News
Feb 25, 2020
Using Magnetic Fields in Production of Porous Materials
MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb was awarded a patent for “Pore orientation using magnetic fields.”
Feb 21, 2020
Road Salt Contaminating Unregulated Water Supplies
CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper is researching water contaminated with road salt in communities that use private wells, natural springs, and cisterns.
Feb 20, 2020
Myers Awarded MassCEC Grant for Innovative Floating Wind Turbine
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers and co-inventor Jim Papadopoulos were one of 18 groups awarded funding from a new $1.7M grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Catalyst and InnovateMass programs in support of clean energy startups and research teams across the Commonwealth.
Feb 19, 2020
Improving the Efficiency of Vanadium Flow Batteries Using Cellulose
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu is using cellulose from wood to store renewable energy in batteries.
Feb 19, 2020
Observing How Cells Interact
ChE Assistant Professor Abigail Koppes is isolating individual cell types to identify how they interact with their environment.
Feb 18, 2020
NU Team Selected for NASA’s Big Idea Challenge
Congratulations to the Northeastern team that was selected as an awardee of the Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.
Feb 18, 2020
DURABLE: Sustainable Material Ecologies, Assemblies and Cultures
A new exhibition at the BSA Space – DURABLE: Sustainable Material Ecologies, Assemblies, and Cultures, curated by CEE faculty David Fannon and Matthew Eckelman, as well as Architecture faculty Michelle Laboy and Peter Wiederspahn, explores the materials used to construct the built environment which are critical components to the sustainability of our cities.
Feb 13, 2020
Using Drones to Monitor Penguin Populations
Computer Engineering PhD students Yang Liu and Vikrant Shah traveled to Antarctica to count the dwindling population of chinstrap penguins with drones.