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Ozlem Ergun

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 […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Julia Hopkins

Jul 19, 2022

Boston Public Radio Full Show: July 19, 2022

Julia Hopkins explained the focus of her “Emerald Tutu” project, which would create a skirt of floating greenery along the most vulnerable parts of Boston’s shore. Hopkins is an assistant […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Julia Hopkins

Jul 11, 2022

Northeastern Researchers Have a Plan to Protect Boston from Rising Sea Levels: Floating Vegetation Mats They Call the ‘Emerald Tutu’

CEE Assistant Professor Julia Hopkins was featured in the Boston Globe article “Northeastern researchers have a plan to protect Boston from rising sea levels: floating vegetation mats they call the […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 29, 2022

3 Takes on Supply Disruptions, Drug Shortage Timelines from Northeastern Researcher

In an interview with Becker’s, Boston-based Northeastern University mechanical and industrial engineering professor Jacqueline Griffin, PhD, shared some thoughts on why drug shortages have plagued the nation for years and ways to fix […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Peter Furth

Jun 09, 2022

Mode Shift: Built with Bike-priority Streets, Houten Is Quiet, Safe – and Utterly Unique

CEE Professor Peter Furth was featured in the Dominion Post article “Mode shift: Built with bike-priority streets, Houten is quiet, safe – and utterly unique.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 08, 2022

Climate-driven Flooding Poses Well Water Contamination Risks

“Areas that hadn’t been impacted are now. New areas are getting flooded,” said Kelsey Pieper, a Northeastern University professor of environmental engineering. “We know the environment is shifting and we’re […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 10, 2022

NU Startup ‘DeepCharge’ Featured on Forbes

DeepCharge, founded by ECE Professor Kaushik Chowdhury and Research Assistant Professor Yousof Naderi, was featured in the Forbes article “DeepCharge Develops Universal Wireless Charging“.  It was also featured in Nov. […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Matthew Eckelman

May 09, 2022

How Bad Are Incandescent Light Bulbs for the Environment?

CEE Associate Professor Matthew Eckelman was featured in the Popular Science article “How bad are incandescent light bulbs for the environment?“

Civil & Environmental Engineering