News
Jul 28, 2026
Liu Appointed Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
MIE/ECE Professor Yongmin Liu was appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, a journal dedicated to the publication of manuscripts reporting novel experimental or theoretical results within the broad field of science and technology of quantum electronics of either a device, subsystem, or system-oriented nature.
Jul 21, 2026
Commercializing Novel Antenna Technology to Power Next Generation Radar Systems
Northeastern University has partnered with Re:Build Manufacturing through the Center for Research Innovation to test, scale, and commercialize a novel antenna technology developed at the Kostas Research Institute for defense and commercial radar applications. The breakthrough technology originated from affiliated MIE faculty Shawn Williams and Kristi Pance, whose research focuses on scalable, real-world engineering solutions.
Jul 20, 2026
Patent for Advanced Auxetic Composite Materials
MIE Professor Yaning Li was awarded a patent for “Fiber-matrix composites with negative Poisson’s ratio.”
Jul 16, 2026
Pantry Staple Science Helps Engineering Team Rethink the Laws of Physics
MIE Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Tang and graduate student Boqian Yan, MS’24, PhD, mechanical engineering, published research in Physical Review Fluids mapping five distinct behaviors of particle-heavy droplets—like oobleck—colliding with liquids, offering insights that could advance precision 3D printing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and environmental pesticide application.
Jul 09, 2026
Tang’s Research Featured on Cover of Nanoscale
MIE Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Tang’s research on “Controlling particle dynamics in dead-end channels via boundary effects” was featured on the inside front cover of Nanoscale.
Jul 07, 2026
Horsley Awarded $7.1M NSF Cooperative Agreement for Global Deep-Tech Startup Alliances
ECE/MIE Professor David Horsley, in collaboration with Michelle Kiang at MTM Venture Partners, has been awarded a $7.1 million National Science Foundation grant for “Scaling Deep Tech Innovation Through International Partnerships” to position Northeastern as the lead institution in a major international expansion of deep-tech partnerships.
Jul 01, 2026
Patent for Transfiguring Aluminum Alloys into High Efficiency Solar Absorbers Using Alkaline Solutions
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was awarded a patent for “Method for producing plasmonic-nanostructure spectrally selective solar absorber having high solar absorptance, low thermal emittance, and high thermal stability.”
Jun 22, 2026
Automated Vehicle Mounted Sensor Array Wins First Place at SICK 10K Challenge
Ben Cometto, MS, robotics and James Tukpah, E’20, MS’22, PhD’27, computer engineering won first place at the SICK $10K Challenge for developing an automated, vehicle-mounted sensor system that uses lidar and hyperspectral imaging to map and measure the moisture content of vegetation in real time, significantly speeding up how assessment teams identify potential wildfire fuels.