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Jun 06, 2012
Taking flight, then taking it apart
The Oktokopter — a remote-controlled, eight-bladed helicopter that can hover in one place or travel great distances — can be used for a range of tasks, from taking photos to performing military surveillance. But there’s a problem with this commercially available, assembly-required small copter: It’s difficult to transport. So a team of Northeastern electrical and computer […]
Jun 01, 2012
Ergun Added to INFORMS Board of Directors
MIE Associate Professor Ozlem Ergun was selected as Vice President of Membership and Professional Recognition for the INFORMS Board of Directors for 2012 – 2015.
May 24, 2012
Benneyan Becomes IIE Fellow
MIE Professor James Benneyan was selected to become a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers for his significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering. Systems world view. Productivity. Efficiency. These are words that describe the distinctive attributes of industrial engineering, and IIE is the world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of […]
May 24, 2012
Creating Sustainable Buildings
CEE Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, has received a $250K NSF grant to develop a "Design for Deconstruction" method for building construction by creating sustainable steel structures.
May 23, 2012
Induced Partial Saturation Being Field Tested
CEE Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were featured in ASCE Civil Engineering magazine for their upcoming field tests using Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to prevent soil liquefaction during earthquakes.
May 22, 2012
The environmental impact of anesthetic gases
Civil & Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman is determining what type of effect that the anesthetic gases used in the healthcare industry have on the environment.
May 18, 2012
Yeh Receives Fellowship
ECE Associate Professor Edmund Yeh was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship to develop improved internet and wireless technologies. Source: News @ Northeastern For Edmund Yeh, what started a decade ago as an academic exercise to bridge the disciplines of information theory and networking has become part of the framework for modern wireless communications. Now, […]
May 17, 2012
Mapping Protein Shape Shifting
ECE Professors Lee Makowski, Dana Brooks, and Assistant Professor Deniz Erdogmus have been awarded a $657K NSF grant to determine the "Precise Characterization of Conformational Ensembles". NSF is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. They are tasked with keeping the United States […]