News
Sep 28, 2011
Mavroidis Receives 2 Patents
MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis was awarded 2 patents this month for "Instrumented handle and pedal systems for use in rehabilitation, exercise and training equipment" AND "Gear Bearing Drive".
Sep 28, 2011
Creative Engineering
Using engineering design principles while on coop in Paris, CIV senior Chris Nasif designed a steel reinforcement system that allow buildings to be more earthquake resistant.
Sep 26, 2011
Congratulations Emily Nelson!
Emily Nelson, BSChE 2012, has been selected as one of the recipient's of this year's AIChE Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer National Scholarship Award.
Sep 22, 2011
Northeastern University opens George J. Kostas Institute for Homeland Security
On September 22, 2011 Northeastern University held the Grand Opening for the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security and the new state-of-the-art Laboratory for Structural Testing of Resilient and Sustainable Systems (STReSS Laboratory), located on the Burlington campus of Northeastern.
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.