In the Media
Sep 07, 2022
Research Team Uses Math To Help Allocate Resources During Natural Disasters
CEE Associate Professor Qi Ryan Wang was featured in the EastMojo article “Research Team Uses Math To Help Allocate Resources During Natural Disasters.”
Sep 06, 2022
Ganguly Featured for Global Weirding in Pakistan
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in multiple articles regarding how global weirding is contributing to Pakistan’s deadly floods. Newsweek: Global Weirding: Humans Have Caused Chaos on Earth Irshi Videos: Pakistan Floods: From Melting Glaciers to ‘Monster Monsoon’, What Caused Deadly Floods? IV News Independent: What caused Pakistan’s deadly floods? From melting glaciers to ‘monster’ […]
Sep 05, 2022
When Will the Heatwave in California End?
Auroop R. Ganguly, director of the Sustainability & Data Sciences Laboratory at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that this so-called “global weirding” will only continue to worsen as greenhouse emissions skyrocket.
Aug 26, 2022
Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID Vaccine Patents
“We’re seeing a lot of lawsuits related to mRNA vaccines right now, so I wasn’t surprised about this particular lawsuit,” said Mansoor Amiji, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences and chemical engineering at Northeastern University. (Featured in The Boston Globe)
Aug 22, 2022
This Technology Makes Data Accessible to Blind and Visually Impaired People
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was featured in the NPR podcast “This technology makes data accessible to blind and visually impaired people.”
Aug 12, 2022
Can Nature-based Alternatives to Seawalls Keep the Waves at Bay?
“We’re not creating a solid barrier, but we’re using a network of these little units around the shoreline to achieve wave energy dissipation,” said Julia Hopkins, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University. (Featured in The Guardian)
Jul 27, 2022
Ganguly Quoted in Two Newsweek Articles
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was quoted in two Newsweek articles about the increased droughts that have caused water levels to drop in Lake Mead and Lake Wilson. Locally, Ganguly was featured in the Boston 25 News story “Extreme temperatures, demand straining electricity system in Massachusetts.”
Jul 25, 2022
Expert: As Climate Change Continues, Heat Waves and Power Outages Will Too
From Acton to Falmouth to Boston, the seven-day heat wave saw a flurry of power outages. “Basically, what happens, the network gets overloaded,” explained Dr. Ozlem Ergun, a Professor of Engineering at Northeastern University. (Featured in CBS Boston)