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Mar 19, 2025
Northeastern Hosts Conference To Advance Global Research in Mechanobiology
Northeastern’s inaugural Global Summit on Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine Conference, organized by Ning Wang, professor of bioengineering and director of the Institute for Mechanobiology at Northeastern, brought together leading experts in mechanobiology from around the globe to share research and advance efforts to address pressing health issues.
Mar 19, 2025
MIE Grad Mixer Connects Students for Co-op Success
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering held a Grad Mixer on March 18, 2025, to bring together students who have co-op experience with students just beginning a co-op search.
Mar 13, 2025
NSF CAREER Award To Develop Stronger and More Versatile Adhesives
MIE Assistant Professor Ruobing Bai received a $650,000 NSF CAREER Award to improve the functionality of soft sticky adhesive materials so that they do not easily crack or break and can rapidly switch between adhesive and non-adhesive states.
Mar 12, 2025
Developing New Ways To Control Heat Flow
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s Nano Energy Laboratory, in collaboration with Mauro Antezza’s Theoretical Physics Group at the Université de Montpellier in Montpellier, France, published their research on “Flexible Tuning of Asymmetric Near-Field Radiative Thermal Transistor by Utilizing Distinct Phase-Change Materials,” as a featured article in Applied Physics Letters.
Mar 06, 2025
Optimizing Carbon Nanotube Bundles for Improved Electronics
MIE Professor Yung Joon Jung published his research on “Bundling Effect of Semiconductor-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks on Field-Effect Transistor Performance” in Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing.
Mar 06, 2025
Using Data To Understand Complex Fluids
MIE Assistant Professor Safa Jamali and Postdoctoral Research Associate Anushka Jha’s research on “Data-Driven Techniques in Rheology: Developments, Challenges, and Perspective” was published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science.
Mar 06, 2025
Patent for Highly Sensitive Gas Detection Technology
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for “Sensors with capacitive transduction via metamaterials for gas detection.”
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.