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May 02, 2013

CEE Students Compete in ASCE New England Regional Concrete Canoe Competition

CEE Students competed at the ASCE sponsored New England Regional Concrete Canoe Competition, which was recently held at UMass Dartmouth.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 02, 2013

Family’s health scare helps student find calling

When he was just 7 years old, grad­u­ating senior Kendall Sanderson’s mother was diag­nosed with breast cancer. The tumor needed to be removed with emer­gency surgery, according to her son, but com­pli­ca­tions in the hospital’s sched­uling pro­tocol forced a three-​​week delay in the procedure. To the indus­trial engi­neering major, one of the most fas­ci­nating prob­lems to solve […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 01, 2013

Manipulating Virtual World

Using concepts from Iron Man, a team of ECE capstone students have developed a Gesture Operated Computer Aided Design tool (goCAD) to move computer objects with hand movements. Source: News @ Northeastern “If Tony Stark can do it in a cave with scraps,” said Kyle Dumont, then, well, he and the other mem­bers of his […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

May 01, 2013

CEE Students Compete in ASCE New England Regional Steel Bridge Competition

The NU Steel Bridge team recently participated in the ASCE New England Regional Steel Bridge Competition hosted by MIT on April 20th.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 30, 2013

NU Honorary Degree Awarded to Civil Engineer Jack Bryant

CEE is pleased to announce that a Northeastern University alumnus and civil engineer, Jack Bryant, has been presented with an honorary degree at the 2013 commencement ceremony.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 30, 2013

Larese-Casanova Discusses the Diverse Nature of Elements

In a recent interview on the Northeastern University research blog, InSolution, Prof. Philip Larese-Casanova discusses his passion for chemistry and explains the "personalities" of elements.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Apr 30, 2013

Congratulations COE Award Winners

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's College of Engineering Faculty and Staff awards. Outstanding Teachers of First Year Engineering Students: Thomas Gilbert, Chemistry; Susan Freeman, Engineering; John Lindhe, Mathematics; Bala Maheswaran, Physics  Martin W. Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award: Nader Jalili, MIE; Carolyn Lee-Parsons, ChE  Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award: George Kent, ECE Outstanding Staff Award: Tracy Bourassa, ARC; Faith […]

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

Apr 29, 2013

Lehman Awarded NSF Grant

Electronic and Computer Engineering Professor Brad Lehman was awarded an $150K NSF grant to develop smart power detection devices for photovoltaic installations. Dr. Lehman is presently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University and previously was a Hearin Hess Distinguished Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University. In 1994, Dr. […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering