News
Apr 24, 2020
Developing Materials to Incorporate into Coatings to Kill the COVID-19 Virus on Surfaces for Public Spaces
Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, was awarded a $200K NSF RAPID grant for “Lattice-Defective Copper Oxides as a Biocidal Tool for COVID-19 and Beyond.”
Apr 23, 2020
Kamarthi Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
MIE Professor Sagar Kamarthi received the Northeastern University Excellence in Teaching Award.
Apr 22, 2020
Machining Parts for Mask Production
MIE Senior Machinist Ben Macalister is using the Forsyth machine shop to manufacture parts that will be used to create protective gear for healthcare professionals.
Apr 21, 2020
Patent for Validating MRAC for Human-in-the-Loop Control Systems
MIE Professor Rifat Sipahi was awarded a patent for “Validating and computing stability limits of human-in-the-loop adaptive control systems”.
Apr 17, 2020
Modeling COVID-19 Data to Help Hospitals With Projections
James Benneyan, MIE Professor and Director of Northeastern’s Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute, is working with Lahey Hospital and Medical Center to develop a modeling tool to help hospitals prepare for surges in COVID-19 cases.
Apr 17, 2020
Researchers Receive $100K NSF RAPID Grant for Drug Supply Chain Shortages
MIE Assistant Professor Jacqueline Griffin, ECE Professor David Kaeli, MIE Professor Ozlem Ergun, and affiliate faculty Stacy Marsella & Casper Harteveld were awarded a $100K NSF RAPID grant for “Rapid Monitoring and Assessment of Critical Pharmaceutical Supply Chains.” The work will be done in collaboration with the Department of Pharmacy at MGH and OrbitalRx.
Apr 15, 2020
Determining Which Social Distancing Policies are Effective
MIE Associate Professor Babak Heydari is analyzing COVID-19 data to see which social distancing policies are the most effective.
Apr 13, 2020
Congratulations RISE:2020 Winners
Congratulations to our engineering students who won awards at the RISE:2020 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo!