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Aug 31, 2011
Creating the Super Magnet
ChE Professor and Chair Laura Lewis has received an $155K NSF grant to use high-anisotropy L10 materials to create rare-earth-free permanent magnets materials.
Aug 29, 2011
Building a Better Tomorrow
ECE professors Ali Abur, Hanoch Lev-Ari, and former COE professor Alex Stankovic secured a $2.3M grant from the NSF and the Dept. of Energy to help develop the nation’s next generation of electric power transmission grids. Source: News @ Northeastern
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Aug 29, 2011
Building a Better Tomorrow
ECE professors Ali Abur, Hanoch Lev-Ari, and former COE professor Alex Stankovic secured a $2.3M grant from the NSF and the Dept. of Energy to help develop the nation's next generation of electric power transmission grids.
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Aug 25, 2011
Prof. Hajjar Discusses Earthquakes Out East
Jerome Hajjar, Professor and Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, speaks about the possibility of earthquakes along the East Coast, the potential for damage due to an East Coast Earthquake, and steps this region should be taking to help mitigate the impact from an East Coast earthquake.
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Aug 24, 2011
Mapping the Human Genome
ChE Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy, working with LSU, was awarded a $276K grant to create a device using nanowires that will screen RNA and DNA sequences as part of NIH’s $1000 Genome Project.
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Aug 22, 2011
Monitoring Air Quality
ECE Assistant Professor Kaushik Chowdhury and Associate Professor Stefano Basagni were awarded an $170K NSF Grant to develop a series of networks to monitor air pollution.
Aug 18, 2011
Prof. Sheahan Discusses Ground Failures in the Big Dig
Tom Sheahan, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, discussed the ground-freezing process used for Big Dig construction and whether it caused a sinkhole to form beneath Boston's tunnels.
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Aug 18, 2011
Self-Organizing Traffic Lights
CIV Professor Peter Furth was awarded a $230K NSF grant to develop an algorithm that will control traffic lights based on communicating with the signals from neighboring intersections.