News
May 15, 2013
Jerome Hajjar reimagines yesterdays structures
Jerome Hajjar, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering Hurricane Sandy destroyed hundreds of buildings throughout New York and New Jersey. But hundreds more that withstood collapse were so severely damaged they had to be demolished. What if there were a way to design buildings to minimize the impact of such damage? At Northeastern’s […]
May 15, 2013
Auroop Ganguly pursues extreme weather trends
Auroop Ganguly, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering In the past, engineers were able to design electrical and water systems to handle weather extremes—heat waves, cold snaps, storms, and drought—simply by understanding and accounting for normal climate fluctuations. But climate change has made extreme events far less predictable in severity and frequency, making it […]
May 15, 2013
Ali Abur creates a more efficient grid
Ali Abur, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering In the next decade, power generation from renewable energy is expected to grow significantly in the U.S. But those resources—solar and wind—are concentrated in the Southwest and the Great Plains, while most of the country’s electricity is consumed across time zones on the coasts. Matching […]
May 10, 2013
A silky spin on protective armor
At seven times the toughness of Kevlar, a silk produced by the Caerostris darwini spider of Madagascar is more robust than any other material—synthetic or natural. Most spider silks are about two times tougher than Kevlar, and have long been considered an intriguing alternative for bulletproof vests and other protective gear. There’s only one problem: producing spider […]
May 07, 2013
Breaking Healthcare Barriers
Working with Indiana University, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ayten Turkcan Upasani was awarded $159K by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop an efficient system to make sure underinsured people get the healthcare they need. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is authorized by Congress to fund and disseminate research that will provide information […]
May 07, 2013
What’s in your water?
For a scholar whose research focuses on aquatic environmental chemistry, Philip Larese-Casanova spends little time doing research in the environment. “I don’t take water samples and I don’t go to drinking water plants or wastewater treatment plants,” said the assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. That’s because most of the pollutants Larese-Casanova is interested in haven’t been […]
May 06, 2013
Andrew Myers wins CEE Excellence in Teaching Award
The CEE Department is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Andrew Myers was selected to receive the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award.
May 06, 2013
Congratulations to 2013 CEE Scholarship/Award Winners!
Congratulations to the 2013 Civil and Environmental Engineering students who were provided over $66,000 in scholarships and awards.