David Luzzi
Senior Vice Provost for Research and Vice President, Innovation Campus at Burlington
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Office
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Research Focus
Security, intelligence and resilience; corporate partnerships; intellectual property policy; technology readiness and transition; engineered materials; additive manufacturing; expeditionary cyber; cybersecurity; UAS swarms; workforce training and development
Honors & Awards
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Research Overview
Security, intelligence and resilience; corporate partnerships; intellectual property policy; technology readiness and transition; engineered materials; additive manufacturing; expeditionary cyber; cybersecurity; UAS swarms; workforce training and development
Selected Publications
- E. Abou-Hamad, Y. Kim, M. Bouhrara, Y. Saih, T. Wågberg, D.E. Luzzi, C. Goze-Bac, NMR Strategies to Study the Local Magnetic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Physics B: Condensed Matter, 407(4), 2012, 740-742
- Y. Kim, E. Abou-Hamad, A. Rubio, T. Wågberg, AV Talyzin, D.E. Boesch, S. Aloni, A. Zettl, D. Luzzi, C. Goze-Bac, Communications: Nanomagnetic Shielding: High-Resolution NMR in Carbon Allotropes, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 132(2), 2010, 21102
- E. Abou-Hamad, Y. Kim, T. Wågberg, D. Boesch, S. Aloni, A. Zettl, A. Rubio, D.E. Luzzi, C. Goze-Bac, Molecular Dynamics and Phase Transition in One-Dimensional Crystal of C60 Encapsulated Inside Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, ACS nano, 3(12), 2009, 3878-3883
- E. Abou-Hamad, Y. Kim, A. Talyzin, C. Goze-Bac, D.E. Luzzi, C. Goze-Bac, A. Rubio, T. Wågberg, Hydrogenation of C60 in Peapods: Physical Chemistry in Nano Vessels, American Chemical Society, 113(2), 2009, 8583-8587
- P. Jaroenapibal, Y. Jung, S.Evoy, D.E. Luzzi, Electromechanical Properties of Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Grown on Focused-Ion-Beam Patterned Substrates Ultramicroscopy, 109(2), 2009, 167-171
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-Silient 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 the world’s third-largest chemical company to develop a new kind of Nylon specifically for the auto industry. This story isn’t unique. Many of today’s technologies—from […]
May 15, 2012
Northeastern’s David Luzzi awarded prestigious Ellis Island medal
David Luzzi’s maternal grandfather emigrated with his widowed mother and five younger sisters from Ireland to New York in 1914, and at age 14 he worked long days. He attended high school and college classes in the evening. Eventually, he became the treasurer of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. Luzzi’s paternal grandfather, the son of Italian […]