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Mar 19, 2014

Record Breaking Increase

The Chemical Engineering department had the LARGEST 2-year jump that US News & World Report has ever had in the history of rankings of graduate engineering programs! Under Dean Nadine […]

Chemical Engineering

Mar 17, 2014

Real development starts at home

Growing up in Mali, Mohamed Kante saw many Western aid workers come and go. “The minute they leave, the people on the ground think they can’t keep it going without the […]

Mar 14, 2014

Northeastern ECE Professor and Chair Sheila S. Hemami presents Professor José Moura with the Distinguished Speaker Seminar plaque

Professor José M. F. Moura delivered the latest ECE Distinguished Speaker Series seminar on March 14 at Northeastern. The lecture, "The Data Deluge – the End of Theory?” drew examples […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mar 12, 2014

Carol Livermore integrates origami into tissue engineering

Carol Livermore, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Engineering tissue to create livers and other human organs for transplant is a fast-growing field in biotechnology. To overcome one of […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 05, 2014

Nano-scale Templating

MIE Assistant Professor Marilyn Minus was awarded a $400K NSF CAREER grant to develop a new manufacturing process to control polymer molecular alignment in nano-composite materials.  Dr. Minus' research focuses […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 03, 2014

Multipurpose Nanocrystals

ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster was featured in the Boston Herald for his use of nanocrystals to fix everything from potholes to cancer cells.

Chemical Engineering

Mar 03, 2014

Face value

Face­book is home to nearly 3 bil­lion photos. Every minute, YouTube grows by another 100 hours of video. And, according to IHS Research, some 30 mil­lion sur­veil­lance cam­eras pepper our public spaces, […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 24, 2014

A VAST solution for airport security

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a ter­rorist or a two-​​year-​​old who’s been sep­a­rated from her par­ents at the air­port: if you cause a dis­tur­bance in the flow of air­port traffic, […]