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Aug 18, 2024

Nogueira Featured in Moms With Benefits Podcast

Alison Nogueira, COE Distinguished senior co-op coordinator and senior director of co-op, was featured in the Moms With Benefits podcast, titled, “Chasing Change: How Northeastern University Supports Their Working Parents.”

Aug 16, 2024

National Co-op Student of the Year Thrives in Clean Energy Career

Two co-op experiences helped Kelly O’Connell, E’16, civil engineering, finetune her career focus to energy systems, which led her to adjust her coursework, select a minor in mechanical engineering, and complete a final co-op in her chosen field of sustainable energy.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 16, 2024

Optimizing Urban Train Maintenance

CEE Professor Haris Koutsopoulos and PhD student John Moody, civil and environmental engineering, published a paper, “Strategies To Optimize the Deployment of Roadway Maintenance Machines for Overnight Maintenance in Urban Rail Systems,” in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. The researchers developed multiple models to optimize the maintenance window of urban transit systems without disrupting passenger service.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 15, 2024

Chemicals in Personal Care Products Can Cause Health Problems

Bouve/CEE Assistant Professor Julia Varshavsky’s research from a study she led in Puerto Rico in affiliation with the PROTECT Center was published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. It shows chemicals like phenols and parabens in products such as sunscreen and makeup can result in long-term health problems for both the woman and fetus.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 14, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Raja Alomari

Raja Alomari joins the MGEN department in August 2024 as an Associate Teaching Professor in Silicon Valley, CA.

Software Engineering and Information Systems

Rushdi Alsaleh

Aug 14, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Rushdi Alsaleh

Rushdi Alsaleh joins the MGEN department in August 2024 as an Associate Teaching Professor in Vancouver, Canada.

Software Engineering and Information Systems

Caroline Blassick

Aug 14, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Caroline Blassick

Caroline Blassick joins the Bioengineering department in August 2024 as an Assistant Teaching Professor.

Bioengineering

Kaylla Cantilina

Aug 14, 2024

New Faculty Spotlight: Kaylla Cantilina

Kaylla Cantilina joins the First Year Engineering program in August 2024 as an Assistant Teaching Professor.