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Call for papers: ‘Fashioning London: Streets, Styles and Storytelling’
Dr. Alistair Robinson and Dr. Flora Lisica at Northeastern University London, together with Dr. Peter Jones at the Open University, are organizing the Literary London Conference, entitled “Fashioning London: Streets, Styles and Storytelling,” to be held July 6th and 7th, 2023. This year’s conference theme will “explore London’s role in the material production and circulation of fashions, styles and (sub)cultures.” The conference encourages material that “consider[s] any period or genre of literature about, set in, inspired by, or alluding to central and suburban London and its environs.” Find the full call for papers here.
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Biodegradable nanogenerators lead to less electronic waste
In “Aligned PLLA electrospun fibres based biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator,” the authors present a new construction method for potential components in energy harvesters. These energy harvesters—like solar cells—”are not always developed using sustainable materials.” Creating components that are biodegradable could make these devices more environmentally friendly. “The presented approach,” the authors argue, “can provide attractive green energy harvesting machine to power portable devices at a large scale—without having to worry about the end-of-life electronic waste management.” Read “Aligned PLLA electrospun fibres based biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator” and see the full list of authors below.
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Using ‘recycled plastic as a building material’ on exhibit at 2023 Venice Biennale
Assistant professor of architecture Ang Li exhibited work at the U.S. Pavilion of the 2023 Venice Biennale. Li’s work conducts “investigations into the use of recycled plastic as a building material and structural system.” Read more about Li’s work and the other invited artists below.
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New marine sciences paper, “Changes in water flow alter community dynamics in oyster reefs”
Professor of marine and environmental sciences Jonathan Grabowski, working with professor Sean Powers from the University of South Alabama, has published a new paper in Ecosphere. From their abstract: Fluid (air or water) movements are key determinants of living systems from cellular to community levels of organization. Water flow can influence individual fitness and local population dynamics, but less is known about the collective response of natural communities to alteration in water flow because parameter responses to flow may be additive, juxtaposed, or interactive. To examine how changes in water flow affected initial larval settlement patterns of epifaunal and infaunal…
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Fayyad answers “Why Most Machine Learning Applications Fail To Deploy” in Forbes
Despite the recent excitement around artificial intelligence endeavors, especially chatbots like ChatGPT, professor of practice and the executive director of the Institute for Experiential AI at the Roux Institute Usama Fayyad points out how, in enterprise environments, machine learning projects often fail to get off the ground. In evaluating how businesses can more successfully deploy those projects, Fayyad points to several options, including estimating the return on investment, building trust, and more. Read “Why Most Machine Learning Applications Fail To Deploy” at Forbes below.
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Carrier receives honorable mention for macular degeneration research
From the College of Engineering: Chemical engineering professor Rebecca Carrier received an honorable mention during the National Eye Institute 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge. Carrier’s team created an organoid-microvessel co-culture system that proposes to add vasculature embedded in a biomimetic hydrogel to organoids to increase oxygen and nutrient flow and mimic the chemical and physical cues present in developing eye tissue. The system also includes retinal pigmented epithelium and can be used to model and study age-related macular degeneration. Read more about the associated research below.
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Hashmi receives NSF CAREER Award
From the College of Engineering: Chemical engineering assistant professor Sara Hashmi was awarded a $550,000 NSF CAREER award for “in situ Polymer Gelation in Confined Flows.” Read more about Hashmi’s research and the award below.
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New electrochemistry paper, “High Purity Hydrogen Separation with HT-PBI Based Electrochemical Pump Operation at 120 °C”
Read “High Purity Hydrogen Separation with HT-PBI Based Electrochemical Pump Operation at 120 °C” and see the full list of authors below.
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Isolating plastics to analyze pollutants
Professor of marine and environmental sciences Aron Stubbins, working with graduate teaching assistant Erin Tuttle, has published a new paper in Environmental Pollution describing “An acidic/oxidative digestion that quantitatively removes cellulose acetate.” This process “preserve[s] plastics while digesting synthetic cellulose acetate and a range of organics encountered in environmental samples,” thus isolating the plastics for further study. Read “An optimized acidic digestion for the isolation of microplastics from biota-rich samples and cellulose acetate matrices” below.
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New computer science paper, “Lattice Network for Lightweight Image Restoration”
Read “Lattice Network for Lightweight Image Restoration” and see the full list of authors at the link below.
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New chemical biology paper, “Going beyond Binary: Rapid Identification of Protein–Protein Interaction Modulators Using a Multifragment Kinetic Target-Guided Synthesis Approach”
Read “Going beyond Binary: Rapid Identification of Protein–Protein Interaction Modulators Using a Multifragment Kinetic Target-Guided Synthesis Approach” and see the full list of authors below.
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Breakthrough in early osteoarthritis diagnoses
Read “Cationic Carrier Mediated Delivery of Anionic Contrast Agents in Low Doses Enable Enhanced Computed Tomography Imaging of Cartilage for Early Osteoarthritis Diagnosis” and see the full list of authors below.
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Melodia inducted into Air Force Honorary Commander and Director Program
From the College of Engineering: Electrical and computer engineering William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia is one of ten local directors to be inducted into the Hanscom Air Force Base Honorary Commander and Director program, which “pairs military-connected commanders and directors with civic counterparts to foster relationships, collaborate and share ideas, and build rapport between key community members and senior leaders at Hanscom” Air Force Base, the base wrote in a press release.
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Magowan publishes new short story in Juked
Kim Magowan, adjunct professor of English and Aurelia H. Reinhardt professor of American literature at Mills College at Northeastern University, has published “Litter Box” in Juked. “Litter Box” tells the story of one woman’s spur-of-the-moment trip to London and her confusion around how life has brought her there. Read the short story below.
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New chemical biology paper, “Highly-sensitive label-free deep profiling of N-glycans released from biomedically-relevant samples”
Read “Highly-sensitive label-free deep profiling of N-glycans released from biomedically-relevant samples” and see the full list of authors below.
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China Insights Series: How Chinese companies are reinventing management control
Professor George Yip gave a presentation in the China Insight Series. From the D’Amore-McKim School of Business: “China’s companies have long been acclaimed for their manufacturing prowess and, more recently, for their pragmatic approach to innovation. It’s time to recognize how they are also reinventing management control for the digital era through an approach we call ‘digitally-enhanced directed autonomy,’ which gives employees autonomy while monitoring more precisely how they exercise it.”
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Muñoz wins NSF CAREER Grant
From the College of Engineering: Samuel Muñoz, assistant professor, marine and environmental sciences and civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a $718,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to study floodplain sedimentation through observation and simulation to improve flood hazard assessments. Read more about the grant and Muñoz’s work below.
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New patent for “Real-time cognitive wireless networking”
From the College of Engineering: Electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Francesco Restuccia and William L. Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia were awarded a patent for “Real-time cognitive wireless networking through deep learning in transmission and reception communication paths.” Read more about their patent below.
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Using deep neural networks to model complex wave spectra
Researchers have “Developed data-driven models to estimate wave parameters and spectra near the” Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. “To estimate wave parameters and energy spectra near the CBBT, novel composite data-driven models were developed using the wind, water level, and offshore wave data” were used in “deep neural networks” to model a complex wave environment with relatively low computational resources. Read “Data-driven modeling of Bay-Ocean wave spectra at bridge-tunnel crossing of Chesapeake Bay, USA” and see the full list of authors below.
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New patent around classifications of wireless signals
From the College of Engineering: Electrical and computer engineering research assistant professor Salvatore D’Oro, William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia, and assistant professor Francesco Restuccia were awarded a patent for “Device and method for reliable classification of wireless signals.” Read more about the patent at the College of Engineering below.
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New bioengineering paper, “Nonspherical ultrasound microbubbles”
From the College of Engineering: Bioengineering assistant professor Tao Sun recently published his postdoctoral research from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on “Nonspherical ultrasound microbubbles,” in PNAS. Read more about Sun’s research below.
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Materials science paper featured on cover of Advanced Engineering Materials
Associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering Yaning Li and co-author Siyao Liu have published a new paper titled “Mechanical Properties of Cochiral and Contrachiral Mechanical Metamaterials Under Different Temperatures.” The paper was featured on the cover of the March 2023 issue of Advanced Engineering Materials. Read “Mechanical Properties of Cochiral and Contrachiral Mechanical Metamaterials Under Different Temperatures” below.
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New computer science paper, “Erasing Concepts from Diffusion Models”
Read “Erasing Concepts from Diffusion Models” and see the full list of authors below.