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Aug 26, 2013
Mimicking Bone Structures
MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a $300K National Science Foundation grant to study the complexities of bone material to help synthesis future composite materials. The NSF funds research and education in science and engineering, through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. The Foundation accounts for about 20 percent of federal support to academic institutions […]
Aug 22, 2013
Cultural immersion sparks innovation
As part of Northeastern’s inaugural Dialogue of Innovation and Civilization program, more than a dozen students developed sustainable solutions to a range of economic and agricultural challenges facing farmers in Cameroon. The program, set in the town of Bali, was established and launched by the College of Engineering this summer. Over a six-week period, students worked with more […]
Aug 22, 2013
Camps & Sznaier Win NSF Grant
Electrical & Computer Engineering Professors Octavia Camps and Mario Sznaier were awarded a $455K National Science Foundation grant to study "Dynamic Invariants for Video Scenes Understanding." Octavia Camps and Mario Sznaier obtained their B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay, and their M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the […]
Aug 22, 2013
Lin Awarded $235K NSF Grant
MIE Associate Professor Yingzi Lin was awarded a $235K National Science Foundation grant to determine how to integrate human factors such as emotion, mental workload and attention into a Driver Assistance System. Dr. Lin's research interests include human-machine interactions, human friendly mechatronics and human factors in transportation and healthcare. She is also the director of […]
Aug 22, 2013
The Future of Climate Changes: The current state of climate change science
Earlier this week, the public learned the details of the upcoming fifth assessment report (or, “AR5”) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international body whose mandate is not to do new science, but to assess the state of the existing science. IPCC assessments cover a lot of ground, from the basics […]
Aug 20, 2013
21st Century Drinking Water
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering associate professor Kai-tak Wan, professor Sinan Muftu, & Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor April Gu were awarded a $400K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to find a biomechanical model for predicting and improving water filtration and bioremediation. All three Professors are directors of successful labs at Northeastern University; Dr. Wan runs the Micro/Nano Biomechanical […]
Aug 19, 2013
Proven systems engineering methods can cure complex healthcare challenges
Professor James Benneyan remarked he sometimes feels like the Maytag repairman, standing by with tools that can help fix healthcare’s problems. The differences between Benneyan and “Ol’ Lonely” are that the machine he’s working on is actually broken and while he’s actively helping numerous organizations, he wishes the phone would ring more. As founding director of Northeastern’s Healthcare Systems […]
Aug 19, 2013
ALERT renewed as homeland security Center of Excellence
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has announced the renewal of Northeastern’s Awareness and Localization of Explosives Related Threats Center as a DHS Center of Excellence. This distinction, given to just 12 research centers in the nation, is accompanied by a five-year funding commitment, including $2.5 million in the first year. Headquartered at Northeastern, ALERT is a major consortium […]