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Dec 15, 2023
Northeastern Team Places Third at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Industrial Engineering Case Competition
Daunte Pean, E’25, Karim Kane, E’25, and Lucas Kirma, E’25, industrial engineering, won third place at Disney’s national Industrial Engineering Case Competition. As part of the case study competition, the team took on the role as outside consultants for the city of Dallas and gave their recommendation on what form of entertainment should be built.
Nov 30, 2023
New Robotics Lab To Lead Innovative Research
The newly opened space in EXP for the Institute of Experiential Robotics will allow for interdisciplinary collaboration in the advancement of robotics.
Nov 28, 2023
NSF PFI Grant To Integrate AR Technologies Into Stroke Rehabilitation
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and Myomo, Inc., secured a $550,000 NSF grant for their project titled “PFI-RP: Augmented Reality and Electroencephalography for Detecting, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Visual Unilateral Neglect in Stroke Patients.” It aims to create a comprehensive tool for detecting, assessing, and rehabilitating neglect in stroke patients.
Nov 14, 2023
Students Partner With Walmart Canada To Implement AI Solutions
Students at Northeastern Toronto, including MS information systems students, participated in a hackathon with Walmart Canada to use AI to develop tools to help the retailer determine what products to stock and sell amid space constraints. Winning teams were accepted into a four-week incubator program to refine and implement their ideas.
Nov 13, 2023
Pankow Foundation Greenlights Phase II of Hajjar’s Steel Plate Flooring System Grant
CDM Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jerry Hajjar announced a $415,000 grant constituting Phase II of a multi-year grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation totaling $835,000 to date. The award is in collaboration with other universities, industry partners, and industry sponsors.
Oct 21, 2023
Oakland Launches Experiential Entrepreneurship Program With Visits to Bay Area Companies
Northeastern University’s Oakland campus launched a new Experiential Entrepreneurship program where students visit Bay Area companies like Google and PayPal to gain real-world experience and explore career paths.
Oct 09, 2023
Ostadabbas Receives Sony Faculty Innovation Award
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas received the Sony Faculty Innovation Award for her project titled “Live Stream Temporally Embedded 3D Human Body Pose and Shape Estimation.” She is the first at Northeastern to receive this prestigious award.
Sep 15, 2023
Ostadabbas a Finalist of the Eureka Award of the 2023 Oracle Excellence Award
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas was selected as one of the finalists of the Eureka Award of the 2023 Oracle Excellence Awards. With Oracle for Research, researchers in academic, commercial, and governmental settings, across all disciplines, are […]