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Oct 24, 2023
Using Spark Fund Award to Revolutionize Cooling Technology
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng is using the Spark Funds he received earlier this year to develop and commercialize more practical passive cooling products to combat the negative effects of climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Oct 24, 2023
Zheng Selected as NECAA Scientist of the Year
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was honored to be selected and conferred the title of the “Scientist of the Year” by the New England Chinese American Alliance at the NECAA Annual Gala.

Oct 20, 2023
Sherman Center Venture Co-op: Mukki Gill
Mukki Gill, a rising third-year mechanical engineering and history major, is on a venture co-op at the Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education. She hopes to invent a medical device for epilepsy. Mukki’s venture is inspired by her brother Zor’s lifelong medical struggle with a genetic disorder called Dravel’s Syndrome which cause epilepsy and autism, […]

Oct 04, 2023
Using Iron Powder as a Renewable Energy Source
MIE Professors Yiannis Levendis, Hameed Metghalchi, and Associate Professor Randall Erb are developing a new process to burn iron powder to produce carbon-free renewable energy.

Oct 04, 2023
Ergun Elected INFORMS Fellow
Ozlem Ergun, COE distinguished professor, MIE, was elected a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) for her applications of O.R. methods to humanitarian and health systems, emergency response, and transportation and logistics problems; and establishing a community of O.R. professionals with interest in public programs.

Sep 22, 2023
Robotics Student Researching Autonomous Vehicle Solutions
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 & […]