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Feb 10, 2022
Hajjar Elected as NAE Member
Northeastern’s CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his development of design criteria and models for stability and seismic design of innovative steel and composite structures. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
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Feb 09, 2022
MIE’s Ruthie Nelson Receives Student of the Year by ASEE, Co-op and Experiential Division
Ruthie Nelson, E’21, mechanical engineering, was recognized as one of several Students of the Year by the American Society of Engineering Education, Cooperative and Experiential Education Division, which honors not only her strengths as an engineer, but her attitude and willingness as a student learning from her different co-ops.
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Feb 08, 2022
Mastering Puzzle Strategies
MIE Associate Professor Laurent Lessard has developed a strategy to win games like Wordle. Here’s how to win at Wordle, every time Main photo: Laurent Lessard, associate professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, solved Wordle algorithmically. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University What’s your go-to first guess in Wordle? Yours truly uses “adieu,” […]
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Feb 08, 2022
Computer PhD Alum to Lead SAIL
Alumnus and Draper GEM Fellow Will Tomlinson, PhD’18, Computer Engineering, is named director of the Software and Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at Boston University. Related News: Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Community Service Creating a Safer Way to Transmit Data Overcoming the Odds
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Feb 07, 2022
Using 5G for Reliable Connectivity
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia explains the importance of wireless 5G service in broadcasting events like the Olympics.
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Feb 07, 2022
Chemical Engineering Student Nominated for Truman Scholarship
Northeastern University has nominated Rachel Joseph, E’23, chemical engineering, as one out of four outstanding students for the Truman Scholarship.
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Feb 04, 2022
2022 Goldwater Scholarship Nominees
Bioengineering students Amanda Dee, E’23, and Giona Kleinberg, E’23, were nominated for the 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarship.
Feb 04, 2022
Announcing Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards.