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Jul 14, 2026
Northeastern University Unveils GENESIS: First Agentic AI System to Take 5G/6G RAN Features from Specification to Over-the-Air in Hours
GENESIS, a groundbreaking AI framework developed by Northeastern’s Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) to autonomously translate 5G/6G specifications into over-the-air code in hours, was featured on PR Newswire.
Jul 14, 2026
Creating Shock-Resistant Sensors That Won’t Break Under Pressure
Research conducted by the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation on “Toward Enhanced Inertial Sensing via Dynamically Soft Topological States in Piezoelectric Microacoustic Metamaterials,” was published in Advanced Functional Materials, a top journal in materials science and engineering.
Jul 14, 2026
BioE PhD Student wins Best Oral Presentation at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting
Sahana Gangadharan, a fourth-year BioE PhD candidate in Associate Professor Vivek Venkatachalam’s lab, won the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting (CeNeuro).
Jul 09, 2026
Zhao’s Research Featured on Cover of Nanoscale
ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao’s research on “Computational progress of designing single-atom alloy catalysts for methane activation” was featured on the back cover of Nanoscale.
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 09, 2026
Structural Engineers Outline Complex Safety Steps Needed to Save Damaged Manhattan Skyscraper
CEE Interim Dean Jerome F. Hajjar and Professor Mehrdad Sasani are weighing in on the highly unusual buckling of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, explaining how complex building systems redistribute weight during localized structural failures. The faculty experts emphasize that extensive temporary shoring, load-redistribution analysis, and continuous sensor monitoring will be required by engineers to safely rehabilitate the structure.
Jul 08, 2026
Fall 2026 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
Jul 08, 2026
Patent for Long-Range Wireless Charging Tech Designed to Help in Natural Disasters
ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava was awarded a patent for “Ultra-low power beamforming wireless power transfer system.”