News
Jul 02, 2025
Developing Data-Enabled Methods for Material Characterization and Design
MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu and Research Scientist Wei Li were awarded a $500,000 NSF three-year grant for “Mechanics Informatics for Learning Constitutive Models: Theory, Computation, and Uncertainty Quantification.”
Jul 02, 2025
Zheng Selected as Fulbright Scholar Awardee
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was selected to receive the distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award for 2025-2026.
Jun 23, 2025
NSF CAREER Award To Advance Multi-Agent Network Optimization Foundations
MIE Assistant Professor Shahin Shahrampour was awarded a $515,000 NSF CAREER grant for “Foundations of Scalable, Fast, and Online Decentralized Manifold Optimization in Multi-Agent Networks.” The project takes a substantial step toward the development and adoption of decentralized manifold optimization in large-scale, multi-agent optimization. Manifold optimization is instrumental in control and engineering applications.
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
Jun 09, 2025
Dialogue of Civilizations in Milan on Heritage, Design, Innovation
Tucker 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.