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Aug 26, 2013
Mimicking Bone Structures
MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a $300K National Science Foundation grant to study the complexities of bone material to help synthesis future composite materials. The NSF funds research […]
Aug 22, 2013
Cultural immersion sparks innovation
As part of Northeastern’s inaugural Dialogue of Innovation and Civilization program, more than a dozen students developed sustainable solutions to a range of economic and agricultural challenges facing farmers in Cameroon. […]
Aug 22, 2013
Camps & Sznaier Win NSF Grant
Electrical & Computer Engineering Professors Octavia Camps and Mario Sznaier were awarded a $455K National Science Foundation grant to study "Dynamic Invariants for Video Scenes Understanding." Octavia Camps and Mario Sznaier […]
Aug 22, 2013
Lin Awarded $235K NSF Grant
MIE Associate Professor Yingzi Lin was awarded a $235K National Science Foundation grant to determine how to integrate human factors such as emotion, mental workload and attention into a Driver […]
Aug 22, 2013
The Future of Climate Changes: The current state of climate change science
Earlier this week, the public learned the details of the upcoming fifth assessment report (or, “AR5”) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an international body whose mandate […]
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 […]