News
Oct 29, 2014
Solar Charging Stations
With the help of IDEA and his own coop experiences, Ryan Wright, E’09, helped to create Sol Power which sets up solar charging stations at outdoor events.
Oct 28, 2014
Running & Jumping Robots
Alumni Marc Raibert, E’73, founder of Boston Dynamics, discussed his bio-inspired robots during the Profiles in Innovation Presidential Speaker Series.
Oct 27, 2014
CEE Chi Epsilon Students Participate in 19th Annual CANstruction Competition
Northeastern’s Chi Epsilon students participated in the annual CANstruction competition, a competition where students build large structures made entirely of canned goods.
Oct 27, 2014
Improving Healthcare Access
MIE Professor James Benneyan was appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s new Optimizing Scheduling in Health Care Committee which will use systems engineering to improve healthcare access and scheduling across the country.
Oct 27, 2014
Preventing Antibiotic Resistance
IE PhD student Brendan Bettinger received a poster award for his game theory & epidemiology models to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance at the NSF Center for Health Organization Transformation meeting.
Oct 24, 2014
First Year Engineering – Sumo Wrestling Robots
First Year Engineering students created and battled autonomous robots in Sue Freeman's class Friday Oct. 24, 2014.
Oct 16, 2014
Using Nonlinear Boundaries
MIE Assistant Professor Jaydeep Bardhan was featured in the Journal of Chemical Physics for his use of “Modeling charge-sign asymmetric solvation free energies with nonlinear boundary conditions”.
Oct 15, 2014
Real-Time Urban Flood Forecasting
The Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India has funded a project entitled "Near-real-time flood forecasting system" which will develop new physically-based and data-driven models for coastal and urban flood forecasting and early warning, with a primary case study in the city of Mumbai, India.