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Jul 25, 2024
Zheng Wins 2024 Raymond Viskanta Award
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng is the recipient of the 2024 Raymond Viskanta Award, one of the highest honors for faculty in the field of radiative heat transfer. He received this esteemed award at the 5th International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation (NanoRad 2024) in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He also delivered an invited presentation, “Cost-effective Functional Energy Materials for Thermal Radiative Applications,” at the event.
Jul 24, 2024
$1.5M NSF Grant to Develop New Photonic Materials
MIE/ECE Associate Professor Yongmin Liu and ECE Assistant Professor Sunil Mittal, in collaboration with Professor Wenshan Cai from Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Alexandra Boltasseva from Purdue University, are leading a $1,500,000 NSF DMREF grant for “Accelerating the Design and Development of Engineered Photonic Materials based on a Data-Driven Deep Learning Approach.”
Jul 24, 2024
Robotics Student Awarded 2024 Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship
Sophia Jonas, MS’26, robotics, is one of seven new fellows selected for the 2024 Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship, which supports students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM fields pursuing robotics degrees.
Jul 23, 2024
Ergun Gives Plenary Speech at ISMP 2024
MIE Distinguished Professor Ozlem Ergun is giving a plenary speech at the upcoming 25th International Symposium on Math Programming that will focus on her research related to the improvement of global food aid operations using mathematical programming.
Jul 10, 2024
Robotics Student Awarded Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship
Oscar De La Garza, MS’25, robotics, is participating in an internship at Amazon Robotics as part of being named one of just seven students awarded the 2023 Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship. The fellowship supports emerging leaders in science from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM, awarding scholarships, mentorship, and career opportunities.
Jul 08, 2024
Announcing 2024 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a July to December 2024 co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
Jul 08, 2024
Developing the World’s First Sub-THz Satellite Network Platform
ECE Professor and Interim Chair Josep Jornet, MIE Professor Andrew Gouldstone, ECE Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, and ECE/COS Professor Ken Duffy, in collaboration with the Morehead State University Space Science Center, were awarded a $750,000 NSF grant for the “Development towards a Community Research Platform for sub-THz Satellite Communication Networks.”
Jul 08, 2024
Using AI To Save Lives on the Battlefield
Liam McEneaney, MS’25, engineering and public policy, is working with ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas and MIE Teaching Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton, and in collaboration with MIT Lincoln Lab, to develop an AI-powered computer program that will accurately and quickly fill out tactical combat casualty care cards for injured soldiers on its own on the battlefield by processing video and audio from medics in real time, and quickly sending the digital card to hospital staff.