News
Apr 14, 2009
Creating a New Standard
Thomas Sheahan, professor and acting chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is trying to create an ASTM standard test that will be able to help determine soil and foundation responses due to manmade and seismic activity.
Apr 10, 2009
Engineers make the World a Better Place
By becoming an engineer, you have an excellent opportunity to develop and improve the way we live our lives. Three engineering students were recently interviewed by Network World to share their thoughts on how Northeastern has prepared them for their careers.
Apr 07, 2009
AIChE group promoting engineering to K-12
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) group is reaching out to young students to help them connect with science and engineering programs in their areas.
Apr 02, 2009
Communicating Underwater Wirelessly
Milica Stojanovic, associate professor of ECE, is researching communicating underwater to explore the oceans and see what they have to offer. Whether it be exploring wreckage or finding new resources, wireless communications could revolutionize current methods.
Mar 30, 2009
Students Design Plans for Boston Bike Trail
The plan for Boston's long-awaited bicycle trail may be incubating right now in a Northeastern University engineering lab.
Mar 30, 2009
AIChE Group Tests Their Knowledge
The AIChE student group created their own version of the TV series "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" but they were testing themselves against freshman engineering knowledge.
Mar 30, 2009
Congratulations to Mathew Gabak
Mathew Gabak, ME'09, has won the Inspiring Social Justice Poster Contest sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity and UNITE (Unifying Northeastern Identitites Through Education)
Mar 27, 2009
Critical Population Density Brings Order to Chaos
Purnima Ratilal, assistant professor of ECE, has been published in the latest issue of Science for her research on imaging fish shoals that verifies general theories about the behavior patterns of large groups of animals