Electrical and computer engineering capstone students were inspired by the movie Iron Man in their development of goCAD, a program that allows users to manipulate virtual objects with nothing but a swipe of their hand.
3Qs: The 3-D printing of tomorrow
Professor Ahmed Busnaina’s method of directed assembly is faster, cheaper, and more versatile than traditional 3-D printing. What does it mean? Could $10 iPhones and tissue engineering breakthroughs be just the tip of the iceberg. Photo by Mary Knox Merrill.
Hiding in plain sight
Applications like invisibility cloaking can’t be realized until the metamaterials that enable them are operable at a range of frequencies. New research from associate professor Hossein Mosallaei could lead to this possibility.
Green High Performance Computing Center opens its doors
Northeastern, partner institutions and state officials unveiled the $165 million center, which provides a central resource for New England to focus on green technologies and high-performance computing.
A small-scale solution with a large-scale impact
Researchers at Northeastern’s Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing have developed a new device that could dramatically reduce the cost of microchips, which play integral roles in our high-tech society.
Strumming on the nano-banjo
When you pluck a banjo string, you trigger a vibration that resonates at a frequency unique to the geometry and material of the string. We can distinguish that frequency as … read more »
Wheeling toward a sustainable future
Northeastern student-researchers have designed a self-sustainable motorized bicycle that requires no input other than human pedal power.
Taking flight, then taking it apart
Electrical and computer engineering students developed new software for a remote-controlled helicopter and then modified it to make the hovering device easy to transport.
Engineering capstone offers independence to physically disabled
The first-place winners in this spring’s electrical and computer engineering capstone competition designed an eye-controlled robotic arm allowing paraplegic patients to feed themselves.
Professor to develop improved wireless technologies on prestigious German fellowship
Edmund Yeh, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern whose work aims to improve mobile and Internet communication, is working in Munich this summer through his Humboldt Research Fellowship.
Northeastern awarded $2.3 million to boost efficiency of electric grid
Electrical and computer engineering researchers will develop a real-time monitoring application for smart-grid system that uses renewable energy sources, such as wind and sunlight.
Roving robot to the rescue
Student-researchers have created a roving robot named WiLU that may be able to locate and rescue victims of natural disasters.
