News
Mar 18, 2010
New Chair Receives Grant
The new CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, was awarded a $54K NSF grant for his research in using steel foams to dissipate energy and prevent buckling in steel structures.
Mar 02, 2010
Gouldstone Receives Teetor Award
MIE Professor Andrew Gouldstone has been selected as a 2010 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient. This Society of Automobile Engineers award recognizes and honors younger educators who are preparing the future engineers to meet society's challenges.
Mar 01, 2010
Sensor Shirt is Real-World Solution
MIE students designed a shirt to monitor the movements of a pitcher. By studying the mechanics of the pitch, they can determine if a player’s technique starts to worsen which might result in an elbow injury.
Mar 01, 2010
Ozsecen is CIMIT Finalist
MIE graduate student Muzaffer Yalgin Ozsecen is a top finalist for the 2010 CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare for his project “Synchronized Blood Pressure Measurement Device”. Winners will be announced in June.
Feb 25, 2010
Congratulations Schmidt, Chin, & Bintz
David Schmidt, Jennifer Chin & Caitlyn Bintz, all ME‘10 students, are recipients of the Spring 2010 Provost Undergraduate Research Awards for their project “Biosensor measurement and analysis of human stress levels during public speaking”.
Feb 25, 2010
Sipahi Awarded $100K NSF Grant
MIE Assistant Professor Rifat Sipahi has been awarded a $100K NSF grant to create a portable, low-cost mechatronics based device capable of writing Braille letters for the blind.
Feb 24, 2010
Congratulations Seniors
Laura Carey, CEE’10, Kareem Ghobrial, MIE’10, and Jennifer Hardy, MIE’10 were selected as recipients of the 2010 Northeastern Outstanding Co-op Awards. Only 16 seniors are selected each year for these awards.
Feb 18, 2010
COE Alum & Author is One of the Top Consultants
Mark Kelly, a BS‘79 graduate in Civil Engineering and renowned roofing expert, announced the release of his new book, AMERICAN ROOFING: Roofing in America. Mark is one of the top 20 roofing consultants in the United States as presented by the CARE Center for the Advancement of Roofing.