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Sep 22, 2023
How can we make robot cars safer? Northeastern student examines emerging technology as part of co-op in Germany
Robotics graduate student Srinivas Peri, MS’24, is completing a six-month co-op at TWT Science & Innovation in Germany, where he is researching and developing autonomous vehicle solutions.
Sep 22, 2023
Advancing All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries
MIE Associate Professor Hongli Zhu received a $770K grant from the DOE Office of Science for “Uncovering the mechano-electro-chemo mechanism of fresh Li in sulfide based all solid-state batteries through operando studies”.
Sep 15, 2023
Announcing Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. Projects this fall are tackling a range of topics and modes with students developing an autobiographical zine, studying the development of amphibian limbs, building better rocket parts, and more. BASE CAMP AWARDS Farhad Ibrahimzade COE’26 & […]
Sep 14, 2023
Designing Exoskeletons to be More Versatile and Accessible
Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd, in collaboration with Aaron Young from Georgia Tech, was awarded a $800K NSF grant for “Towards Task-Agnostic and Device-Agnostic Ankle Exoskeleton Control for Mobility Enhancement.”
Sep 08, 2023
Spinout Company Fourier LLC to Revolutionize Thermal Management
After pioneering thermoforming technical ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s) last year, MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb and mechanical engineering alum Jason Hoffman-Bice, PhD’22, have created a spinout company called Fourier LLC to commercialize their groundbreaking innovation in thermal management. Fourier’s Breakthrough Thermal Management Technology: Thermoformable Ceramic Matrix Composites In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of the […]
Sep 08, 2023
Developing Eco-Friendly Cooling Solutions
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s spinout from his lab at Northeastern, Planck Energies, has received a $275K NSF grant for “Climate-Eco-friendly Biocoating for Passive Cooling of Infrastructure.”
Aug 25, 2023
Fan Receives ASME Design Engineering Division Best Paper Award
Mechanical engineering graduate student Haonan Fan, PhD’24, received the 2023 Best Paper Award of the ASME Design Engineering Division for “DC Motor Velocity Control with Integral Retarded Controller Under Unintentional Delay” at the 2023 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference held in Boston this year. The paper was […]
Aug 23, 2023
Northeastern and partner universities awarded prestigious NSF research traineeship to study impacts of technology platforms, such as Uber, Lyft
MIE Distinguished Professor Ozlem Ergun was awarded a $3M NSF grant to develop a “national research traineeship” (NRT) program called “Platforms for Exchange and Allocation of Resources (PEAR),” which will study the impact of digital platforms on society.