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Mar 20, 2014

Pursuing Vertical Flight

Congratulations to mechanical engineering student Craig Schmidt, Jr. who was awarded the 2014-15 Richard M. Carlson scholarship from the Vertical Flight Foundation.  The Vertical Flight Foundation was founded in 1967 and its scholarship program was established in 1977. Since 1980, four hundred scholarships have been awarded. 

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 20, 2014

Congratulations to recipients of the FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants

19 COE faculty were recipients of FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects representing over $500K dollars of investment in research.

Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 20, 2014

Muftu Appointed ASME Associate Editor

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Professor Sinan Muftu has been appointed the Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Tribology. The journal features articles by tribologists from all over the world and it is a great resource for scientists and researchers. 

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 19, 2014

Record Breaking Increase

The Chemical Engineering department had the LARGEST 2-year jump that US News & World Report has ever had in the history of rankings of graduate engineering programs! Under Dean Nadine Aubry's leadership, the College of Engineering also has a new record high ranking at 46 up from 57 last year, now tied with universities such […]

Chemical Engineering

Mar 17, 2014

Real development starts at home

Growing up in Mali, Mohamed Kante saw many Western aid workers come and go. “The minute they leave, the people on the ground think they can’t keep it going without the for­eigners,” said Kante, E’12, “and the pro­gram collapses.” Kante, with the help of a team of ded­i­cated youth who share his vision, is devel­oping a pro­gram […]

Mar 14, 2014

Northeastern ECE Professor and Chair Sheila S. Hemami presents Professor José Moura with the Distinguished Speaker Seminar plaque

Professor José M. F. Moura delivered the latest ECE Distinguished Speaker Series seminar on March 14 at Northeastern. The lecture, "The Data Deluge – the End of Theory?” drew examples from social media to discuss Big Data and whether this new influx of information has the power to render theories obsolete. Prof. Moura—who specializes in […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mar 12, 2014

Carol Livermore integrates origami into tissue engineering

Carol Livermore, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Engineering tissue to create livers and other human organs for transplant is a fast-growing field in biotechnology. To overcome one of its critical challenges, Livermore is applying the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, origami. Current tissue engineering methods lack precision in placing blood vessels and […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 05, 2014

Nano-scale Templating

MIE Assistant Professor Marilyn Minus was awarded a $400K NSF CAREER grant to develop a new manufacturing process to control polymer molecular alignment in nano-composite materials.  Dr. Minus' research focuses on the properties of nano-composites.    Award Abstract

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering