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Apr 28, 2016

Asthagiri is Exploring the Spread of Cancer Cells

BioE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri explores the biophysics behind the spread of breast cancer, providing hope for future treatments and early diagnosis. Source: News @ Northeastern Metas­tasis. The very word evokes fear. Defined as the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another, metas­tasis is the cause of approx­i­mately 90 per­cent […]

Bioengineering

Apr 28, 2016

CIVE Student Wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Congratulations to Wenjun Zhang, this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the category of Research: Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering.  Only one graduate student at Northeastern University receives this prestigious award every year.  This year, there were many strong candidates from the College of Science, Egan Research Center, and Health Sciences, […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 28, 2016

Congratulations to all 2016 Award and Scholarship Winners in CEE!

Congratulations to the Civil and Environmental Engineering students who received scholarships and awards at the 2016 CEE Brick Ceremony and several other ceremonies held by the university and by industry organizations throughout the region. These scholarships and awards reflect the leadership, academic excellence, and outstanding achievements of the students in the department. The awards were made […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 28, 2016

Improving Airport Security

ALERT's Carey Rappaport, Jose Martinez Lorenzo, and Octavia Camps each explain the research they are conducting to make airport security checkpoints safer.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Apr 27, 2016

Ganguly Featured in ERL Highlights of 2015

CEE Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly's article on Changes in observed climate extremes in global urban areas was selected by Environmental Research Letters(ERL) as a feature in their Highlights of 2015 collection.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 27, 2016

IEEE Places 6th at Micromouse Competition

The IEEE student chapter placed 6th at the IEEE Region I Collegiate Micromouse Competition.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Apr 27, 2016

Concrete Canoe Team Places 3rd

The Northeastern University Concrete Canoe team placed third last weekend in the New England Student Conference.

Apr 26, 2016

Prof. Webster to give talk at Ceramic Expo on the future of bioceramics

Prof. Webster will give a keynote talk and run a session at the Ceramics Expo on April 28 in Cleveland on the future of ceramics in medicine.

Chemical Engineering