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Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Jeffrey Lipton
Jeffrey Lipton joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor.
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Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Yu (Rain) Miao
Yu (Rain) Miao joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.
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Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Cristina Schultz
Cristina Schultz joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.
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Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca Sherbo
Rebecca Sherbo joins the Chemical Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
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Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Tao Sun
Tao Sun joins the Bioengineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor.
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Dec 20, 2022
Oakes Receives ASME 2023 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award
BioE Assistant Professor Jessica Oakes was selected as the 2023 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award Medalist for outstanding work in respiratory mechanics that has significantly advanced the understanding of asthma, smoking, and inhalable drug delivery, and for strong advocacy in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_600,h_400/https://coe.northeastern.edu/wp-content/uploads/news/cee/beighley-swot.jpg)
Dec 17, 2022
First-Ever Global Survey of Earth’s Surface Water
NASA has launched a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite that will support global water applications led by CEE Professor Edward Beighley. Launched on December 16, 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will, for the first time, simultaneously measure elevations and extents of the Earth’s surface waters at high resolution. The […]
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Dec 16, 2022
Restuccia Receives AFOSR Young Investigator Award to Advance Future Data Driven Wireless Systems
Francesco Restuccia, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and member of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Roux Institute, has been awarded an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award to establish the theoretical foundations of next-generation dynamic data driven wireless systems.