News
Jan 06, 2014
Patterson Awarded Grant
Professor Mark Patterson, an affiliate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the College of Science, was awarded a $291K grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to determine how […]
Dec 23, 2013
Analyzing Security Fraud: Target’s security breach
Last week, the retail giant Target experienced an unprecedented data security breach and the debit and credit card information of up to 40 million accounts was stolen. The cause of […]
Dec 18, 2013
Vittoria awarded NSF grant
Professor Carmine Vittoria was awarded a $78K NSF Eager grant to explore Magneto-Electric Hexaferrite Thin film Devices.
Dec 17, 2013
Ligament Nanomedicine: New ways to treat injuries like Gronk’s
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski tore both his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligaments in a game two weeks ago after a defender’s jarring hit to his leg. The current […]
Dec 16, 2013
Thank You NU Epsilon Zeta
The NU Epsilon Zeta chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity presented a check to the Center for STEM Education to support enrichment programs for middle & high school students. […]
Dec 11, 2013
Kim Receives 2 Honors
Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Yong-Bin Kim received a best paper award at the International Soc Design Conference and was appointed an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on […]
Dec 10, 2013
The (second) life of an inventor
Constantinos Mavroidis hasn’t always been an inventor. “It was the spirit that already exists at Northeastern that got me started,” he said. When the Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering came to Northeastern […]
Dec 04, 2013
Are plastics the new natural gas?
Yiannis Levendis, Distinguished Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern, keeps a photograph of a burning plastic foam cup tacked to the wall above his desk. Thick black smoke emanates from the […]