News

Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Xubo Yue
Xubo Yue joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in August 2023 as an Assistant Professor.

Aug 17, 2023
Studying Axolotls To Understand How Limbs Develop and Regrow
MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine, in collaboration with Biology Professor James Monaghan, was awarded a $625,000 NSF grant for “In Vivo Mechanotransduction During Limb Growth” to understand the mechanical signaling involved in limb growth.

Aug 11, 2023
Singh and His Collection of Sea-Diving Robots Add New Depth to Our Understanding of Climate Impacts
ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh is using marine robotics like his groundbreaking SeaBED vehicle to capture data on polar sea ice and reshape our understanding of remote environments.

Aug 02, 2023
Understanding Human Decision-Making During Supply Chains Shortages
Research conducted by MIE Associate Professor Jacqueline Griffin, MIE Professor Ozlem Ergun, and affiliate faculty member Stacy Marsella on “Agent-Based Modeling of Human Decision-makers Under Uncertain Information During Supply Chain Shortages” was published in the proceedings from the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.

Jul 26, 2023
Eco-Friendly Passive Cooling With Recycled Packaging Plastics
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s research group Nano Energy Laboratory published their research on “Oil-Paper-Umbrella-Inspired Passive Radiative Cooling Using Recycled Packaging Foam” in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and “Eco-friendly Passive Radiative Cooling Using Recycled Packaging Plastics” in Materials Today Sustainability.

Jul 24, 2023
Burning Iron Particles To Generate Clean Energy
MIE Professors Yiannis Levendis, Hameed Metghalchi, and Associate Professor Randall Erb were awarded a $600,000 NSF grant for “A Study on Burning Iron Particles as Carbon-Free Circular Fuels With Co-Generation of Value-Added Nanomaterials.”

Jul 21, 2023
Pioneering Sustainable Solutions in Clean Energy
Planck Energies, founded by MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng, is a clean-energy startup that is developing cutting-edge renewable energy solutions for commercial and residential environments.

Jul 20, 2023
Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awardees
MIE Associate Professor Randal Erb, ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong, ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier, and MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng are recipients of the Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awards from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation.