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Jan 02, 2013
Smart pens to help control hand tremors
Approximately 12 million people in the U.S. are affected by uncontrolled tremors as a result of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. From buttoning a shirt to writing a note, […]
Dec 18, 2012
Sznaier Joins the less than 1% of CSS Members with this Distinction
ECE Professor Mario Sznaier was presented with the 2012 IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award for his scientific contributions to multi objective robust control, dynamic vision & imaging, and identification and for his outstanding service.
Dec 11, 2012
Matthias Ruth to Serve as Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of Urban Climate
With the support of Elsevier, one of the world's leading scientific publishing houses, CEE Professor Matthias Ruth and Alexander Baklanov, Danish Meteorological Institute, are the founding editors-in-chief of a ground-breaking new journal, Urban Climate.
Dec 11, 2012
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Interested in doing research? Participating in an undergraduate research program allows students to enhance their learning experiences while still in school. In addition to the various opportunities provided by the […]
Dec 06, 2012
Northeastern Selected as Greenest Campus in America
Northeastern University is the greenest campus in America according to the Green Metric Ranking of World Universities, conducted by the University of Indonesia.
Dec 05, 2012
Dainty flower is relentless cancer killer in disguise
When I was in high school I read a book called Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice that I thought was going to define the rest of my life (I’ve always been kind […]
Dec 04, 2012
CEE Department Hosts Industry Leadership Night
On November 28, 2012, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the CEE Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) hosted Industry Leadership Night.
Dec 03, 2012
A tiny electrode fuels smart bandage technology
Band-aid technology has made incremental improvements in the years since its commercial introduction in the late 1960s, the most important of which has been the incorporation of antibiotics into the […]