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Aug 20, 2012

Strumming on the nano-​​banjo

When you pluck a banjo string, you trigger a vibra­tion that res­onates at a fre­quency unique to the geom­etry and mate­rial of the string. We can dis­tin­guish that fre­quency as […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 13, 2012

Summer in the engineering lab

More than 20 under­grad­uate stu­dents from eight col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties throughout the country pre­sented a host of inno­v­a­tive research projects on Thursday after­noon at North­eastern University. The projects, ranging from […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 10, 2012

New Research Grant on Offshore Wind Farms

CEE Assistant Professor Andrew Myers,Professor & Chair Jerry Hajjar, and Sanjay Arwade, Associate Professor at UMass Amherst, have received a new $325K research grant from NSF on Reliability-based Hurricane Risk Assessment for Offshore Wind Farms.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 08, 2012

Fat for better drug function

Sci­en­tists have long known that food diges­tion affects the way the body absorbs var­ious compounds—from nutri­ents to drugs and toxins. “You can get mul­tiple hun­dreds of per­cent improve­ment in bioavail­ability if […]

Chemical Engineering

Aug 07, 2012

Carrier Awarded $430K Grant

Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Rebecca Carrier received a $430K grant from NIH to determine the “Impact of Lipids on Intestinal Mucus Transport and Structural Properties”.  The National Institutes of Health […]

Chemical Engineering

Aug 06, 2012

Congratulations Ming Wood

MIE middler Ming Wood was selected as the recipient of the $2500 Robert L. Peaslee-Detroit Brazing and Soldering Scholarship which will be presented at the AWS conference in Las Vegas.  […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 02, 2012

Professor Ganguly Discusses Droughts

Inspired by the current drought, which has left countless counties across the U.S. to be considered "natural disaster areas" by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly sheds light on drought conditions, the difficulties involved in predicting droughts, and precautionary measures to limit their potential damage.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 01, 2012

New Faculty Spotlight: Matthias Ruth

Matthias Ruth joined the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as a Professor […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering