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Jul 01, 2026
Why Extreme Summer Temperatures Are Pushing Engineering Limits
As extreme heat strains infrastructure worldwide, CEE Associate Teaching Professor Nancy Varney and Professor Auroop Ganguly emphasize that prolonged spikes in temperature threaten to overwhelm power grids and public transit networks by exceeding baseline engineering parameters.
Jul 01, 2026
ECE PhD Earns Spot at Inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit
Computer engineering PhD student Amir Taherin has been accepted to present his research at the first annual ACM AI Leadership Summit Doctoral Consortium, which is a dedicated day of mentorship, networking, and career development for doctoral students.
Jun 22, 2026
Building Low Cost Digital Twins to Accelerate Robotics Innovation
Fatemeh Ghoreishi, an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, jointly appointed with the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, was awarded $281,660 from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Innovation Institute, supporting a $352,075 project with matching cost-share, for OpenBayes Twin-in-a-Box: A Public, Decision-Grade Digital Twin and Manufacturable Compliant Manipulation Module for Massachusetts Logistics and Manufacturing. The award, granted under the institute’s Robotic Digital Twin Initiative, was one of six delivered across Massachusetts.
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.
Jun 22, 2026
Evaluating the Limits of Modern Traffic Metrics
CSSH/CEE Associate Professor Serena Alexander conducts research finding that while the new “vehicle miles traveled” (VMT) metric is an improved way to evaluate a development’s environmental impact, its success is limited by a lack of tool standardization, legal precedent, and community equity.
Jun 22, 2026
Mythbusting Bioplastics: Insights from a Materials Engineer
ChE Assistant Professor Bryan James was featured in the Surfrider Foundation article “Mythbusting Bioplastics: Insights from a Materials Engineer.”
Jun 18, 2026
A Last Resort: Advantages and Disadvantages of Desalination in the U.S
CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and others discuss the current megadrought state of the U.S and the possibility of investing in desalination as a next step.
Jun 17, 2026
Northeastern PhD Student Earns Prestigious IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship
Haoling Li, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at Northeastern University, has been selected for the Graduate Fellowship from the Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) of IEEE—only the second Northeastern student ever to receive the honor, and the first since 2012. His research bridges millimeter-wave communication systems and quantum computing hardware through a unified set of circuit design principles.