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Jul 01, 2014

Jalili Appointed AE

MIE Associate Professor Nader Jalili has been appointed Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 30, 2014

A simpler way to test for water pollution

Some of the toxins found in our air and water­ways were put there inten­tion­ally: DDT, for instance, was intro­duced to pro­tect against malaria and other insect-​​borne dis­eases. Others find their way into the envi­ron­ment unintentionally.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 27, 2014

Upmanyu Wins STIR Grant

MIE Associate Professor Moneesh Upmanyu's team won a $50K Short-Term Innovative Research (STIR) grant from the Army Research Office. This grant designs next-generation nanocrystalline metal alloys by engineering solute-interface interactions.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 26, 2014

Solar boat team makes ‘splash’ at intercollegiate competition

Mem­bers of Northeastern’s Solar Boat club had planned to rebuild in 2014, fore­going a chance to win now in exchange for future success. Turns out, the future is now: Ear­lier this month, North­eastern fin­ished second overall and was named the most improved team at the annual Solar Splash com­pe­ti­tion in Ohio. In 2013, the North­eastern team fin­ished 10th. “This year was […]

Jun 19, 2014

Nature’s nanoantenna

In the majority of his research, North­eastern asso­ciate pro­fessor of elec­trical and com­puter engi­neering Hos­sein Mos­al­laei tries to develop new mate­rials that aren’t avail­able in nature. But in some recent work with col­leagues at Har­vard University’s Depart­ment of Chem­istry and Chem­ical Biology, Mos­al­laei is looking to nature her­self for the inspiration. The mate­rials Mos­al­laei typ­i­cally works with are […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jun 18, 2014

Take 5: Get to know Northeastern’s Baja SAE team

Northeastern’s chapter of Baja SAE recently com­pleted another suc­cessful season, fin­ishing 8th overall in the third and final com­pe­ti­tion of the year held in Illi­nois ear­lier this month. Baja SAE is an inter­col­le­giate design and motor­sport com­pe­ti­tion run by the Society of Auto­mo­tive Engi­neers, in which engi­neering stu­dents design, dis­play, and race vehi­cles. Here, former team cap­tain Matt Nuss­baum, E’14, and incoming cap­tain […]

Jun 11, 2014

#howmatters: ingredients for cancer drug delivery

Last week, Chobani Yogurt came out with a new ad cam­paign intended to pro­mote its “all-​​natural” ingre­di­ents list. A series of witty mes­sages revealed them­selves each time a hungry yogurt eater popped the lid on one of their Chobani100 yogurt cups. Example: “Nature got us to 100 calo­ries, not sci­en­tists. #howmatters.” Not sur­pris­ingly, sci­en­tists took issue with […]

Chemical Engineering

Jun 09, 2014

Overcoming the Odds

Computer Engineering PhD student William Tomlinson was featured in ASEE Prism for the struggles he encountered in his educational career.

Electrical & Computer Engineering