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May 28, 2013

Preserving Frozen Specimen

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a patent for his method of extracting samples from frozen specimens without having to thaw the entire specimen. Dr. Ruberti received […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 23, 2013

NUASCE Student Chapter Receives Letter of Honorable Mention

The Northeastern University ASCE Student Chapter was selected to receive a Letter of Honorable Mention for its exceptional undertakings reported in the 2012 annual report.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 22, 2013

Drive it to break it

Recent mechan­ical engi­neering grad­uate Andy Benn isn’t used to having time on his hands. Spending an after­noon playing tennis and eating lob­ster rolls, is well, unprece­dented for the former Baja team cap­tain who said […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 20, 2013

Stopping Cyber Criminals

To stop cybercrime, you need to think like a criminal. That's what Northeastern is teaching information assurance students to do. – See more at: http://www.northeastern.edu/magazine/know-thine-enemy/#sthash.KID73xMR.dpuf

Electrical & Computer Engineering

May 16, 2013

How nanotechnology could keep your heart healthy

Since the heart is such a del­i­cate and crit­ical organ, clin­i­cians usu­ally opt not to inter­vene with the dead cells that remain after a heart attack or car­diac dis­ease. “But […]

Chemical Engineering

May 15, 2013

Matthias Ruth sounds a wake-up call for cities

Matthias Ruth, professor of public policy and civil and environmental engineering Ruth, a leader in the emerging field of ecological economics, has shown that adopting proactive “green” policies is the […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 15, 2013

April Gu pioneers new water testing technology

April Gu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering April Gu is pioneering new technologies to quickly and effectively identify toxic substances in drinking water in both developed and developing […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 15, 2013

Ming Wang sees smoother roads ahead

Ming Wang, professor of civil and environmental engineering Wang and his team are integrating patented sensing technology and Big Data analytics in a breakthrough project that could transform any delivery […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering