News
Sep 23, 2013
Security Countermeasures
Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Yunsi Fei, Professors David Kaeli and Miriam Leeser were awarded a $500K National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to develop "A Testbed for Side Channel Analysis and Security Evaluation." The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to […]
Sep 23, 2013
Dutch Bicycle Safety
Civil Engineering Professor Peter Furth was featured in the Boston Globe for wanting to bring the bicycle infrastructure used in the Netherlands to the United States. Dr. Furth received a Ph.D. degree in Transportation Systems from MIT in 1981 and his expertise areas include traffic signal control and priority, transit operations modeling and transit data collection.
Sep 20, 2013
Ohio TSA Honors ALERT
Michael Young, Federal Security Director of the Ohio Transportation Security Administration, presented ALERT with an award for their Video Analytic Surveillance Transition project. ALERT seeks to conduct transformational research, develop technology, and provide educational development to improve effective characterization, detection, mitigation and response to explosives-related threats facing the country and the world. A multi-university, Department of […]
Sep 19, 2013
Deep water data
Urban coastal sustainability becomes an ever more pressing concern as more than half of the world’s population flocks to its shores—the places where cities thrive. But coastal cities don’t just provide jobs and homes for humans; they are also home to myriad intertidal marine species, like oysters, corals, mussels, and sea stars to name a few. […]
Sep 18, 2013
Carrier to Represent NU
Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Rebecca Carrier is one of only 73 young engineers in the country to be invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium. Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is a private, independent, nonprofit institution that provides engineering leadership in service to the nation. […]
Sep 17, 2013
A storm in our veins
Suppose you’re hiking through the forest on a sunny afternoon as a light breeze passes through the trees, gently grazing your skin. Suddenly the sky opens up and a rainstorm ensues. The trees keep you dry, but the weather worsens and 50 mile-per-hour winds start knocking down trees, leaving you unprotected. This is similar to […]
Sep 16, 2013
Ethics and Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Jackie Isaacs were awarded a $248K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to incorporate ethics education into life cycle design, engineering, and management. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance […]
Sep 16, 2013
‘All models are wrong, some are useful’
There are good models and there are bad models. For example, how many times have you purchased what amounted to be a garbage sack because it looked so much like a beautiful dress on the airbrushed model in the picture online? If it’s half as many times as I have, then you know that models are […]