Research
Leading the Way
Northeastern engineers lead the way in interdisciplinary research. Collaborations with biologists, chemists, physicists, geologists, and physicians are producing new answers to problems like tumor detection, soil remediation, and emissions control. Explorations with industrial partners are making better, smarter products in industries from telecommunications to automotive manufacturing.
News & Events
November 6, 2009
CHN Lecture
Patterning Technologies for Nanofabrication: Top Down and Bottom Up
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
Pursuing Discovery
“I did several co-ops at the Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials and Processing. I research the effect of earth and space-grown zeolites on the yield of a specific compound.” –C. Luke (undergraduate student)