News
Sep 22, 2011
Leading the University’s Security Initiative
Dean David Luzzi has been appointed the executive director of the University’s Strategic Security Initiative and will help further develop the university’s security agenda.
Sep 22, 2011
Redesigning the Internet
ECE Associate Professor Edmund Yeh is working with NSF’s Future Internet Architecture Program to develop a method that would relieve network congestion and privacy concerns when surfing the internet.
Sep 09, 2011
Prof. Michael Silevitch Discusses Homeland Security After 9/11
Professor Michael Silevitch, co-director of the Center for Awareness and Localization of Explosives Related Threats (ALERT), talks about homeland security ten years after 9/11. Topics Professor Silevitch discusses include how 9/11 changed the perception of homeland security in the U.S., how far we have come as a nation with regards to national security, and what challenges remain.
Sep 08, 2011
Improving Penmanship
MIE Assistant Professors Rifat Sipahi & Andrew Gouldstone and Senior Academic Specialist Beverly Jaeger received a $270K NSF grant to create a “Smart Pen” to assist people with fine motor control disorders.
Sep 06, 2011
Detecting Mines Using GPR
ECE Professor Carey Rappaport was awarded a $200K NSF grant to incorporate a high resolution ground penetrating radar system into a walking robot to locate land mines and other IEDs.
Sep 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Sunho Choi
Assistant ProfessorDr. Sunho Choi joined the Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor in September 2011. The rapid growth in education and research and the department's focus on nano, […]
Sep 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Richard West
Assistant ProfessorThe Department of Chemical Engineering welcomed Dr. Richard West in September 2011 as an assistant professor. Dr. West was attracted to Northeastern for the enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit amongst […]
Aug 31, 2011
Creating the Super Magnet
ChE Professor and Chair Laura Lewis has received an $155K NSF grant to use high-anisotropy L10 materials to create rare-earth-free permanent magnets materials.