News
Aug 15, 2011
Studying a Cell at a Time
ChE Assistant Professor Edgar Goluch was awarded a $174K NSF grant to use nanofluidic electrochemical detection and optics as an improved method for studying individual bacterial cells.
Aug 10, 2011
Prof. Bernal Researches New Energy Dissipation Strategies for Buildings
Professor Dionisio Bernal has received a $161,580 grant from the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) from the National Science Foundation to estimate damping in buildings during earthquakes.
Aug 10, 2011
Upmanyu Awarded $320K Grant
MIE Associate Professor, Moneesh Upmanyu received a $320K NSF grant to use computational analysis to study the formation of nanocrystals in semiconducting nanowires.
Aug 02, 2011
Prof. Sasani Receives $540K NSF Grant
CIV Associate Professor Mehrdad Sasani was awarded a $540K grant from NSF’s National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to determine the effect of seismic activity on reinforced concrete framed buildings.
Aug 02, 2011
Strength of Particle Bonds
MIE Assistant Professor Andrew Gouldstone and Professors Teiicho Ando & Sinan Muftu were awarded a $400K NSF grant to determine how the bonding of particles is affected by ultrasonic vibrations.
Aug 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Kathryn Schulte Grahame
Kathryn Schulte Grahame joined the department in Fall 2011 as an Assistant Academic Specialist. As part of her Gateway Faculty appointment she will teach freshman engineering courses as well as undergraduate civil engineering courses. Dr. Schulte Grahame received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in 2008. She is also a Northeastern University alumna, […]
Aug 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Daniel P. Saulnier
Daniel P. Saulnier joined the Department in Fall 2011 as an Assistant Cooperative Education Coordinator. In addition to bringing first-hand experience in cooperative education, he also has expertise in sustainable engineering for the developing world and water and wastewater infrastructure systems. Saulnier earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering at Northeastern University in 1998 and an […]
Aug 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Annalisa Onnis-Hayden
Annalisa Onnis-Hayden was appointed Assistant Academic Specialist in the Fall 2011 semester after working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor April Gu within the department for the last several years. Dr. Onnis-Hayden's research focuses on biological treatment processes; ecotoxicology and toxicity assessment; and microbial population dynamics and ecology in engineered biological systems. In addition […]