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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

Apr 26, 2013

Best Season Ever!!

The Northeastern Mini Baja team took 2nd place in the endurance test and 3rd place overall out of the 100 teams that competed at the BAJA SAE Tennessee competition resulting in the best finish in the team’s history.  The team is comprised of student engineers at Northeastern University that design, fabricate, and race a custom off-road […]

Apr 24, 2013

Brassitos Wins NASA Fellowship

Mechanics MS student Elias Brassitos is the recipient of a prestigious NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) to contribute innovative new space technologies for our Nation’s science, exploration and economic future.   The goal of NSTRF is to provide the Nation with a pipeline of highly skilled researchers and technologists to improve America's technological competitiveness. NASA […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Apr 23, 2013

Increasing IVF Success

Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio was awarded a patent for his “Phase subtraction cell counting method” to accurately count the cells in an embryo to increase the probability of a healthy transfer during fertility treatments. Dr. DiMarzio the author of Optics for Engineers and currently leads OSL, the Optical Science Laboratory, which is affiliated […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Apr 20, 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. The Student Steel Bridge Competition is intended to enhance civil engineering students’ education by challenging them to conceptualize, design, erect, and test a steel structure that maximizes performance and economy. The NU Steel […]

Apr 18, 2013

Self-Shaping Composites

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Randall Erb’s research was featured in Nature Communications, for his efforts in replicating naturally occurring shape-changing materials with synthetic hydrogel composites.  Nature Communications is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality research from all areas of the natural sciences and has an Impact Factor of 10.015 according to the 2012 Journal Citation Reports® Science […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering