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Dec 14, 2018

PROTECT Researchers evaluate Hurricane Maria’s Impact and suggest a ‘Visionary Rebuilding’ plan for Government Institutions

The PROTECT Center, led by CEE Professor Akram Alshawabkeh, studies exposure to environmental contamination in Puerto Rico and its contribution to preterm birth. It is funded through the National Institute […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dec 14, 2018

Future-Use Architecture

CAMD/CEE Assistant Professor David Fannon is working with Michelle Laboy and Peter Wiederspahn from the School of Architecture to design buildings that can stand the test of time and can be easily converted to meet future needs.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dec 14, 2018

Hajjar and Padir’s Collaborative Work Highlighted at CRDR Workshop

CEE Chair and CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar and ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir are collaborating on a research project for post-disaster assessment of critical infrastructure such as bridges using small unmanned aircraft systems.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dec 13, 2018

Prof. Edmund Yeh to Chair National Academies Panel

ECE Professor Edmund Yeh will serve as Chair of the National Academies Panel on Review of the In-house Laboratory Independent Research in Network Sciences at the Army’s Research, Development, and Engineering Centers (RDECs).

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dec 13, 2018

Shafai Awarded WAC Lifetime Achievement Award

ECE Professor Bahram Shafai received the Lifetime Achievement Award from World Automation Congress (WAC) 2018 for Outstanding Contributions to Robust Stability and Control of Multivariable Systems and Observer Design for Fault Detection.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dec 12, 2018

Northeastern’s First Mitchell Scholar and More

Was recently one of only 12 students nationally selected as a George J. Mitchell Scholar. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship and the 2019 Harold D. Hodgkinson Achievement Award—one of the highest honors a senior can receive.

Bioengineering

Dec 12, 2018

Busnaina Selected as NAI Fellow

MIE Professor Ahmed Busnaina has been selected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for having demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 12, 2018

Mosallaei's APL Article Selected as Editor's Pick

ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei’s article on “Neural Network Based Design of Metagratings” published in Applied Physics Letters was selected as Editor’s Pick.

Electrical & Computer Engineering