News
Oct 31, 2013
From Classroom to Business: 3Qs with 3-Spark
Pitching your business to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is no easy feat, but it helps when you’ve practiced your elevator pitch a number of times beforehand, says Northeastern alumnus and researcher Richard Ranky, co-founder and CEO of 3-Spark, LLC. Together with Distinguished Professor of Engineering Constantinos Mavroidis, academic specialist Mark Sivak, and doctoral student Lexi […]
Oct 30, 2013
Congratulations PES Scholars
ECE students Alyssa Bezreh, Neel Shah, & Sahil Maripuri were selected as 2013/14 PES Scholarship Plus recipients which supports students interested in the power and energy industry. In 2013-14 academic year, a total of 228 undergraduate students have been selected as IEEE Power and Energy Society Scholars. In addition Sahil Maripuri was one of seven […]
Oct 30, 2013
Upmanyu Featured on Cover
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Moneesh Upmanyu was featured on the cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C for his research of "Vapor-liquid-solid growth of serrated GaN nanowires: shape selection driven by kinetic frustration." Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a weekly journal in the materials field. The journal is interdisciplinary, publishing work of international significance on all aspects of materials chemistry […]
Oct 29, 2013
CEE 2013 Graduate Steven Earl wins AISC National Scholarship
Congratulations to CEE 2013 graduate Steven Earl who was selected to receive a $5,000 Education Foundation Scholarship from American Institute of Steel Construction. This scholarship is awarded to students with outstanding achievement in the fields of Civil, Architectural, and Construction Engineering. Steven Earl plans to use the scholarship to support his graduate studies at Stanford […]
Oct 29, 2013
Fueling Economic Growth
ECE & ChE Professor Vincent Harris’s company Metamagnetics, which develops radar and communication electronics for military applications, is a prime example of small companies fueling economic growth. Source: News @ Northeastern University Distinguished Professor Vincent Harris had been developing novel materials at the Naval Research Laboratory for almost 15 years when he founded Metamagnetics, a small […]
Oct 28, 2013
Prestigious Lecture Award
Chemical Engineering Professor and Chair of Department Thomas Webster will be awarded the 11th Annual Sahaj Memorial Lecture Award from the Indian Ceramic Society at their annual meeting for his expertise in Bioceramics. The Indian Ceramic Society (InCerS), a non-profit organization, was established in 1928 with the blessings and active support of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, the […]
Oct 23, 2013
Egg drop on steroids
For 10 years, engineering professor Richard Whalen has held what he calls an “egg-drop competition on steroids.” If you haven’t participated in an egg drop competition yourself, chances are you’ve at least heard about it. Students are asked to build a contraption that safely delivers a fragile egg to the ground from a distance above. Increase that […]
Oct 22, 2013
NU Civil Engineering Students Participate in the 18th Annual CANstruction Competition
The NU Chapter of Chi Epsilon created a “Defeating Despicable Hunger” display made of over 3000 non-perishable food cans at the 2013 CANstruction competition.