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Sep 14, 2023
Designing Exoskeletons to be More Versatile and Accessible
Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd, in collaboration with Aaron Young from Georgia Tech, was awarded a $800K NSF grant for “Towards Task-Agnostic and Device-Agnostic Ankle Exoskeleton Control for Mobility Enhancement.”

Sep 08, 2023
Spinout Company Fourier LLC to Revolutionize Thermal Management
After pioneering thermoforming technical ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s) last year, MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb and mechanical engineering alum Jason Hoffman-Bice, PhD’22, have created a spinout company called Fourier LLC to commercialize their groundbreaking innovation in thermal management. Fourier’s Breakthrough Thermal Management Technology: Thermoformable Ceramic Matrix Composites In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of the […]

Sep 08, 2023
Developing Eco-Friendly Cooling Solutions
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng’s spinout from his lab at Northeastern, Planck Energies, has received a $275K NSF grant for “Climate-Eco-friendly Biocoating for Passive Cooling of Infrastructure.”

Aug 25, 2023
Fan Receives ASME Design Engineering Division Best Paper Award
Mechanical engineering graduate student Haonan Fan, PhD’24, received the 2023 Best Paper Award of the ASME Design Engineering Division for “DC Motor Velocity Control with Integral Retarded Controller Under Unintentional Delay” at the 2023 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference held in Boston this year. The paper was […]

Aug 23, 2023
Northeastern and Partner Universities Awarded Prestigious NSF Research Traineeship to Study Impacts of Technology Platforms
MIE Distinguished Professor Ozlem Ergun was awarded a $3M NSF grant to develop a “national research traineeship” (NRT) program called “Platforms for Exchange and Allocation of Resources (PEAR),” which will study the impact of digital platforms on society.

Aug 22, 2023
Northeastern’s Underwater Robotics Team Takes 8th at First Competition
Northeastern Underwater Robotics Team designed and built an underwater robot that placed 8th at the MATE World Championships.

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

Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Megan Hofmann
Megan Hofmann joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in August 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Khoury.