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Mars Rover team photo

Jun 16, 2025

Mars Rover Team Takes Third at International Competition

A Northeastern University student team was a finalist in the University Rover Challenge of The Mars Society, where they placed in the top three at the competition. They competed in Utah with 39 teams from around the world against schools like the University of Michigan, Cornell, as well as teams from Japan, Bangladesh, Turkey, and more.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 09, 2025

Skalak Award Honorable Mention for Paper on Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy

Ana I. Vargas, PhD’25, bioengineering, BioE Associate Professor Chiara Bellini and MIE Associate Professor Rouzbeh Amini received an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Skalak Award for their paper on “Vascular Remodeling During Late-Gestation Pregnancy: An In-Vitro Assessment of the Murine Ascending Thoracic Aorta.”

Bioengineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 09, 2025

NSF CAREER Award To Develop Models for Human Trafficking Interdiction and Service Provision

MIE Assistant Professor Kayse Lee Maass received a $553,946 NSF CAREER award for “Multi-Agent Network Interdiction and Service Provision Models To Counter Human Trafficking.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 09, 2025

Levendis Receives ASEE Robert G. Quinn Award

MIE Distinguished Professor Yiannis Levendis is the recipient of the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Robert G. Quinn Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the promotion of excellence in experimentation and laboratory instruction.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 09, 2025

Dialogue of Civilizations in Milan on Heritage, Design, Innovation

ucker Marion, associate professor of entrepreneurship and innovation group, jointly appointed in mechanical and industrial engineering, led a Dialogue of Civilizations in Milan, exploring the connection between heritage, design, and innovation.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 02, 2025

NSF CAREER Award for Impact Dynamics of Complex Fluid Droplets on Surfaces

MIE Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Tang received a $584,946 NSF CAREER award for “Unraveling Flow-Fluid Coupling During Impact of Complex Fluid Droplets.” The research will establish a framework that combines several state-of-the-art diagnostic methods to probe the impact dynamics of drops composed of complicated fluids. Data will provide critical insight into the impact dynamics of complex fluid droplets on surfaces. 

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 27, 2025

PhD Students Volunteer at Elementary School Science Fair

Six BioE and MIE PhD students volunteered at the annual Broadmeadow Elementary School Science Fair in Needham, Massachusetts, alongside MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine, where K-5th grade students presented individual projects.

Bioengineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

two MS students present their research

May 21, 2025

AI Tool To Prevent Electronic Health Record Outages During Blackouts

Isaac Premkumar, MS’26, data analytics engineering, and Ishan Chaudhary, MS’26, data analytics engineering, received a Microsoft Open Source AI Hackathon judge’s choice award for MedQGraph, an AI-integrated tool to store and analyze medical records so they can be retrieved even when electronic health record systems are down.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering