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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, […]

Feb 24, 2014

Northeastern breaks ground on state-​​of-​​the-​​art science and engineering complex

Members of Northeastern & the Boston community were present for the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex groundbreaking ceremony.

Feb 19, 2014

Want your computer to go faster? Just add light

Every second, your com­puter must process bil­lions of com­pu­ta­tional steps to pro­duce even the sim­plest out­puts. Imagine if every one of those steps could be made just a tiny bit […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 18, 2014

Congratulations PhD candidate Tianxiang Nan

ECE PhD candidate Tianxiang Nan has been selected as one of the five finalists for the Best Student Presentation Award of IEEE Magnetics Conference (Intermag) 2014 in Dresden, Germany. Congratulations!

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 14, 2014

Take 5: Questions of the heart

From studying the physics of a heart­beat to designing new car­diac dis­ease detec­tion methods, these five researchers have the heart on the brain. 1. Drop a beat To Thomas Web­ster, pro­fessor and […]

Chemical Engineering

Feb 13, 2014

Rebecca Carrier advances drug delivery

Rebecca Carrier, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Scientists and doctors have long known that food digestion affects the way the body absorbs not just nutrients, but also drugs. Fat molecules, […]

Chemical Engineering

Feb 12, 2014

West Awarded DNI Grant

ChE Assistant Professor Richard West was awarded an $100K Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant from the American Chemical Society. Dr. West/s main research focuses are catalysis, modeling and simlulation.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 07, 2014

Bold Design Concepts

The designs for the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building were featured in ASCE’s Civil Engineering magazine. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering