News & Events Archive
Vaziri Awarded NSF CAREER Award - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri has been awarded a $400K NSF CAREER grant to study “Functional Biomimetric Materials with Extreme Topology” February 2, 2012
Jalili Selected as Fellow - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Nader Jalili has been selected as a fellow of ASME. January 27, 2012
Tracking MassDOT Performance - CIV Professor Ali Touran has teamed up with Pioneer Institute to create a Massachusetts Transportation Dashboard to monitor how MassDOT is using tax dollars to reduce traffic congestion and increase throughput & safety. January 24, 2012
Erdogmus Awarded $95K NSF Grant - ECE Assistant Professor Denis Erdogmus is working with OHSU to apply statistical machine learning technology to minimize any errors that occur during clinical laboratory tests. January 23, 2012
Erdogmus Awarded CAREER Grant - ECE Assistant Professor Denis Erdogmus has been awarded an $505K NSF CAREER grant for “Signal Models, Channel Capacity, and Information Rate for Noninvasive Brain Interfaces”. January 19, 2012
Failure by Design - CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, has designed a system that would allow replaceable steel fuses to absorb the forces of an earthquake and save the building from damage. January 17, 2012
Getting More Out of Exercise - A group of capstone students, under the direction of MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis, created the Android app SQUID that monitors exercise routines via a sensor-equipped shirt. January 5, 2012
Alumni Used Coop to Obtain Dream Job - Maureen Dutton, E'91, was able to use her coop experiences she obtained at Northeastern to achieve her childhood dream of working at NASA. December 20, 2011
Ganguly Featured by NSF - CIV Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly’s paper about rainfall extremes over India will be published in the February 2012 issue of the Nature Climate Change journal and is highlighted on the NSF website. December 19, 2011
Metghalchi Takes the Lead - MIE Professor & Chair Hameed Metghalchi will become the Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology on January 1, 2012. December 19, 2011
Congratulations Carla Cherchi - CIV PhD student, Carla Cherchi, was awarded Best Student Paper SETAC for her paper "Impact of Nano Titanium Dioxide Exposure on Cellular Structure of Anabaena Variabilis and Evidence of Internalization." December 16, 2011
Congratulations! - Beverly Jaeger, Richard Whalen, Susan Freeman, & Stanley Forman won Best Paper at the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference for their paper “Service-Learning vs. Learning Service in First-Year Engineering: If We Cannot Conduct First-Hand Service Projects, is it Still of Value?” December 16, 2011
Research Experiences for Undergraduates - The College of Engineering has launched an REU website where undergraduate students may seek out research opportunities to expand their academic, intellectual and personal development, both internally at Northeastern University and externally at other institutions. December 14, 2011
Honoring Engineering Leaders - The Bernard M. Gordon Tribute to Engineering Leadership Archway was recently unveiled to inspire and educate visitors with stories of ten top engineering leaders. December 13, 2011
Kowalski Awarded Patent - MIE Associate Professor Gregory Kowalski has been awarded a patent for his work in “Ultra-Sensitive Temperature Sensing and Calorimetry” December 13, 2011
Scanning for Answers - MIE sophomore Lyda Sallaway is working with ALERT and the Investing in Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders (ITEL) program to determine what types of objects appear in an image when using backscatter X-ray
technology December 2, 2011
Luzzi takes helm of Strategic Security Initiative - David E. Luzzi has assumed new responsibilities as founding executive director of Northeastern’s Strategic Security Initiative. Dr. Luzzi, who joined the university in 2007 as dean of engineering, will play a key role in advancing security-related research and collaborations to drive Northeastern’s national leadership in this critical domain. November 30, 2011
Gupta: Book of the Month - MIE Professor Surendra Gupta’s book “Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach” was selected as Book of the Month by Industrial Engineer Magazine. November 14, 2011
Wrinkles Under Pressure - Physics World featured MIE Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri’s research that was published in the Physical Review Letters journal for his work in determining the wrinkling properties of pressurized elastic membranes under tension. October 28, 2011
ASME salutes Prof. Jalili - MIE Associate Professor Nader Jalili was recognized by ASME for his exemplary service as a general chair of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. October 27, 2011
Knowing the Subject Matter - Congratulations Maureen McCaffrey & Laura Pagani, whose team took 1st place at the SWE National conference. 20 COE SWE students cheered them on in Chicago! Congratulations to Hillary Tracy for receiving a SWE Boston section scholarship. October 26, 2011
CANstructing for Charity - The NU Chapter of Chi Epsilon received an honorable mention for their Costa Rican Red-Eyed Tree Frog at the regional 2011 CANstruction competition. October 21, 2011
Engineering Patient Care - MIE Professor James Benneyan is working with the Boston-based Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology (CIMIT) to use system engineering methods to make healthcare safer and more efficient. October 14, 2011
Monitoring Patient Recovery - MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis is embedding dynamic sensors into medical braces that would allow doctors to monitor the progress of a patient’s physical therapy. October 14, 2011
Giving Back to the Community - The ASCE student group was awarded the ASCE 2011 Region 1 Distinguished Chapter Award for their work in redesigning a garden in the Fenway for use by people with special needs. October 11, 2011
Busnaina, Adams & McGruer Receive Patent - MIE Professors Ahmed Busnaina & George Adams, and ECE Professor Nicol McGruer have been awarded a patent for their “Bistable nanoswitch”. October 7, 2011
Correcting Healthcare - MIE Professor Vinod Sahney uses systems engineering principles to redesign the healthcare system to improve treatment, patient safety and quality of care. September 29, 2011
Creative Engineering - Using engineering design principles while on coop in Paris, CIV senior Chris Nasif designed a steel reinforcement system that allow buildings to be more earthquake resistant. September 28, 2011
Mavroidis Receives 2 Patents - MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis was awarded 2 patents this month for "Instrumented handle and pedal systems for use in rehabilitation, exercise and training equipment" AND "Gear Bearing Drive". September 28, 2011
Congratulations Emily Nelson! - Emily Nelson, BSChE 2012, has been selected as one of the recipient's of this year's AIChE Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award. September 26, 2011
Redesigning the Internet - ECE Associate Professor Edmund Yeh is working with NSF’s Future Internet Architecture Program to develop a method that would relieve network congestion and privacy concerns when surfing the internet. September 22, 2011
Leading the University’s Security Initiative - Dean David Luzzi has been appointed the executive director of the University’s Strategic Security Initiative and will help further develop the university’s security agenda. September 22, 2011
The Transformation of Homeland Security - ECE Professor and co-director of CenSSIS Michael Silevitch discusses the changes in the countries homeland security since 9/11. Silevitch was also quoted in an article from Fox news. September 9, 2011
Improving Penmanship - MIE Assistant Professors Rifat Sipahi & Andrew Gouldstone and Senior Academic Specialist Beverly Jaeger received a $270K NSF grant to create a “Smart Pen” to assist people with fine motor control disorders. September 8, 2011
Detecting Mines Using GPR - ECE Professor Carey Rappaport was awarded a $200K NSF grant to incorporate a high resolution ground penetrating radar system into a walking robot to locate land mines and other IEDs. September 6, 2011
Creating the Super Magnet - ChE Professor and Chair Laura Lewis has received an $155K NSF grant to use high-anisotropy L10 materials to create rare-earth-free permanent magnets materials. August 31, 2011
Cyber-Physical Systems - ECE Assistant Professors Gunar Schirner, Deniz Erdogmus, and Kaushik Chowdhury were awarded an $1.25M National Science Foundation grant to develop “Human-in-the-Loop Cyber-Physical Systems.” August 31, 2011
Building a Better Tomorrow - ECE professors Ali Abur, Hanoch Lev-Ari, and former COE professor Alex Stankovic secured a $2.3M grant from the NSF and the Dept. of Energy to help develop the nation's next generation of electric power transmission grids. August 29, 2011
Mapping the Human Genome - ChE Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy, working with LSU, was awarded a $276K grant to create a device using nanowires that will screen RNA and DNA sequences as part of NIH’s $1000 Genome Project. August 24, 2011
Monitoring Air Quality - ECE Assistant Professor Kaushik Chowdhury and Associate Professor Stefano Basagni were awarded an $170K NSF Grant to develop a series of networks to monitor air pollution August 22, 2011
Detecting Traffic Patterns - CIV Professor Peter Furth was awarded a $230K NSF grant to develop an algorithm that will control traffic lights based on communicating with the signals from neighboring intersections. August 18, 2011
COE Alum appointed MassDOT Highway Adminstrator - Frank DePaola, a MS’84 graduate in civil engineering, has been appointed the highway administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. August 16, 2011
Preventing Ground Failure - CEE Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were awarded a $1.2M NSF grant to use Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to try and prevent ground liquefaction from occuring under structures during earthquakes. August 16, 2011
Studying a Cell at a Time - ChE Assistant Professor Edgar Goluch was awarded a $174K NSF grant to use nanofluidic electrochemical detection and optics as an improved method for studying individual bacterial cells. August 15, 2011
One of the Top Articles - ECE Associate Professor, Hossein Mosallaei’s paper “Array of Planar Plasmonic Scatteres Functioning as Light Concentrator” is one of the top downloaded articles in July 2011 from the journal Optic Letters. August 15, 2011
Developing Dissipation Plan - CIV Professor Dionisio Bernal was awarded a $160K grant from NSF’s National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to estimate damping in buildings during earthquakes. August 11, 2011
Upmanyu Awarded $320K Grant - MIE Associate Professor, Moneesh Upmanyu received a $320K NSF grant to use computational analysis to study the formation of nanocrystals in semiconducting nanowires. August 10, 2011
Strength of Particle Bonds - MIE Assistant Professor Andrew Gouldstone and Professors Teiicho Ando & Sinan Muftu were awarded a $400K NSF grant to determine how the bonding of particles is affected by ultrasonic vibrations. August 2, 2011
Sasani Receives NSF Grant - CIV Associate Professor Mehrdad Sasani was awarded a $540K grant from NSF’s National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to determine the effect of seismic activity on reinforced concrete framed buildings. August 2, 2011
Sipahi Awarded DARPA Grant - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi received a $300K DARPA grant for his research “Model-Free Algorithms to Assist and Control Human-Task Missions against Dynamic Environments.” July 25, 2011
Monitoring Aquatic Ecosystems - Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Ferdi Hellweger was awarded a $61K NSF grant to determine what environmental impacts affect the life cycle of phytoplankton. July 25, 2011
Kirda Receives NSF Grant - ECE and CCS Associate Professor Engin Kirda was awarded a $486K NSF grant to develop tools to automatically detect when a malicious bot is trying to connect to a computer host. July 20, 2011
$2.5M Gift for Endowed Faculty Chair - Entrepreneur Arthur Zafiropoulo has donated $2.5M to establish a new College of Engineering endowed faculty chair, one of the highest recognitions that a faculty member can receive. July 20, 2011
ASME is Making a Splash - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers student group designed and built a solar-powered boat that placed 8th in the sprint event at the national collegiate Solar Splash competition in Iowa. July 18, 2011
Isaacs & Busnaina Awarded $1.2M Grant - MIE Professors Jackie Isaacs and Ahmed Busnaina have received an $1.2M NSF grant to use LCA methods to determine the ethical, legal, and societal impacts of scaling nanomanufacturing to commercial production. July 18, 2011
Cipolla Awarded for his Dedicated Service - MIE Professor John Cipolla is the recipient of an ASME Dedicated Service Award for his 20 years of involvement and leadership in the Center of Education at ASME. July 14, 2011
Sun Receives $450K Grant - ECE Associate Professor Nian Sun has been awarded a $450K grant from Semiconductor Research Corporation for his work in Tunable Inductors & Transformers for Filters, LNAs, and PAs. July 12, 2011
Search and Rescue Robot - A group of capstone students, under the direction of ECE Professor Charles DiMarzio, developed a life-saving robot that searches a disaster stuck area for survivors by detecting where cell phones are. July 6, 2011
Benneyan Wins Best Paper - MIE Professor James Benneyan and Jordan Peck won the best paper award at the 2011 Technology Management and Policy Graduate Consortium for “Using Prediction to Improve Patient Flow in a Health Care Delivery Chain”. July 5, 2011
Congratulations Ye Zhao - ECE graduate student Ye Zhao won a "Best Student Presentation Award" at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference for his paper "Fault Analysis in Solar PV Arrays under: Low Irradiance Conditions and Reverse Connections". June 29, 2011
Early Detection of Skin Cancer - Under the supervision of Associate Professor Masoud Salehi, a team of ECE capstone students, created a Structured Illumination Microscope that will be able to detect skin cancer much faster than today’s methods. June 21, 2011
Inspiring Future Students Through Robotics - Northeastern students and alumni mentored high schoolers during the 7th annual FIRST Robotics Beantown Blitz competition -- one of the largest off-season robotics events in the New England area. June 15, 2011
Creating Disaster Resistant Structures - Professor Jerome Hajjar discusses emerging research at Northeastern University to develop new types of buildings and bridge systems that can help cities zones withstand hazards such as earthquakes and hurricanes. June 15, 2011
COE Alum Takes Archery High-Tech - Robert Donahoe, EE‘85, combined his knowledge of engineering and intellectual property law to form Full Flight Technology, which improves an archers understanding of arrow speed, flight dynamics and bow performance. June 15, 2011
COE Alum Modernizes GPS Technology - John Betz, a ME'79, PhD'84 graduate in Electrical Engineering, has contributed to modernizing the Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs). June 15, 2011
COE Alum appointed as Rutgers ECE Chair - Athina Petropulu, ME’89, PhD’91 has been appointed the new chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Rutgers University School of Engineering in New Jersey. June 15, 2011
COE Alum wins Young Investigator Award - Tuba Okutucu, a PhD‘05 graduate in Mechanical Engineering, won the Young Investigator Award from the Turkish Scientific Foundation for her research on MEMS Production of Microchannel Heat Sinks with Nanofluids as the Working Fluid and their Application in Microchip Cooling. June 15, 2011
COE Alum Receives Prestigious Fellowship - Moira McSpadden, a ME‘97 graduate in Information Systems, was selected to receive a Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship - considered the "Rhodes Scholarship" for teaching. June 15, 2011
Ratilal Awarded $150K Grant - ECE associate professor Purnima Ratilal, has received a $150K NSF grant to develop a system to detect the movements of marine animals in near-real-time to minimize the impact of man-made activities on their populations. June 14, 2011
Engineering a Healthcare Solution - MIE Professor James Benneyan is investigating ways to use systems engineering to improve the healthcare system by optimizing treatments, patient safety and quality of care. June 14, 2011
Real-World Academics - CIV Professors Ming Wang, Dionisio Bernal, and Jerome Hajjar organized the 2011 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference which focused on academic research and real-world applications. June 13, 2011
Improving Tomorrow’s Leaders - The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program cohosted a conference with MIT to discover ways to improve engineering leadership education across several universities. June 13, 2011
Lending a Mind-Controlled Hand - Under the direction of Associate Professor Waleed Meleis, a team of ECE capstone students, created a Disability Assistant Robot With i (Eye) Navigation (DARWiN) that would allow a disabled people to interact with things around the house. June 13, 2011
Brain Controlled Flight Simulater - A team of ECE capstone students, supervised by Associate Professor Waleed Meleis and Assistant Professor Deniz Erdogmus, created a system to fly the simulated plane in FlightGear using a person’s brainwaves. May 31, 2011
Controlling Home Power Usage - Under the direction of Professor Bahram Shafai, a team of ECE capstone students, developed a breaker box that monitors a home’s electricity usage to let users set priorities of when things should be used. May 27, 2011
Engineers Without Borders Newsletter - Read about all the great contributions to society that the members of the EWB group provide. May 27, 2011
Retention Through Coop - MIE Professor & Chair Hameed Metghalchi, STEM Director Claire Duggan, and Multicultural Engineering Director Richard Harris were awarded a $99K NSF grant to determine if student retention is increased by participation in coop. May 27, 2011
Voice-Controlled Movements - A group of ECE capstone students, under the direction of Professor Bahram Shafai, designed a voice controlled wheelchair that can navigate around obstacles and prevent the chair from going near stairwells. May 24, 2011
From Paper to Reality - The ASCE group was able to use the experience they received in the classroom to improve the design of their canoe during the NE Regional Conrete Canoe competition. May 5, 2011
Metghalchi Awarded Medal - MIE Professor & Chair Hameed Metghalchi is the recipient of the ASME James H. Potter Gold Medal that recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the field of thermodynamics. May 4, 2011
Generating Environmentally Friendly Power - Professor Emeritus Alexander Gorlov has been nominated for the 2011 European Inventor Award for his invention of the enviromentally friendly Gorlov Helical Turbine. The winner will be announced on May 19 in Budapest, Hungary. May 4, 2011
Eye-Tracking Controller - Jeffrey Breugelmans, a PhD in Industrial Engineering, developed a device that tracks a person’s eye movement to control the navigation in video games. May 3, 2011
Staying One Step Ahead - ECE and CCS Associate Professor Engin Kirda is focused on how to keep applications secure from the latest viruses and cyber-security threats May 3, 2011
Jampole Wins Chi Epsilon National Scholarship - CEE Senior Ezra Jampole, the President of the NU Chi Epsilon chapter, has won the 2011 Chi Epsilon Joseph L. Brandes National Scholarship. The award recognizes a student’s outstanding academic work and extracurricular activities, particularly in Chi Epsilon. April 27, 2011
Real Life Problem Solving - MIE Junior Brian Racca was able to use the experience he learned in the classroom while on his recent coop to improve the design of a nuclear reactor valve at The Weir Group PLC April 26, 2011
Seniors win Prestigious NSF Fellowships - Dana Peck, BSCE’11 and Sarah Brown, BSEE’11 received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships that recognize outstanding students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based MS and PhD degrees April 22, 2011
Tracking Cancerous Cell Scatter - ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri has received a $270K NIH grant to generate a quantitative analysis of how epithelial cells scatter during cancer development April 19, 2011
Congratulations NU ASCE - The NU chapter of ASCE finished in sixth place when competing against 15 area teams with their new lighter design in the 2011 New England Regional Conrete Canoe competition. April 15, 2011
Hands-On Learning - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi and Associate Professor Nader Jalili received a $40K grant from MathWorks to develop a new hands-on mechatronics course using MathWorks products. April 12, 2011
The Students Speak - Congratulations to all those faculty that were chosen as Outstanding Teachers of the College of Engineering based on student's TRACE evaluation reports. April 11, 2011
Outstanding Student Researchers - Congratulations to all the winners from the NU Research & Scholarship Expo: Anna Craver (BSME), Katherine Dixon (BSME), Christopher Flanagan (BSME), Brittne Lynn (BSME), Mason Riley (BSME), Saber Talebi Anaraki (MSME), Chuanwei Zhuo (PhDME), Hari Chauhan (PhDCE), Zheng Gong (PhDEE), David Reed (PhDEE), Duong Tran (PhDEE), and Brian Plouffe (PhDChE) April 7, 2011
ECM Stiffness Regulates Growth - ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri was featured in the latest issue of the Journal of Cell Science describing how physical changes in the cellular microenvironment could play a role in cancer progression April 6, 2011
Congratulations Nicholas Daggett - Nicholas Daggett, ME’11, is the recipient of the Harold D. Hodgkinson Award, which recognizes distinguished scholastic achievement, professional potential, volunteer service, coop, and demonstrated qualities of character, personality & leadership. It is one of the highest honors that an Northeastern senior can achieve. April 4, 2011
Congratulations Lauren Gianino - Lauren Gianino, a senior in Chemical Engineering and the Tau Beta Pi vice-president elect for '11-'12, won a TBP scholarship for $2000 based on high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession. March 29, 2011
Investing in Clean Energy - Distinguished MIE Professor Yiannis Levendis has been awarded up to $40K from MTTC and MassCEC to demonstrate the commercial viability of his clean energy technology. March 24, 2011
Benneyan is Keynote Speaker - MIE Professor James Benneyan gave the keynote speaker address on the quality and safety of the US healthcare system for the American Society for Healthcare Engineer’s PDC Annual Conference March 17, 2011
Mavroidis Awarded $270K Grant - MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis has been awarded a $270K NSF grant to develop an inexpensive customizable sensor which will increase the comfort levels of individuals that wear mechatronic devices. March 11, 2011
Harris Selected as Klein Lecturer - ECE Professor Vincent Harris has been selected as this year’s Robert D. Klein University Lecturer. This award honors faculty members who have contributed to their field of study and share the fruits of that scholarship with the University and the general public. March 11, 2011
Congratulations COE Award Winners - Congratulations to the recipients of this year's College of Engineering Faculty and Staff awards. March 10, 2011
Turning the Theoretical into Reality - Under the direction of Beverly Jaeger, a group of freshman engineering students are working to improve the gear used by service dogs to help the disabled. Click here for a video from their recent meeting with guide dogs Bronson and Jozsi. February 28, 2011
Receiving the Highest Honor - MIE Professor James Benneyan has been awarded the Smalley President’s Award, the highest honor from the Society for Health Systems for his lifelong service to the healthcare IE profession February 22, 2011
Measuring Interatomic Distances - ECE Professor Lee Makowski has received a $280K NIH grant to develop MADMAX, a Multi-wavelength Anomalous Diffraction using Medium Angle X-ray solution scattering, for the precise measurement of conformational changes in proteins. February 22, 2011
Teaching Students Through Video Games - The Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has developed Geckoman!, an online video game, that teaches middle-school students about nanoscience February 17, 2011
Chory Chosen as a Pioneering Leader - Emma Chory, ChE’12, has been selected as a Steamboat Scholar. The summer program provides talented undergrads prestigious internships with Grant Partners to cultivate their leadership skills. February 16, 2011
Passing Knowledge On - STEM Associate Professor Christos Zahopoulos has received the IEEE-USA Professional Achievement for Individuals Award for “sparking precollegiate interest in technology and engineering careers” through NU’s RE-SEED program. February 15, 2011
Malima is CIMIT Finalist - Asanterabi Malima, a PhD in ECE, has been selected as a finalist for the 2011 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare for his research project “Highly Sensitive Micron Scale In-vivo Biosensor for Multiple Biomarker Detection” February 11, 2011
Factoring in Delays - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi has developed an “intelligent” algorithm that takes into account time delays in areas such as traffic flow, supply chain management, and human biology. February 9, 2011
Brooks and DiMarzio Receive $65K NSF Grant - ECE professor Dana Brooks and associate professor Charles DiMarzio have been awarded a $65K NSF grant to develop a computationally-enhanced optical imaging infrastructure February 7, 2011
Carrier Awarded $230K Grant - ChE Assistant Professor Rebecca Carrier received a $230K grant from NIH to development a natural matrix-based cell delivery vehicle for delivery of RPCs to the subretinal space to promote retinal regeneration February 7, 2011
Potential Life Saving Coupler - Under the direction of Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti, a team of MIE capstone students, developed an "anastomotic coupler" that could quickly reconnect tiny blood vessels that currently take hours to repair during surgery. February 4, 2011
360° Solar Food Dehydrator - Under the direction of Professor Mohammad Taslim, a team of MIE capstone students, designed an inexpensive 360-degree solar food dehydrator for use in preventing food spoilage in developing countries February 2, 2011
Solving a Global Challenge - Under the direction of Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti and the Cambridge-based coop employer Joule Unlimited, Inc., a team of MIE capstone students, developed a bioreactor that turns sunlight and carbon dioxide into clean energy. January 28, 2011
Gorlov nominated for European Inventor Award - Professor Emeritus Alexander Gorlov has been nominated for the 2011 European Inventor Award for his invention of the helical turbine for power and propulsion systems. This is Europe's highest distinction for inventors worldwide. January 24, 2011
Sipahi on Cover of IEEE Control Systems Magazine - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi’s article “Stability and Stabilization of Systems with Time Delay, Limitations and Opportunities” is featured on the cover of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine January 19, 2011
Attempting to Prevent Arthritis - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Professor Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi & Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri are using 3D imaging models of knee joints to develop methods to treat and prevent osteoarthritis January 13, 2011
Congratulations Katherine Ziemer - Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Katherine Ziemer has been elected to serve as a member of the AIChE Board of Directors for the next 3 years December 23, 2010
Lightning Fast Results - The NU Computer Architecture Research group, under the direction of ECE Professor David Kaeli, is developing supercomputing technology to pinpoint the location of objects or people 10-15x faster than traditional methods. December 23, 2010
Emerging Leaders Selected - Civil students Ann Polaneczky and Matt Walsh were named as "Emerging Leaders" by Engineers Without Borders-USA for their clean-water systems that were built in Honduras and Uganda. There were only 9 given this distinction out of 12,000 members. December 9, 2010
Redeveloping the Magnet - ChE Chair Laura Lewis is leading a group developing environmentally friendly magnets that do not rely on the rare earth elements (REEs) that are currently required to create supermagnets for clean energy products December 8, 2010
Congratulations!!! - The paper titled "Collaborative Adaptation of Cognitive Radio Parameters Using Ontology and Policy Approach", authored by Shujun Li, Mieczyslaw Kokar, David Brady and Jakub Moskal, won the Best Paper Award in the R&D Track at the 2010 Wireless Innovation Technical Conference December 8, 2010
Students Awarded Patent for Capstone Project - MIE Graduates Bruce Eidinger, Kendra Mcgrath, Joshua Rigberg, Peter Callaway, and Mark Macomber have been awarded a patent for their 2005 capstone project entitled "Hydrocephalus shunt system quick connector assembly". December 6, 2010
Nayeb-Hashemi & Vaziri on Cover of Orthopaedic Research - MIE Professor Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi & Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri’s article on “Effect of frontal plane tibiofemoral angle on the stress and strain at the knee cartilage during the stance phase of gait” is featured on the cover of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research November 24, 2010
Congratulations Sheba Goklany - Sheba Goklany, a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, is an award recipient of the International Student Poster Competition hosted by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering November 18, 2010
Congratulations AIChE ChemECar Team - At the recent national AIChE meeting, the NU ChemECar Team took 1st Place in the Poster Competition, won 6th Place in the race, AND received an Outstanding AIChE Chapter recognition. November 12, 2010
We Need Your Help - Help define the University’s Long Range Plan. Email your feedback to lrp@neu.edu or visit www.neu.edu/lrp November 12, 2010
Vaziri on Cover of Soft Matter Journal - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri’s article on "High Aspect Ratio Wrinkles on a Soft Polymer" is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Soft Matter. November 3, 2010
Article Voted Top in Past Decade - ECE Associate Professor Nian Sun’s paper on “Giant Electric Field Tuning of Magnetic Properties in Multiferroic Heterostructures” has been selected as one of the 10 most outstanding full papers & featured articles in the past ten years in Advanced Functional Materials October 27, 2010
Bringing Research to Reality - ECE Professor Michael Silevitch spoke at the recent Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference about the importance of research collaboration to solve global security issues. October 26, 2010
Leaders in Engineering - Jackie Isaacs, Deniz Erdogmus, and Kate Ziemer have been invited to speak at the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium October 12, 2010
Impact of TiO2 Nanoparticles - CEE Assistant Professor April Gu’s research was featured in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News describing how TiO2 nanomaterials are affecting the carbon and nitrogen cycles of aquatic ecosystems October 8, 2010
Students win Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation - Under the advisement of Associate Professor Gregory Kowalski, a team of MIE capstone students, has won the Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation from the National Braille Press for designing an inexpensive Braille embosser October 4, 2010
Mosallaei Receives 2 Grants - ECE Assistant Professor, Hossein Mosallaei has won a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award for Tunable Optical Metamaterials and a AFOSR grant to exploit dielectric and plasmonic particles for nanoscale energy engineering October 4, 2010
Creating Artificial Corneas - MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti has been awarded a $380K grant from the National Eye Institute for his work in engineering biomimetic corneal constructs September 30, 2010
Ratilal Awarded $1M NSF Grant - Purnima Ratilal, associate professor of ECE, has received a $1M NSF grant to develop a Lightweight Towed Area Receiver (LTAR) to remotely monitor and image large areas of the ocean environment September 30, 2010
Moving Society Forward - CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, is a recipient of a 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for his work in creating building structures that are earthquake proof. September 29, 2010
How Food Affects Drug Delivery - ChE Assistant Professor Rebecca Carrier was featured in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News to explain her computational models of how foods interact with medications. September 28, 2010
Understanding Animal Behaviors - ECE Assistant Professor Denis Erdogmus has been awarded a $156K NSF grant to develop computational models that will track primate social behaviors unobtrusively September 28, 2010
Studying Coordinated Interaction - Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Dagmar Sternad, has received a $1.6M NIH grant to test how the brain controls a person’s movements and coordination September 24, 2010
Joining at the Microscale - MIE Professor Teiichi Ando has been awarded a $137K NSF grant to join materials together at the microscale using nanoheater structures leading to new ways to build microscale devices September 22, 2010
CHN Partners with NIOSH - The Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has signed an agreement with NIOSH to advance research and guidance for occupational safety and health in nanotechnology. September 22, 2010
Vaziri Awarded $75K EAGER Grant - MIE Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri has received a $75K NSF EAGER grant to use shell mechanics concepts to study the nonlinear behavior of a number of inorganic and biological systems. September 21, 2010
CHOT featured in US News & World Report - James C. Benneyan, program director of the Center for Health Organization Transformation & Professor of MIE, was featured in latest issue of US News & World Report. September 20, 2010
Podlaha Awarded $300K NSF Grant - ChE Associate Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy has received a $300K NSF Grant to study the electrochemical codeposition of molybdenum and tungsten alloys to catalyze electrolytic hydrogen production. September 14, 2010
Congratulations Stephanie Fernandez - Stephanie Fernandez, currently pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering, has been selected as 1 of 100 GEM Fellows nationwide! September 13, 2010
Congratulations Stephen Michna - Stephen Michna, a 2010 Civil Engineering graduate, is one of 5 U.S. students who has been awarded a 1-year fellowship to pursue a Master’s degree in Industrial Management in Belgium by the Flemish government. September 13, 2010
Breaking Ground for the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security - September 10, 2010 was the historic groundbreaking for the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security which will facilitate university researchers’ work in such fields as cryptography, data security, information assurance, robust infrastructure, and energy harvesting. Video of ceremony September 9, 2010
ChE Alum Donates $12M - Chemical Engineering Alumnus George J. Kostas has donated $12M to build a homeland security research facility on Northeastern's Burlington Campus. This is the largest donation for capital in the University's history. September 9, 2010
Congratulations!!! - Nicholas Dagget & Brent Sisson, both seniors in Mechanical Engineering, are award recipients of this year’s Association for Energy Engineers Scholarship Foundation September 7, 2010
Kaeli Receives $350K Grant - ECE Professor David Kaeli, has been awarded a $350K NSF grant to improve hardware and software reliability issues for future computer systems September 7, 2010
DiMarzio Awarded Second Patent this Year - ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio has been awarded a patent for “Opto-acoustic signal detection with coherent confocal microscopy” September 7, 2010
Cancer Fighting Flowers - ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons is using a $550K NSF grant to develop a method to boost the production of anti-cancer drugs that are produced by the Madagascar periwinkle plant September 7, 2010
A Dream Come True - ECE Senior Timur Starobinets was able to use his coop experiences to land his dream job at SpaceX, a company missioned to become the first private company to launch a mid-to-heavy lift rocket into space August 30, 2010
Neural Network Challenge - ECE Assistant Professor Denis Erdogmus was chosen to be one of five finalists in the international DIADEM (Digital Reconstruction of Axonal and Dendritic Morphology) Challenge. This competition hopes to map the neural networks of the brain to create breakthroughs in the field of neuroscience. August 30, 2010
Murthy Selected as Emerging Investigator - ChE Assistant Professor Shashi Murthy was selected for publication in a special edition of Lab on a Chip which features the top 22 Emerging Investigators of 2010 in the field of microsystems and microfluidics August 30, 2010
Gouldstone and Jaeger Awarded $293K Grant - MIE Professor Andrew Gouldstone and Associate Academic Specialist Beverly Jaeger received a $293K NSF Grant to explore activities in Thermal Spray Processing and Volcanology August 17, 2010
Weighing in on a Problem - Under the direction of Associate Professor Sinan Muftu, a team of MIE capstone students, developed a portable, thin, flexible scale that can monitor a person’s body weight and can be conveniently used anywhere August 17, 2010
Monitoring Water Quality - Xioadan Ruan, a CEE PhD student under the direction of Associate Professor Ferdi Hellweger, has been testing bacteria levels in the Charles River in hopes that it will once again be swimmable. August 10, 2010
Commercializing Nanotechnology - The Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has received a 5-yr $2M grant from the John Adams Innovation Institute to help commercialize their nanomanufacuring technologies for consumers July 21, 2010
Extracting the Cure from Flowers - ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons has received a $550K NSF grant to increase the production of highly-valued medicinal alkaloids from the Madagascar periwinkle plant July 19, 2010
Double Congratulations - Ismail Ilker Delice, a Mechanical Engineering PhD student, received the Best Presentation in Session Award at the recent American Control Conference as well as a $5K Ferretti Fellowship from the MIE Department for his outstanding academic standing July 15, 2010
Creating a First Alert Helmet - Under the direction of Associate Professor Sinan Muftu, a team of MIE capstone students, developed a helmet that could measure the severity of head injuries after a fall and alert first responders to the significance of the damage. July 14, 2010
Studying Skill Acquisition - ECE Professor, Dagmar Sternad, has received a $324K NIH grant to discover the acquistion, adaptation, and control of skilled movements in order to restore sensorimotor function in neurological disorders July 13, 2010
Niedre Awarded $1.3M Grant - ECE Assistant Professor, Mark Niedre, has received a $1.3M R01 grant from NIH to develop a new high-resolution fluorescence imaging system July 12, 2010
Congratulations - ECE Professor Emeritus John G. Proakis has been awarded a Honorary Doctorate degree in Digital Communications and Signal Processing from the University of Athens in Greece July 7, 2010
Hashemi & Vaziri Receive $300K - MIE Professor Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi & Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri have received a multi-national grant from QNRF for their "Novel approaches for structural protection in the oil, gas, and petrechemical industry" July 6, 2010
Mosallaei Receives Patent - ECE Assistant Professor, Hossein Mosallaei has been awarded a patent for his work in “Dielectric and magnetic particles based metamaterials” July 6, 2010
Creating a Sticky Situation - MIE Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri is trying to replicate the adhesion properties of a gecko’s footpad for use in controlling small high-tech microrobots or smart adhesives. June 30, 2010
Congratulations - Beverly Jaeger, Susan Freeman, Rich Whalen, & Rebecca Payne won Best Paper for PIC III as well as Best Paper Overall at the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference for their paper “Successful Students: Smart or Tough?”. Both awards will be announced in the November issue of Prism. June 28, 2010
Bernal Receives NSF Grant - CIV Professor Dionisio Bernal received a $130K NSF grant to explore his research Algorithm-Fused High Performance Damage Detector: Optimal Sensor Distributions June 28, 2010
Prof. Vittoria and Harris receive an additional $250K NSF Grant - ECE Professors Carmine Vittoria and Vincent Harris received another NSF grant to continue their work with single phase magnetolelectric materials at room temperature using cation engineered hexaferrite structures June 21, 2010
Upmanyu Receives ONR Grant - MIE Associate Professor, Moneesh Upmanyu received an $93K grant from the Office of Naval Research for his research “Particle Strengthening of Alloyed Interfaced” June 9, 2010
Trying to Save the Forest - The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program has provided ChE Freshman Kassi Stein an opportunity to create a sensor that would identify the presence of the destructive Asian longhorn beetle in trees May 27, 2010
In Search of a Cause - Akram Alshawabkeh, a CIV professor, is investigating the causes for high pre-term birth rates. His program Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats (PROTECT) is funded by NIEHS. May 17, 2010
Congratulation Aislinn Weldon - Aislinn Weldon, a junior in Industrial Engineering, has won the AREMA Committee 37 - Signal Systems Scholarship provided by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA) May 14, 2010
Tracking the Path of Cells - ECE Assistant Professor, Mark Niedre, is developing a way to monitor rare cells circulating in the blood stream in hopes of treating cancer and other illnesses May 14, 2010
Keeping Loved Ones Safe - Under the advisement of Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio, a team of ECE capstone students, created a wireless wrist device that contacts emergency officials if a person falls or has changes in their vital signs. May 14, 2010
CHN Receives More Funding - The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has received an additional $350K in funding from the National Science Foundation to continue its industry-leading research May 11, 2010
Turning Plastic into Clean Energy - A team of MIE undergraduate and graduate students, under the advisement of Professor Yiannis Levendis, have developed a way to convert non-biodegradable plastic into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions May 10, 2010
Benneyan Joins Forces - MIE Associate Professor James Benneyan, has received $232K from the National Science Foundation to join the Center for Healthcare Organization Transformation (CHOT), which is currently hosted by Texas A&M and Georgia Tech May 10, 2010
Harris Wins Vision Award - Richard Harris was the unanimous choice by the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute for the Vision Award which is given to an individual who best exemplifies unusual courage and conviction, foresight, and leadership in championing quality education, human rights, and leadership for positive community change May 3, 2010
Congratulations BESS - The Black Engineering Student Society (BESS) won the Unit/Group Award as part of the 2010 Excellence in Social Justice Awards. April 28, 2010
Harris Receives Social Justice Award - Richard Harris, the Director of Multicultural Engineering, won the Faculty/Staff Award as part of the 2010 Excellence in Social Justice Awards April 28, 2010
Congratulations Kareem Ghobrial - Kareem Ghobrial, MIE’10 is the recipient of the Harold D. Hodgkinson Award, which recognizes distinguished scholastic achievement, professional potential, volunteer service and experiential experience, as well as demonstrated qualities of character, personality and leadership. It is one of the highest honors that an Northeastern senior can achieve. April 28, 2010
Isaacs Wins Best Paper Award - MIE Professor Jackie Isaacs received the ASEE Best Paper Award for the paper “Assessing the Effectiveness of Using a Computer Game to Bridge a Research Agenda with a Teaching Agenda” April 28, 2010
Congratulations Alex Avekians - ChE graduate student Alex Avekians won the first place student poster award at the recent Electrochemical Society conference for the paper “Enhancement of ORR by Electrodeposited CoFePt Multilayered Alloys”. April 28, 2010
Sacco Awarded Distinguished Chemist - Professor Albert Sacco, Jr. has received the 2010 Distinguished Chemist Award by the New England Institute of Chemists April 23, 2010
Congratulations GEB - The Graduate Engineering Bridges student group was nominated for a 2010 Student Life Award April 23, 2010
Congratulations Rachelle Reisberg - Director of Women in Engineering, Rachelle Reisberg, has won the ASEE 2010 Denice D. Denton Best Paper Award for her work titled "The Effect of Gender on Support and Self-Efficacy in Undergraduate Engineering Programs" April 22, 2010
Congratulations Katherine Ziemer - Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Katherine Ziemer received the Vice President’s Award for Outstanding Advisor Involvement for her work with the AIChE student group. April 22, 2010
Making Your Home Energy Efficient - ECE students Marc Neuwirth, Kris Eberle, Hannah Echo, Josh Tappan and Sean McGrath, built a system to monitor a person’s home energy-consumption, allowing users to control their appliances remotely as part of their senior capstone project. April 22, 2010
Prof. Harris and Vittoria receive $375K DARPA Grant - ECE Professors Vincent Harris and Carmine Vittoria have received a $375K DARPA grant for creating low frequency magnetic field sensors for the detection of IED and other terrorist threats. April 21, 2010
Mind Controlled Remote Vehicle - ECE students Saumitro Dasgupta, Mike Fanton, Jonathan Pham, and Mike Willard, built a brain interface to navigate a mobile robot remotely. The team won first place in the senior capstone project competition April 16, 2010
Engineers Without Borders Newsletter - Read about all the great contributions to society that the members of the EWB group provide. April 13, 2010
Alshawabkeh Wins NIH Grant - Akram Alshawabkeh, a CIV professor, has received a $9.8M NIH/NIEHS grant to study the underlying environmental causes of preterm birth rates on the island of Puerto Rico April 13, 2010
Undergraduate Research Funded - ECE Professors Michael Silevitch & David Kaeli received a $250K NSF REU grant for their program BIOSENSE, in which students research subsurface sensing and imaging techniques. April 13, 2010
COE Paved the Way to the Coop Model - As COE celebrates their accomplishments over the last 100 years, including the creation of the coop program, they are looking forward to see what they can accomplish in the next 100 years. April 12, 2010
Murthy Awarded $1.9M Grant - ChE Assistant Professor Shashi Murthy has been awarded a $1.9M R01 grant from NIH to create a new generation of microfluidic systems that are capable of isolating key cell types, such as stem and progenitor cells, for use in regenerative medicine. April 9, 2010
Driving Better with a Keyboard & Mouse - The Virtual Environment Laboratory, directed by Ron Mourant, has developed a computer game that will help new drivers learn how to respond to hazards and road conditions April 5, 2010
Congratulations BESS Team - The Black Engineering Student Society (BESS) won the Technical Outreach Community Help (TORCH) Chapter of the Year Award for the second year in a row. April 5, 2010
Congratulations ChemECar Team - At the recent Northeast Region AIChE Meeting in Orono, ME, the NU ChemECar Team
- Qualified for the National competition,
- Won First Place in the poster competition, AND
- Won the Most Creative Drive award
New Chair Receives Grant - The new CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, was awarded a $54K NSF grant for his research in using steel foams to dissipate energy and prevent buckling in steel structures. March 18, 2010
Carrier Awarded NINDS Grant - ChE Assistant Professor Rebecca Carrier and Bouve professor Mansoor Amiji were awarded a $475K NINDS grant to examine a “nano-emulsion” system of delivery that will allow drugs to cross the blood-brain barrier. March 18, 2010
Making Antennas Smaller & Faster - ECE Assistant Professor, Hossein Mosallaei is researching ways to create antennas that are smaller, faster, and more energy efficient than any current technology March 18, 2010
Gouldstone Receives Teetor Award - MIE Professor Andrew Gouldstone has been selected as a 2010 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient. This Society of Automobile Engineers award recognizes and honors younger educators who are preparing the future engineers to meet society's challenges. March 2, 2010
Ozsecen is CIMIT Finalist - MIE graduate student Muzaffer Yalgin Ozsecen is a top finalist for the 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare for his project “Synchronized Blood Pressure Measurement Device”. Winners will be announced in June. March 1, 2010
Sensor Shirt is Real-World Solution - MIE students designed a shirt to monitor the movements of a pitcher. By studing the mechanics of the pitch, they can determine if a player’s technique starts to worsen which might result in an elbow injury. March 1, 2010
Sipahi Awarded $100K NSF Grant - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi has been awarded a $100K NSF grant to create a portable, low-cost mechatronics based device capable of writting Braille letters for the blind. February 25, 2010
Congratulations Schmidt, Chin, & Bintz - David Schmidt, Jennifer Chin & Caitlyn Bintz, all ME‘10 students, are recipients of the Spring 2010 Provost Undergraduate Research Awards for their project “Biosensor measurement and analysis of human stress levels during public speaking” February 25, 2010
Congratulations Seniors - Laura Carey, CEE’10, Kareem Ghobrial, MIE’10, and Jennifer Hardy, MIE’10 were selected as recipients of the 2010 Northeastern Outstanding Co-op Awards. Only 16 seniors are selected each year for these awards. February 24, 2010
COE Alum & Author is One of the Top Consultants - Mark Kelly, a BS‘79 graduate in Civil Engineering and renowned roofing expert, announced the release of his new book, AMERICAN ROOFING: Roofing in America. Mark is one of the top 20 roofing consultants in the United States as presented by the CARE Center for the Advancement of Roofing. February 18, 2010
EWB is Premiere Chapter - Northeastern’s Engineers Without Borders group was selected as a 2009 EWB-USA Premiere Chapter and will be receiving an award at the 2010 International Conference in Denver. Only seven chapters are chosen each year out of EWB's 250+ chapters! February 17, 2010
Congratulations Ivan Goryachev & Matthew Van Dyke - Ivan Goryachev & Matthew Van Dyke, both ME‘13 students, are recipients of the Spring 2010 Provost Undergraduate Research Awards for their project “Blue Light Project: Redesign of Photodynamic Therapy Device for Dermatological Treatment” February 10, 2010
Mosallaei Awarded $490K Grant - ECE Assistant Professor, Hossein Mosallaei, received an ONR grant to conduct fundamental research on Active Metamaterials Antennas & Sensors (ACT-METAS) February 5, 2010
Niedre awarded $400K grant - ECE Assistant Professor, Mark Niedre, received a NIH grant for his research project “Tomographic In Vivo Flow Cytometer for Counting Rare Circulating Cells” February 2, 2010
Lin Awarded NSF CAREER Grant - Yingzi Lin, Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, has received a $400K NSF CAREER for “Bridging Cognitive Science and Sensor Technology: Non-intrusive and Multi-modality Sensing in Human-Machine Interactions” February 1, 2010
Developing Images Faster - ECE Professors Miriam Leeser and David Kaeli have created a method to develop medical images 10 to 1000x faster than current technology using 3D video graphics, which will lead to faster diagnoses. January 28, 2010
Sheahan’s NIH Grant Renewed - CIV professor and acting chair Thomas Sheahan, has had his NIH grant renewed for his research on creating a reactive mat to remediate contaminated sediments and reduce health risks. January 28, 2010
DiMarzio Receives Patent for Research - ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio has been awarded a patent for “Enhanced detection of acousto-photonic emissions in optically turbid media using a photo-refractive crystal-based detection system” January 26, 2010
Sun Receives Additional Funding - Nian Sun, an ECE Associate Professor, received an additional $76K towards his NSF CAREER award that investigates novel spin-spray synthesis methods for magnoelectronic films at low temperature. January 20, 2010
Gu & Wan Receive $150K DOE Grant - CEE assistant professor April Gu and MIE associate professor Kai-tak Wan, have received a grant from DOE to explore how nano-scale cell surface characteristics dictate the microbial transport and migration behavior in contaminant remediation. January 13, 2010
Gu Awarded NSF CAREER Grant - April Gu, Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has received a $430K NSF CAREER grant to determine the levels of contaminants and toxicity in water supplies using prokaryotic real-time gene expression profiling December 23, 2009
Busnaina Receives $1.6M from Department of Defense - MIE Professor Ahmed Busnaina’s team was one of 34 Massachusetts groups selected to receive funding from the Department of Defense. Their research is focused on developing carbon nanotube enhanced power sources that are better than current battery technology. December 21, 2009
Precision in Surgery - MIE Associate Professor Nader Jalili is devising a method to use nanorobots in non-invasive cancer surgery that is far more precise and safer than methods that are now available. December 21, 2009
Lending a Helping Hand - MIE students develop glove designed to provide stroke victims regain fine motor skills. The ATLAS bimanual rehabilitation glove provided a real-world solution as a senior capstone project. December 18, 2009
Training Engineering Leaders - The Gordon Engineering Leadership Program has provided ECE graduate student, Michael Maker, a valuable pathway into his research in retinal disease at IMI Intelligent Medical Implants, GmbH. December 18, 2009
Kaeli Awarded $1.3M NSF Grant - Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor David Kaeli, has been awarded a 3-year NSF grant for $1.3M to create a testbed model that will be able to adapt to new biomedical imaging applications and computing platforms December 11, 2009
Creating a Defect/Error-Tolerant nanoDSP Architecture - ECE Professor Fabrizio Lombardi has been published in the recent issue of ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems for his research on developing a new nanosystem architecture for
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) applications December 7, 2009
Stojanovic Selected as IEEE Fellow - Milica Stojanovic, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected as a Fellow of IEEE for her contributions to underwater acoustic communications December 7, 2009
Kaeli Selected as IEEE Fellow - Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor David Kaeli, has been selected as a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to profile-guided optimization algorithms and dynamic branch prediction designs December 7, 2009
Breaking New Ground in Cornea Implants - MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti is using “Hybrid Tissue Engineering” to create cornea tissue from collagen that can be used for human transplants. December 4, 2009
Congratulation Dogus Meric - Dogus Meric, a Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student, won first place in the abstract competition held at the Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Research Symposium. His research is on remediation of contaminated sediments using a reactive mat. November 20, 2009
Answering The Challenge - The National Academy of Engineering has issued the “Grand Challenges for Engineering” which includes restoration and maintenance of urban infrastructure. CEE Professors Sara Wadia-Fascetti and Ming Wang are leading the VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic mbedded Roaming Sensors) project, which will develop onboard multi-sensor technology that will detect structural flaws in roads and bridges. November 19, 2009
Congratulations Robert Tillman - CEE Associate Professor Robert Tillman, has been selected to receive the best CEE division speaker award for his session “Discovering Magical Partnerships within Your Campus”. He will be recognized for this achievement at the annual CIEC conference in February. November 19, 2009
Making The World Safer - Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Carey Rappaport is working with three of the COE Research Centers to increase the safety of this nation. He is the associate director of CenSSIS and ALERT and a lead researcher of VOTERS. November 16, 2009
Helping Stroke Victims Recover - Constantinos Mavroidis, Professor and Director of the Biomedical Mechtronics Laboratory, was featured by MIT’s Technology Review for his work in creating portable robotic devices that can be used in the rehabilitation of patients that have suffered a stoke. November 13, 2009
Sun Receives $50K for Research - Nian Sun, an ECE Associate Professor, received $50K from Northrop Grumman Corporation for bringing up collaborative research on high performance miniature antennas with Northrop Grumman November 13, 2009
Chemical Engineering Students are National Champions - A group of 10 ChE students won 1st place at the National AIChE ChemECar competition in which they had to power and control a car by a chemical reaction. Another group of 3 won the SACHE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design. See video of ChemECar competition (NU team at 7:00 minute mark). November 12, 2009
SWE Team Comes in 3rd in Collegiate SME "Subject Matter Experts" Competition - Mariah Dellea (ME'13) and Kerri Liss (IE'13), were part of a 5 person team that placed 3rd in Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Subject Matter Expert Bowl contest at the SWE National Conference. November 6, 2009
Making Our Drinking Water Safe - April Gu, Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is exploring ways to make removing polluntants from wastewater more efficient and cost effective. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Water and Environmental Research Foundation (WERF) November 6, 2009
Murthy’s Research featured in Langmuir Journal - Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, is featured in the American Chemical Society’s Langmuir journal for his efforts of trying to minimize/eliminate shunt occlusion in the treatment of hydrocephalus. November 4, 2009
NSF Workshop on Sensing and Prognostics for Scalability of Nanomanufacturing - NSF sponsored workshop brings together researchers from academia, industry, national labs, and government to examine the sensing, quality, and reliability issues encountered in scaling up lab-based nanoprocesses to high-volume high-rate nanomanufacturing. November 2-4, 2009 November 2, 2009
Vaziri Wins $360K Air Force Young Investigator Award - MIE Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri has received the Air Force Young Investigator Award to study bio-inspired interfaces for hybrid structures. October 23, 2009
Jung Awarded $100K NSF Grant - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Yung Joon Jung has been awarded a 3-year grant from NSF to develop ultra-high performance carbon nanotubes for use in extremely narrow interconnects. October 13, 2009
Prof. Harris and Vittoria receive $400K NSF Grant - ECE Professors Vincent Harris and Carmine Vittoria received a $400K NSF grant to study electric field tunable microwave magnetic passive devices. October 13, 2009
Murthy’s Research featured in Analytical Chemistry - Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, is featured in the October 7 edition of Analytical Chemistry for his method for separating cells using a deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) microfluidic device October 8, 2009
New Interdisciplinary Bioengineering PhD program - The new Bioengineering PhD program combines biosciences and engineering together to create six immersion tracks for students to choose from. October 5, 2009
Ruberti Receives $785K NEI Grant - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti has received a 2 year $785K grant from NIH’s National Eye Institute for his continued research on Engineering Biomimetic Corneal
Constructs. October 1, 2009
Trying to Keep the World Structurally Sound - Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Ming Wang has received funding from NSF, FHWA, and NIST to develop sensors for bridges and roadways to keep them safe. Wang is internationally recognized as in expert in monitoring the structural health of bridges, tunnels, and other infrastructure. September 23, 2009
Congratulations to Joan Dela Cruz - Congratulations Joan Dela Cruz, BSME'13, who has won the Igor Sikorsky Scholarship which covers 50% of tuition for the first year. Recipients also participate in internships at Sikorsky Aircraft. Dela Cruz is only the second COE NUPRIME student to win this award. September 21, 2009
Congratulations COE Award Winners - Congratulations to the recipients of this years College of Engineering Faculty and Staff awards. September 18, 2009
Sipahi Awarded $200K NSF Grant - MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi has been awarded a $200K NSF grant to reveal the complex interplay between the topology, time delays, and the stability of dynamical systems that couple across networks. The project will have impacts in the fields of networked control systems, human-in-the-loop dynamics and epidemiology. September 18, 2009
Congratulations to Dana Peck - Dana Peck, CIV'11, is the recipient of a $1500 SWE National - Jill S. Tietjen Scholarship. She is currently on coop in Perth, Australia doing research for Professor Tom Sheahan's NSF project on offshore geohazards. September 16, 2009
Congratulations to Megan Richardson - Megan Richardson, ME'10, is the recipient of a $5000 SWE National - General Electric Women's Network scholarship. She is currently on coop at California's NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. September 15, 2009
Dialogue of Civilizations Project might lead to Bicycle Lane - After 6 students attended a month-long engineering class in the Netherlands on sustainable transportation, they have designed a method to add a bicycle promenade to the carriage path on Commonwealth Avenue. They gave a presentation to Newton residents during a recent City Hall meeting explaining their proposal. September 14, 2009
Sznaier and Camps Win NSF Award - ECE Professors Mario Sznaier and Octavia Camps have won a $415K NSF grant to develop new methods to extract information very sparsely encoded in extremely high dimensional data streams, with applications to aware environments, autonomous vehicles and systems biology. September 9, 2009
New Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Bioengineering - The College of Engineering is now offering a new interdisciplinary PhD Degree program in Bioengineering. The program takes advantage of the strong multidisciplinary research taking place at the interface of biology and engineering at Northeastern. September 3, 2009
CHN Receives $12M Renewal Grant - The Nanoscale Science and Engineering Research Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has received a $12.25 million renewal grant from the National Science Foundation to continue its industry-leading research. August 25, 2009
ECE Junior wins 2-year fellowship in Information Assurance - Ryan Whelan, a junior in ECE, has been awarded a NSF Scholarship for Service Fellowship. Designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information assurance professionals that protect the government's critical information infrastructure, this scholarship is administered through Northeastern's Institute for Information Assurance. August 24, 2009
Gu Wins 2 Grants to Study Wastewater Treatment Processes - April Gu, Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has received a $297K NSF grant and a $230K grant from the Water and Environmental Research Foundation (WERF) to study the impact of wastewater derived organic nitrogen and refractory organic phosphorus. August 20, 2009
Caracoglia to Study Wind Effects on Buildings - Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Luca Caracoglia, has received a $430K NSF CAREER grant to study how wind effects tall buildings. August 3, 2009
Jung Awarded $200K NSF Grant - Assistant Professor Yung Joon Jung, of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, has been awarded a 3-year grant from NSF to develop a new class of hybrid composite structures based on highly organized SWNT architectures and polymer materials, for high performance functional flexible systems. July 27, 2009
Professor Dy Awarded $470K NSF Grant - Associate Professor Jennifer Dy of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be developing a method to analyze data using multiple clustering views by studying skin lesions and cancers. July 27, 2009
Prof Erdogmus Receives Second Grant - Denis Erdogmus, an ECE Assistant Professor, has received a $500K NSF grant to develop a brain interface controlled icon-based language generation system that aims to increase speed of communication for persons with severe disabilities. He recently received a $695K grant from NIH. July 23, 2009
Solving Real Problems with Real Solutions - Professor Michael Silevitch spoke at the recent Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology workshop about the importance of working out real-world problems with the people that are striving to solve these issues. July 20, 2009
Touran Elected Secretary of Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section - Ali Touran, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was featured by the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section, BSCES News, for his long and distinguished career and now most recently for his election as Secretary of BSCES. July 14, 2009
Caracoglia Wins a NSF CAREER Award - Luca Caracoglia, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has won a CAREER award, the NSF's most prestigious award for junior faculty, to determine wind hazards on tall buildings. July 10, 2009
NEHCEP is Newest Engineering Center - The New England Healthcare Engineering Partnership (NEHCEP), led by MIE professor James Benneyan, will use engineering methods to improve the VA health care system to provide better overall care. July 7, 2009
New Energy Systems Master's Degree - Starting in the fall, the College of Engineering will offer a new degree for a Masters of Science in Energy Systems. This program integrates the technology side of energy systems development with the financial planning needed to effectively implement them. July 1, 2009
Prof Kaeli Awarded NSF grant - David Kaeli, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a 4-yr NSF Scholarship for Service Award, which will provide scholarships to talented students in Information Assurance technologies so as to protect our national cyber infrastructure. June 29, 2009
Prof Erdogmus receives $695K grant - Denis Erdogmus, an ECE Assistant Professor, has received a 5-yr grant from NIH, to design a noninvasive brain computer interface to help patients with locked-in syndrome (LIS) by detecting their responses to rapid serial visual presentations. June 29, 2009
Prof Ando Selected as Fellow - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Teiichi Ando has been selected as a Fellow of ASM International. June 26, 2009
Niedre Awarded $360K Grant - ECE Assistant Professor, Mark Niedre, was one of seven local scientists to receive grants from the Massachusetts Life Science Center to develop a non-invasively method for detecting rare cells circulating in the blood. June 26, 2009
EWB Featured by State Department - The Engineers Without Borders group is highlighted on www.America.gov, which is used to promote the nation's image in the world. The group was also recently featured on the Cambridge-based TV series "Civil Engineering Today". June 22, 2009
Drop of Blood to Lead to Heart Health - Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, is working on bringing his diagnostic tool, which will monitor a patients cardiovascular health to hospitals in the next couple of years. He will not be satisfied until high risk patients are benefiting from the device. June 22, 2009
Historical Brooklyn Bridge Built to Last - Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Mishac Yegian has determined that the Brooklyn Bridge could withstand an earthquake that registers a 6.5 on the Richter Scale without any damage to its foundation. June 17, 2009
Tracking Cancer Tumors Digitally - ECE Associate Professor Jennifer Dy is developing a computer algorithm that will try to track the movement of tumors that will allow for detection and targeted treatments. June 12, 2009
COE to gain new Center for Healthcare Systems Engineering - MIE Associate Professor, James C. Benneyan, will be the Executive Director of the New England Healthcare Systems Engineering Research Center. The center is funded by the US Dept of Veterans Affairs and will receive $3.4M/yr. June 10, 2009
Master of Science Degree Program in Energy Systems - The Graduate School of Engineering offers a Master of Science degree program in Energy Systems. The program integrates the technology side of energy systems with the financial planning needed to effectively be implemented. June 10, 2009
Prof. Gouldstone is Recipient of Best Paper Award - MIE Professor Andrew Gouldstone was the recipient of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology Best Paper Award at the International Thermal Spray Conference for his paper "On the Role of Bubbles in Metallic Splat Nanopores and Adhesion". The work shows that the first hundred nanoseconds of liquid droplet impact strongly effects surface adhesion. June 3, 2009
EWB to Design Clean Water System for Bbanda, Uganda - Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is again designing a clean water system but this time in Bbanda, Uganda. The group is almost finished on their project in El Chaguite, Honduras that designed a similar water system. June 2, 2009
Prof. Harris and Vittoria receives $1.4M for research on magnetics - Professors Vince Harris and Carmine Vittoria receive $1.4M from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Navy, and Air Force for advanced magnets and their use in next generation microwave electronics June 2, 2009
A Single Drop of Blood can Expose Heart Disease - Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has developed a credit card-sized device that uses less than a drop of blood to discover if a patient has heart disease. See video from WBZ-TV. June 1, 2009
NSF Grant to Help New Generation of Students - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded NU a new grant aimed at providing scholarships to students interested in pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. May 28, 2009
COE Alum nominated by President Obama to Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration - Winslow Sargeant, an '86 graduate with a bachelors’s degree in electrical engineering, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration. Dr. Sargeant is currently the managing director of Madison-based Venture Investors. May 27, 2009
Congratulations Chad Boutet - Chad Boutet, a junior in Civil Engineering, has won the PB Rail Engineering Scholarship provided by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA). May 26, 2009
COE Alum receives a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal - Lester M. Cohen, a BS'73 and MS'77 graduate in civil engineering, has been selected to receive a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work on the James Webb Space Telescope program. May 26, 2009 May 26, 2009
COE Alum named CEO of Vertis Communications - Quincy L. Allen, a '82 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and longtime executive of Xerox Corporation, has been appointed chief executive officer of Vertis Communications. March 17, 2009 May 26, 2009
COE Alum appointed President of Millipore's Bioscience Division - Jon DiVincenzo, a '88 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, has been appointed President of Millipore's Bioscience Division and member of its Corporate Executive Committee. January 8, 2009 May 26, 2009
COE Alum Receives 2 Prestigious Awards - Satish Maripuri, an '88 graduate with a master’s degree in computer systems engineering, has received two prestigious business awards: the Bharat Samman Parvasi 2008 Award and the Hind Rattan 2009 Award. February 3, 2009 May 26, 2009
Determining Water Toxicity Using Prokaryotic Real-Time Gene Expression - April Gu, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering is calculating toxicity levels of pollutants in water samples using prokaryotic real-time gene expressions. May 15, 2009
Using SWNT to enhance sensing applications - ECE Assistant Professor Mehmet Dokmeci has developed a method of using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT) on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry that will lead to the creation of new sensor systems. May 15, 2009
Creating Nano Building Blocks - Using low L/D aspect ratios, MIE Assistant Professor Yung Joon Jung and his graduate students, have demonstrated the benefits of using nanocups and ring geometries. May 11, 2009
Getting the Most out of the Coop Experience - Sean Mayo, a 2009 graduate of ECE, using the experiences he gained from the classroom and coop, has landed himself a dream job at Apple. He already has several patents from working there on his last coop. Sean was recently awarded the William Jefferson Alcott Award for his outstanding performances. May 5, 2009
Image Based Software Solutions - Dana Brooks, professor of ECE, has been investigating a method to use image based modeling software for use in biomedical research. May 5, 2009
Congratulations Christopher W. Stivers - Christopher W. Stivers, a 2009 Mechanical Engineering graduate, has been awarded a Tau Beta Pi graduate Fellowship. He plans on pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering. May 4, 2009
Congratulations to John Oldham - John Oldham, a Chemical Engineering PhD student, is the recipient of the Dissertation Writing Fellowship for the 2009 Summer Semester. The award is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and offers financial support to Ph.D. candidates so they may spend their final semester writing. April 30, 2009
Increasing Opportunities for Women - The NSF ADVANCE grant will help increase the number of women in academic science and engineering careers. April 30, 2009
Capstone students create 3D Computer Interface - Five seniors from ECE are the 1st place winners of the 2009 Senior Capstone projects. Justin Schunick, Mark Hollenbeck, Luke Shaheen, Scott Gillette, and Glenn Black built a low-cost human computer interface that tracks a user's movement. April 29, 2009
Moving Up in the Ranks - The College of Engineering's Graduate School has moved up in the US News & World Reports ranks of the Top Engineering Graduate Schools from 65 to 60. April 29, 2009
Yener elected ASEE Fellow - Yaman Yener, Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate School has been elected a Fellow of ASEE. The fellow grade is conferred upon an active member of ASEE who has been a member for at least 10 years, in recognition of outstanding contributions to engineering or engineering technology education. April 29, 2009
Improving Performance of Solar Cells - NU researchers from Chemical Engineering have found that using potassium on the surface of nanotubes can significantly enhance the performance of the solar cells. April 29, 2009
Congratulations to the 2009 Student Affairs Scholarship Winners - The Student Affairs office awards scholarships to recognize the contributions of our student leaders on campus. Thomas I Atkins Social Justice Scholarship: Gidley Dorlus, ME’13 & Babatunde Ogunfemi, EE’13; The Karen T. Rigg Shining Torch Scholarship: Joyce Salomon, EE’12; The Joseph Spear Scholarship: Thomas Peacock, ME’10; The Greg Jarvis Memorial Scholarship: Stephen Asay, IE’09 April 22, 2009
Creating a New Standard - Thomas Sheahan, professor and acting chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is trying to create an ASTM standard test that will be able to help determine soil and foundation responses due to manmade and seismic activity. April 14, 2009
Engineers make the World a Better Place - By becoming an engineer, you have an excellent opportunity to develop and improve the way we live our lives. Three engineering students were recently interviewed by Network World to share their thoughts on how Northeastern has prepared them for their careers. April 10, 2009
AIChE group promoting engineering to K-12 - The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) group is reaching out to young students to help them connect with science and engineering programs in their areas. April 7, 2009
Communicating Underwater Wirelessly - Milica Stojanovic, associate professor of ECE, is researching communicating underwater to explore the oceans and see what they have to offer. Whether it be exploring wreckage or finding new resources, wireless communications could revolutionize current methods. April 2, 2009
Congratulations to Mathew Gabak - Mathew Gabak, ME'09, has won the Inspiring Social Justice Poster Contest sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity and UNITE (Unifying Northeastern Identitites Through Education) March 30, 2009
AIChE Group Tests Their Knowledge - The AIChE student group created their own version of the TV series "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" but they were testing themselves against freshman engineering knowledge. March 30, 2009
Critical Population Density Brings Order to Chaos - Purnima Ratilal, assistant professor of ECE, has been published in the latest issue of Science for her research on imaging fish shoals that verifies general theories about the behavior patterns of large groups of animals. March 27, 2009
Making the world a little greener - Matilda Urie, a senior mechanical engineering student, was been hired by a Scotland firm to "help develop clean, energy-producing turbines—it’s the right thing to do to preserve our planet." March 23, 2009
MCAA wins 1st place in national competition - Congratulations to the Mechanical Contractor Association of America's student group for winning 1st place in the national MCAA's 2008-2009 student chapter competition. March 20, 2009
Nutrons mentor local high school students for FIRST robotics competition. - The NUTRON'S "Ask an Engineer" program assists teams with engineering questions. Volunteers in the program include: Kyle Henry: Senior, Josh Miranda: Grad Student, Neil Cameron: Middler, Steve Guerrera: Alum, Zach Shapiro: Alum, Amy Sauger: Sophomore, Andrew Bates: Freshman, Kim Masi: Sophomore, Corey Balint: Sophomore, Eric Williams: Sophomore, Tom Bottiglieri: Middler, Antonio Rufo: Catholic Memorial Senior, Matt Skillin: Wentworth (former Boston Latin student), Don Goldthwaite: Advisor March 17, 2009
George Kent receives Outstanding Coop Coordinator Award - Congratulations to George Kent for receiving the 2009 Outstanding Coop Coordinator Award which will be presented to him at a ceremony on April 2, 2009. Only two individuals from the university are choosen for this award each year. March 11, 2009
Polyimide Ripples Created with Focused Ion Beam - Professor Ashkan Vaziri, an assitant professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, working with a team of scientists from three other universities, has been able to create specific nanoscale designs on the surface structure of polyimide by using focused ion beam (FIB) irradiation. March 10, 2009
Busnaina's nanotechnology research to help improve manufacturing - Ahmed Busnaina, William Lincoln Smith Professor and director of the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), is investigating ways of manufacturing materials which will allow structures and patterns down to 20nm or smaller using room-temperature and non-vacuum processes. February 26, 2009
Northeastern to co-lead workshop on Advanced Magnetic Materials and their Applications with India - Laura H Lewis, Cabot Professor and chair of Chemical Engineering, Vincent G. Harris, William Lincoln Smith Chair and director of the CM3IC, and research scientist Dr. C.N. Chinnasamy, will co-lead a joint Indo-US “Conference on New Directions and Novel Applications in Magnetism” at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IITB), March 1 – 4, 2009. February 20, 2009
NU FIRST Robotics team gets ready for competition - The NUTRONS are again preparing to compete in the upcoming FIRST Boston Regional Robotics Competition in March. The team won first place in this contest in 2007. February 19, 2009
Article by Prof. Shashi Murthy featured in Macromolecules - Incorporation of Linear Spacer Molecules in Vapor-Deposited Silicone Polymer Thin Films February 18, 2009
Prof Yegian's research on the Cover of Civil Engineering Magazine - Prof. Mishac Yegian's modeling of the Brooklyn Bridge evaluates its ability to withstand a 2,500-year seismic event. February 11, 2009
Prof Hellweger demonstrates that photosynthesis genes affect the fitness of marine species. - Ferdi Hellweger, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, has found using a computer simulation that eliminating photosynthesis genes from marine viruses will negatively impact the fitness of these viruses causing them to die out. February 9, 2009
Vittoria named Life Fellow of IEEE - Professor Carmine Vittoria has been elected a Life Fellow of the IEEE for for his contributions to the understanding of the microwave properties of magnetic materials and their applications in microwave technology. January 20, 2009
$9 Million Grant Awarded to Assess the Condition of Bridges and Roadways - The VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors) project, led by Prof. Ming Wang and Sara Wadia-Fascetti, will gather accurate, up-to-date condition information on roadways and bridges using compact instrument packages installed in cars and trucks.
