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Jul 03, 2012

Leeser Awarded $500K NSF Grant

ECE Professor Miriam Leeser was awarded a $500K NSF to Ensure Reliability and Portability of Scientific Software for Heterogeneous Architectures. Miriam Leeser joined the faculty at Northeastern University in January […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jul 02, 2012

Ruberti & Kowalski Awarded Patent

MIE Associate Professors Jeff Ruberti & Gregory Kowalski have been awarded a patent for creating a "Nanoloom for controlling polymer assembly". Dr. Ruberti is the director of the EMERL. He […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jul 02, 2012

Mavroidis Receives Patent

MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis has been awarded a patent for his design of a Virtual Ankle and Balance Trainer System. Dr. Mavroidis is a Distinguished Professor of the Department of […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 28, 2012

Professor Ganguly Discusses Heat Waves and Global Warming

Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly discussed methods used to define heat waves, and explained the connection between heat waves and global warming by clarifying the difference between weather phenomena and climate phenomena.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 26, 2012

Moving past Qatar’s carbon economy

Mechan­ical and indus­trial engi­neering researchers at North­eastern Uni­ver­sity have been awarded three, three-​​year grants totaling $785,000 from the Qatar Foun­da­tion for Edu­ca­tion, Sci­ence and Com­mu­nity Development. According to its web­site, the […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 26, 2012

Nadine Aubry appointed as dean of the College of Engineering

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity Provost Stephen W. Director has announced the University’s appoint­ment of accom­plished scholar Nadine Aubry as dean of the Col­lege of Engi­neering, effec­tive Sep­tember 1, 2012. Aubry comes to North­eastern […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 22, 2012

Gu Awarded for Reviews

CEE Assistant Professor April Gu is a recipient of the 2012 Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award for her contributions to the journal over the past year.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 22, 2012

Chipping away at cancer

In the last two decades, the number of deaths from col­orectal cancer has steadily declined, according to the Amer­ican Cancer Society. While some of the decrease can be attrib­uted to […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering