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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

Jun 20, 2012

Safe city biking: It can happen

Cycling can have enor­mous ben­e­fits both for our own health and the health of the envi­ron­ment. Urban areas are uniquely primed to allow com­muters to dras­ti­cally reduce their carbon foot­print […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 18, 2012

Benneyan Wins 3rd Center

MIE Professor James Benneyan was awarded an $8M Health Care Innovation Award to establish a Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 14, 2012

The Risk of Carrying a Cup of Coffee

Object manip­u­la­tion or tool use is almost a uniquely human trait, said Dagmar Sternad, director of Northeastern’s Action Lab, a research group inter­ested in move­ment coor­di­na­tion. “Not only does it require […]

Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jun 13, 2012

Student takes home judges’ choice award in National NSF IGERT Online Video & Poster Competition

Margery Hines, a graduate student conducting research with the Northeastern University Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship for Intelligent Diagnostics (IGERT-ID) has been awarded judges’ choice in the 2012 National NSF IGERT […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering