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Waleed Meleis
Associate chair and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
617-373-8970
Expertise
computational infrastructure for inter-site grid computing, multiagent machine learning, parallel and scalable processing systems, programming toolsets

Waleed Meleis in the Press

Waleed Meleis for Northeastern Global News

Northeastern students design and build devices to help improve the lives of individuals with disabilities

A bow and arrow for the visually impaired. A one-handed guitar. A new harness for physical therapy. Undergraduates in Northeastern’s Enabling Engineering student group have designed and built devices to improve the lives of people with physical and cognitive disabilities.

We’ve lost something important in the age of screens. 3D printers can bring it back.

A new exhibit launched by Northeastern, Harvard Library, and the Perkins School for the Blind prompts visitors to ponder the experience of reading on screens instead of books.

Student engineers adapt bikes, cars, guitars and more for clients with disabilities

Inspired by everything from a love of The Beatles to a need for speed, Northeastern's student organization Enabling Engineering builds devices for individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities. The group's annual showcase highlighted 19 projects students have developed over the past year.

In Italy, students get a history lesson in science

On a new Dialogue of Civilizations program this summer, Northeastern students learned about the surprising influences of the two most significant revolutions of scientific thought.

Capstone project helps people who are blind navigate city intersections

Crossing a busy city intersection can be a precarious task for any pedestrian, a maze fraught with various obstacles. A new app, designed by Northeastern engineering students, would help blind or visually impaired people navigate that maze.

Communication devices ‘enable’ children with disabilities

An interdisciplinary group of Northeastern students and faculty have combined their knowledge of engineering and physical therapy to design, develop, and then deliver two low-cost communication devices to disabled kids living at a pair of orphanages in Ecuador.

Students’ tech-based proposals ‘enable’ elderly and severely disabled

Students in the “Enabling Engineering” technical elective recently presented their design proposals to faculty, peers, and project mentors. The eponymous student group may bring all of them to fruition.

Engineering ideas to help people in need

The student group Enabling Engineering offers young humanitarians the chance to develop products that will make the lives of people with disabilities easier.

Student project targets memory impairment

For its senior capstone project, a team of engineering students developed a program using Google Glass. The students say it could help memory-impaired individuals identify people they come in contact with and perform daily tasks.

Wheeling toward a sustainable future

Northeastern student-researchers have designed a self-sustainable motorized bicycle that requires no input other than human pedal power.