January 6, 2009
Prof. Marengo named 2008 most distinguished alumnus - Prof. Edwin Marengo was named the 2008 most distinguished alumnus of the Technological University of Panama in the category of research, innovation, and technological development. The university grants five awards to the most distinguished alumni of the year, in five different categories. January 6, 2009
Congratulations to Roni Mittelman and Dilber Gamsiz - Roni Mittelman, an Electrical Engineering PhD student and Dilber Gamsiz, a Chemical Engineering PhD student, are recipients of the Dissertation Writing Fellowships for the 2009 Spring Semester. The award is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and offers financial support to Ph.D. candidates so they may spend their final semester writing. January 2, 2009
Purnima Ratilal is winner of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - This is the nation's highest honor for professionals at the outset of their independent scientific research careers. December 22, 2008
Engineers Without Borders visit Honduras - Check out the EWB student website for video from their latest trip to Honduras and their focus on providing clean water to the village of Los Planes. December 17, 2008
Chemical Engineering Graduate Students to Participate in International Exchange - ChE Ph.D. students Courtney Pfluger and Mariam Ismail have been invited by the The Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) of the American Chemical Society Northeastern Section (NESACS) and the NESACS Education Committee to participate in an educational exchange program to take place in Essen, Germany, on March 8-15, 2009, as guests of the Jungchemikerforum (Young Chemists Committee, JCF) of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (German Chemical Society, GDCh). Please join us in congratulating them on their accomplishment. December 17, 2008
Engineering students partner with Greek firm to invent robotized cleaning system for solar panels - A group of MIE students have designed a groundbreaking, robotic cleaning system for solar panels that has been submitted for a patent. December 12, 2008
Engineers without Borders student group to return to Honduras - After being named "Project of the Month" in October, Engineers without Borders return to Honduras to continue work with their new water system. December 10, 2008
Fabrizio Lombardi named Fellow of IEEE - Professor Fabrizio Lombardi has been elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to testing and fault tolerance of digital systems. December 10, 2008
Necmiye Ozay receives CDC best student paper award - Necmiye Ozay, an Electrical Engineering graduate student, is the recipient of the best student paper award at the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) for her paper entitled "A sparsification approach to set membership identification of a class of affine hybrid systems", co-authored with M. Sznaier, C. Lagoa and O. Camps. December 10, 2008
Prof. Niedre Finds Early Photon Imaging Detects Lung Cancer - A novel, high-resolution fluorescence imaging system may be used to detect lung cancer at early stages. December 5, 2008
Professor’s aim – better bike paths - Engineering professor and bike enthusiast Peter Furth, along with his civil engineering students, is involved in projects for building better bike paths. December 5, 2008
Chairman of Board receives New York Life’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award - Sy Sternberg, MS '68, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Northeastern and Chairman of the Board at New York Life Insurance Company, received New York Life’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. December 3, 2008
COE Alum named Chief Technology Officer - Ian Kaye, a '96 graduate of Northeastern with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, has been promoted to chief technology officer of UltraCell Corporation®. December 3, 2008
Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti named Director of Northeastern’s ADVANCE Program - Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti, who has served as Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement since 2005, will assume the role of Director of ADVANCE and Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development, effective immediately. December 2, 2008
A Clearer Picture of Cancer - Mark Niedre, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, developed a new high resolution method for in vivo fluorescence imaging. November 25, 2008
Prof. Mavroidis awarded $1M NSF grant - Robotics projects for stroke rehabilitation receive major federal grants. November 19, 2008
Engineering students lend Conservancy a hand - NU Chapter of ASCE has partnered with the Charles River Conservancy to repair the eroded slope on the Boston side of the Eliot Street Bridge. November 13, 2008
Metghalchi named to Executive Committee - Hameed Metghalchi has been selected as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Executive Committee. November 11, 2008
8 New IGERT Fellows Selected - Students selected for the IGERT Fellowship program are studying the technical and political aspects of decision-making as it relates to diagnostics of roads and bridges. November 8, 2008
Computer Finds Molecules Causing Diseases - Mehdi Tahoori, assistant professor of ECE, was featured for research focused on schizophrenia, major depression & cancer at UPI.com and moldova.org. Researchers say they have created an algorithm that can identify genes & proteins most likely to cause such complex diseases.
November 6, 2008
NU inaugurates homeland security ALERT center - Northeastern launched its newly funded Center of Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. October 31, 2008
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Seminar - Speaker: Enhua Zhou, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, "Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Endothelial Cells of the Schlemm’s Canal" December 16, 2011 October 30, 2008
Ribbon-Cutting for ALERT - Inauguration of the DHS Research Center of Excellence for Explosives Detection, Mitigation & Response. October 30, 2008 October 28, 2008
Collaboration between COE Nanomanufacturing Center and Physics yields high-impact result in journal Nanotechnology covered on PhysOrg.com - “Large scale 3D vertical assembly of single-wall carbon nanotubes at ambient temperatures.” Nanotechnology 19 (2008) 455309. Faculty Leaders: Ahmed Busnaina, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing and Sri Sridhar, Physics, Director, Electronic Materials Research Institute October 23, 2008
NU chapter of Engineers Without Borders chosen as "Project of the Month" - EWB has been chosen as "Project of the Month" for their work in the Yoro district of Honduras to help bring a clean reliable source of water to villagers. October 23, 2008
Assistant Professor Mehdi Baradaran Tahoori's Research Article is the Cover Story in Science
Signaling - Fault Diagnosis Engineering of Digital Circuits Can Identify Vulnerable Molecules in Complex Cellular Pathways. October 22, 2008
Leo M. Falicov Student Award Winner - Zhuhua Cai, a Chemical Engineering PhD student, received The Leo M. Falicov Student Award from the Magnetic Interfaces & Nanostructures Division at the National AVS meeting for her presentation on MBE Integration of BaM on Wide Bandgap 6H-SiC. October 22, 2008
9th Annual Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference and THz Imaging and Spectroscopy Workshop - The RICC is the perfect setting for dialogue among members of the academic, industrial and government communities interested in collaboration in subsurface sensing and imaging.This year's RICC will focus on several areas that are of great interest to the Gordon-CenSSIS community. October 29-30, 2008 October 20, 2008
Prof. Dokmeci's Carbon Nanotube Work Recognized - Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mehmet Dokmeci was presented with the Best Poster Award at the 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, an honor acknowledging promising research in experimental work involving carbon nanotubes.
October 17, 2008
NSF Grant to Study Self-Efficacy and Retention of Female Undergraduate Engineering Students - Grant awarded to study how cooperative education and related on-the-job experiences affect female undergraduate engineering students. October 17, 2008
Congratulations Kelly Trowbridge - Kelly Trowbridge, class of 2009, has been selected as one of the recipient's of this year's AIChE Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award. October 3, 2008
ECE Cell-Counting Collaboration Wins Paper Award - The Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 Best Techniques Paper award was awarded to J.A. Newmark, W.C. Warger, II, C. Chang, G.E. Herrera, D.H. Brooks, C.A. DiMarzio, and C.M. Warner for their paper entitled "Determination of the Number of Cells in Preimplantation Embryos by Using Non-invasive Optical Quadrature Microscopy in Conjunction with Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy" This is truly an interdisciplinary collaboration: the first author, Judy Newmark, is a Biology PhD student, and the 2nd, Bill Warger, an ECE Phd student. September 19, 2008
$3.7M ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award - This NSF award engages a team of interdisciplinary faculty and administrators to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. September 4, 2008
Students Chosen for New Engineering/MBA Program - The first six students have been chosen for a new engineering program starting this fall that combines business and engineering coursework, allowing students to pursue engineering management positions or business leadership roles. August 21, 2008
Dr. Beverly Jaeger - Olympic Line Judge - COE Gateway Faculty member, Dr. Beverly Jaeger, is a line judge for tennis matches at the Beijing Olympic Games. August 9, 2008
NU's Biotechnology Initiative and Professional Science Master's Degrees Underscored by New Federal Report - Through an innovative collaboration, chemists, physicists, pharmaceutical scientists, researchers, biologists, and engineers at Northeastern University are working to solve today’s pressing medical and biological dilemmas. August 8, 2008
Green and Inexpensive SuperMagnets - The Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits has developed a green, one-step process for creating samarium cobalt permanent magnets that could usher in a new breed of hybrid automobiles using smaller, inexpensive motors. August 7, 2008
Rick Scranton receives singular honor from ASCE - The American Society of Civil Engineers has established the Richard J. Scranton Outstanding Community Service Award. August 5, 2008
Galante Engineering BS/MBA Program - Alumnus Edward Galante has pledged $5 million to establish the Galante Engineering BS/MBA Program, an interdisciplinary effort to hone top students’ problem-solving and decision-making skills. August 5, 2008
Engineering Design Project Helps Launch Startup - A group of Northeastern University students has defied the odds when they helped to invent a biotech instrument that two years later turned into a company. July 17, 2008