARPA-H Award for Breakthrough 3D Imaging To Detect Lung Cancer Early
Soner Sonmezoglu, ECE assistant professor, was awarded a $13 million grant from the ARPA-H, titled “PAIL: PhotoAcoustic Imaging technology for diagnostic Lung assessment.” The result of the effort will be a radically new optical photoacoustic imaging system with advanced image reconstruction algorithms to assist in diagnosing and treating cancer and other major diseases.
Sep 20, 2024
Measuring Microparticles With Precision
Sabrina Marnoto, PhD’25, chemical engineering, and Avi Patel, E’24, chemical engineering, are working on developing a novel device to measure the elastic modulus of microparticles. Their innovation could significantly benefit pharmaceutical drug delivery systems by ensuring precise particle measurements.
Sep 19, 2024
Explaining Continued Consequences of Cyberattack on a Healthcare Provider
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu explains why some healthcare providers may still be suffering from a cyberattack that occurred this February on medical payment processing provider Change Healthcare and how the continued consequences represent a need for heightened government scrutiny.
Sep 19, 2024
Zheng Selected for Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40
Yi Zheng, MIE associate professor and founder of Planck Energies, has been named a 2024 “40 Under 40” honoree by the Boston Business Journal. Zheng was selected from over 300 nominees in the greater Boston area for his excellence in academics, business leadership, and community service.
Sep 19, 2024
Revolutionizing Edge Computing With Superconducting Deep Neural Networks
ECE Assistant Professors Marco Colangelo and Francesco Restuccia were awarded a two-year $500,000 DARPA grant for “Superconducting Deep Neural Networks at the Edge.” They aim to reduce end-to-end processing latency by at least three orders of magnitude compared to existing edge computing paradigms without impacting AI performance.
Sep 18, 2024
Understanding the Causes and Implications of Hezbollah Pager Explosions
ECE Professor and Interim Chair Josep Jornet explains what led thousands of explosive-filled pagers planted by the militant group Hezbollah to detonate in parts of Lebanon and Syria, citing a tampered fail-safe mechanism within the pagers as the likely cause.
Sep 18, 2024
Co-ops in the Dana Research Center Prepare Alumnus for a Successful Career
David Miller, E’71, MS’75, electrical engineering, transformed his childhood interest into a decades-long career. Recurring co-ops in Northeastern’s Dana Research Center taught him the electronic design principles and communication skills that became the foundation for his career successes.