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Feb 28, 2025
7th Annual College of Engineering PhD Research Expo
Over 80 research posters were presented at the seventh annual College of Engineering PhD Research Expo, showing the remarkable work of engineering PhD students. Six students in two categories were recognized with awards.
Feb 28, 2025
New Microelectronics Manufacturing Process To Slash Production Costs
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina developed an additive “bottom-up” approach to the manufacturing process for silicon microprocessors or memory chips that drastically reduces production time and costs while making it more efficient and accessible.
Feb 25, 2025
Are There Rare Earth Minerals in Ukraine?
Laura Lewis, university distinguished and Cabot professor of ChE and MIE, who studies critical minerals and their applications, discusses a deal that would give the U.S. a share of Ukraine’s critical raw minerals.
Feb 25, 2025
PhD Student Wins Alan Gent Distinguished Student Paper Award
Zumrat Usmanova, PhD’27, mechanical engineering, who is advised by Ruobing Bai, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, was recognized with the highly competitive Alan Gent Distinguished Student Paper Award from The Adhesion Society.
Feb 25, 2025
Young Alumni Impact Award Winners Share Their Career Journeys
As part of Engineers Week, Gregory Abowd, dean of the College of Engineering, presented the college’s inaugural Young Alumni Impact Awards to six recent graduates who are transforming industries and inspiring the next generation. The award recipients shared their career journeys and how they turned their experiential education into impactful careers. View the video recap and photo gallery.
Feb 12, 2025
Adaptive Prosthetic Ankle for Amputees
Bouvé/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd is developing a Variable-Stiffness Ankle (VSA) prosthetic to address the limitations of current fixed-stiffness prosthetics by dynamically adapting to users’ movements for enhanced comfort and mobility.
Feb 07, 2025
Spring 2025 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Spring 2025 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Jan 31, 2025
2024 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those who published a paper in 2024 or later.