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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, […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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 […]

Chemical Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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 […]

Chemical Engineering