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Aug 20, 2013
21st Century Drinking Water
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering associate professor Kai-tak Wan, professor Sinan Muftu, & Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor April Gu were awarded a $400K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to find […]
Aug 19, 2013
Proven systems engineering methods can cure complex healthcare challenges
Professor James Benneyan remarked he sometimes feels like the Maytag repairman, standing by with tools that can help fix healthcare’s problems. The differences between Benneyan and “Ol’ Lonely” are that the machine […]
Aug 19, 2013
ALERT renewed as homeland security Center of Excellence
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has announced the renewal of Northeastern’s Awareness and Localization of Explosives Related Threats Center as a DHS Center of Excellence. This distinction, given to just […]
Aug 16, 2013
Living out Childhood Dream
Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering student Craig Schmidt, Jr. who was one of 20 students across the country to win a 2013-15 NASA Aeronautics and Space Program Scholarship and Internship. NASA […]
Aug 13, 2013
Students explore Brazil’s renewable energy sector
Generating renewable energy from natural resources such as wind, sunlight, and geothermal heat could save us from an impending energy crisis, according to Arturo Avila, a second-year student studying civil and […]
Aug 12, 2013
Mars Rover, One Year Later
Megan Richardson, a Mechanical Engineering student (class of 2010), connected with the NASA JPL at a SWE National conference, obtained a co-op, and joined them after graduation to work on the […]
Aug 12, 2013
Professor Matthew Eckelman wins 2013 Laudise Young Researcher Prize
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman was selected to receive the 2013 Laudise Young Researcher Prize by the International Society for Industrial Ecology. This prestigious international award is given for […]
Aug 09, 2013
Laser of the Future
ECE & MIE Assistant Professor Yongmin Liu has created the world’s first plasmofluidic lens which can manipulate light at much smaller scales using a tiny laser beam just a few […]