Two College of Engineering Faculty Members Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Dean of the College of Engineering and ECE Professor Gregory D. Abowd and Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
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Two Northeastern faculty members elected to National Academy of Inventors
Two Northeastern University faculty members have been elected as fellows to the National Academy of Inventors, one of the highest recognitions in academia meant to honor the nation’s most impactful inventors.
Gregory Abowd, the dean of Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, and Mansoor Amiji, a distinguished professor in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, were selected for the honor.
Established in 2010, the National Academy of Inventors is one of the largest and most prestigious organizations of its kind — it has affiliations with more than 300 institutions and is composed of more than 4,600 individual members.
Years before smart boards would become common in elementary and high schools or transcription services that summarize lectures would become a dime a dozen, Abowd pioneered one of the first classroom prototypes showcasing the technology in the mid-1990s.
Classroom 2000 — the suite of technology he helped develop for the educational sector — is one example of Abowd’s focus on human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing, the study of integrating computing technologies into everyday life.
Throughout his career, he has emphasized the use of technology to increase accessibility and enhance communication.
His projects include work with the autism community to help clinicians develop diagnostic and management tools; a mobile application that allows blind people to type out braille on their phones; and contributions to the AWARE home, which used signaling technologies to collect data on a home’s electrical wiring system and other important information.
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