David Luzzi
Senior Vice Provost and Vice President for Business Development,
SVP and VP
Board of Directors,
International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Board of Directors,
Advanced Cybersecurity Center
Contact
- d.luzzi@northeastern.edu
- Northeastern University Innovation Campus
147 South Bedford St.
Burlington, MA 01803
Social Media
Office
- ISEC 330
- 857-445-1105
Research Focus
Research leadership, including complex multi-investigator and multi-institutional programs, research administration, compliance, development, finance, and technology transition. Review leader of multi-billion-dollar nation-scale research enterprises.
About
David E. Luzzi is Senior Vice Provost and Vice President for Business Development at Northeastern University and the former Dean of Engineering. He was the chief research officer of the university as Senior Vice Provost for Research and built the Innovation Campus at Burlington, MA as Vice President. Luzzi launched the Northeastern campus in Arlington, VA and the research site in Brunswick, ME. He built the Kostas Research Institute as the university’s applied research laboratory focused on security.
Luzzi has been awarded the U.S. Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the George Heilmeier Award for Research Innovation, and is a Wharton Palmer Scholar. He is an elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and the Advanced Cyber Security Center. He was a Science and Technology Fellow with the U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group and a member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. As Science and Technology Chair of the AFSAB, he led the nation-wide review of the multi-$billion U.S. Air Force S&T programs. He has been an advisor to companies and nation-states on science and technology.
Luzzi is also Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. As a researcher, Luzzi has published over 120 peer-reviewed publications cited over 9,000 times; two corporate ventures were launched from his research laboratory. He has conducted three years of research in Japan at Osaka University and Kyoto University.
Honors & Awards
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- US Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Medal
- George Heilmeier Award for Research Innovation
Research Overview
Research leadership, including complex multi-investigator and multi-institutional programs, research administration, compliance, development, finance, and technology transition. Review leader of multi-billion-dollar nation-scale research enterprises.
Department Research Areas
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 16, 2021
Silevitch to Direct New AI Jumpstart Program
ECE Professor Michael Silevitch will lead a new Massachusetts program, AI Jumpstart, to connect small business owners in the state with academic faculty experts to learn how machine learning can grow their companies. Northeastern received a $2.2 million state grant that will be used primarily for high-speed computer equipment and also to provide for faculty consultants, both of which will be available to selected companies to get the pilot effort up and running. Northeastern kicked in an additional $2 million, raising the program’s total value to more than $4 million.
Feb 03, 2021
Luzzi Named 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
David Luzzi, senior vice provost for research and vice president of the Innovation Campus at Burlington, and professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has been named a 2020 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Oct 16, 2020
COE Faculty Awarded Seed Funding in Collaboration with University of Maine
BioE Assistant Professors Jiahe Li and Mingyang Lu, ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa, ECE Assistant Professors Sarah Ostadabbas and Xue “Shelley” Lin, and ECE Associate Research Scientist Ataur Katebi were among the faculty chosen for five competitive collaborative research projects with the University of Maine in the areas of artificial intelligence, earth and climate sciences, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and marine sciences.
Oct 01, 2020
Assuring that Self-Driving Cars are Accessible to Those with Disabilities
ECE Assistant Professor Xue “Shelley” Lin is working with the algorithms in self-driving vehicles to ensure that they will be accessible to those with disabilities.
Oct 21, 2019
Northeastern University Launches the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia will be the new director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things which will drive advances in the ways that people stay connected worldwide.
Sep 20, 2019
Creating the World’s Most Powerful Emulator of Wireless Systems
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia is working with NSF and DARPA to create the next generation of wireless technology by building a testbed named Colosseum, which will be the world’s most powerful emulator of wireless systems.
Apr 09, 2019
Northeastern Opens State-of-the-Art Radio-Silent Drone Facility
Northeastern University is collaborating with Hanscom Air Force Base on a $2.8M grant on a first-of-its-kind radio-silent drone testing facilty at Innovation Campus in Burlington.
Jan 14, 2016
Luzzi to Lead Northeastern's Initiatives in Security and Innovation
David E. Luzzi has been appointed vice provost for research innovation and development and vice president for the Northeastern University Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Oct 11, 2013
How to develop cutting-edge technologies faster
When DuPont introduced Nylon in the 1940s, its creators had no idea that the material would be a critical component in today’s automobile engines. It took just as long for […]