Jacqueline Isaacs
Professor and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs,
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Associate Director,
Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
Affiliated Faculty,
School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Office
- 110P CH
- 617.373.3989
Research Focus
Economic-environmental assessment of alternative manu/nanomanufacturing routes towards sustainable design and manufacturing, societal implications of nanomanufacturing, with interdisciplinary collaborations in political science, philosophy, industrial hygiene and industrial engineering, development and assessment of educational games for engineering students and for K-12 outreach activities.
Education
PhD (1991), Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Honors & Awards
- 2021 Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service, College of Engineering
- 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award, College of Engineering
- 2012 ELATE Fellow
- 2012-2013 Committee Member, NNI Triennial Review, National Research Council
- 2010 Invited Panelist, National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium
- 2010 ASEE Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Division
- 2005 University-Wide Aspiration Award, Northeastern University
- 2001 Bright Idea Award, Professional Organizational and Development Network in Higher Education
- 2000 University-Wide Teaching Award, Northeastern University
- 1998-2003 NSF CAREER Award
Teaching Interests
- Environmental Issues in Manufacturing and Product Use
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE)
- The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
Research Overview
Economic-environmental assessment of alternative manu/nanomanufacturing routes towards sustainable design and manufacturing, societal implications of nanomanufacturing, with interdisciplinary collaborations in political science, philosophy, industrial hygiene and industrial engineering, development and assessment of educational games for engineering students and for K-12 outreach activities.
Selected Research Projects
- Northeastern University Nominated by the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation GROWING the Northeastern LSAMP BD STARS Fellowship Pathway
- – co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Developing Integrative Manufacturing and Production Engineering Curricula That Leverage Data Science
- – Co- Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Research Centers and Institutes
Associate Director
Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN)
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- M.J. Eckelman, J.A. Isaacs, C.J. Bosso, J. Basl, K. Eggleson Part 3 Engineering, Chapter 20: “Case Studies of Product Life Cycle Environmental Impacts for Teaching Engineering Ethics, Next-Generation Ethics: Engineering a Better Society, Editor, AE Abbas, Cambridge University Press, 474, 2019, 291-312
- A.T. Namin, S. Kamarthi, M.J. Eckelman, J.A. Isaacs Comparison of U.S. Manufacturing Locations for Solar PVs, Procedia CIRP, 80, 2019, 434-439, Part of Special Issue, 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, West Lafayette, IN
- S.A. Abbasi, A. Busnaina, J.A. Isaacs, Cumulative Energy Demand for Printing Nanoscale Electronics, Procedia CIRP (80) 2019, 298-303, Part of Special Issue, 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, May 7-9, 2019, West Lafayette, IN
- A.T. Namin, M.S. Jalali, V. Vahdat, H.S. Bedair, O’Connor, S. Kamarthi, J.A. Isaacs, The Adoption of New Medical Technologies: The Case of Customized Individually Made Knee Implants, Value of Health, 22(4), 2019, 423-430
Aug 30, 2022
Expanding the Bridge to Doctorate STARS Program
Vice Provost of the PhD Network & CEE Professor Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & MIE Professor Jacqueline Isaacs, CEE Affiliated Faculty Randall Hughes, and Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Richard Harris were awarded a $1M NSF grant to expand the Northeastern LSAMP BD STARS Fellowship Pathway.
Oct 21, 2019
Northeastern University Launches the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things
ECE Professor Tommaso Melodia will be the new director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things which will drive advances in the ways that people stay connected worldwide.
Oct 07, 2019
$2M NSF Grant to Develop Data Science Modular Courses for Production Engineering Workforce
MIE Professors Sagar Kamarthi, Interim Dean Jacqueline Isaacs, Assistant Professors Xiaoning Jin, Mohsen Moghaddam, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Digital Innovation and Enterprise Learning Kemi Jona were awarded a $2M NSF grant for “Developing Integrative Manufacturing and Production Engineering Curricula That Leverage Data Science”.
May 10, 2018
Aduralere Selected as Leader of Tomorrow
Mechanical Engineering Masters student Timothy Aduralere, MS’18, won the 48th St. Gallen Symposium essay competition for his submission “Reinventing for the Unknown: A Pivotal Approach to Maximize the Constantly Evolving Future of Work“. They received submissions from almost 1,300 contestants, representing 350 universities and more than 100 nationalities making the 30th anniversary of the St. […]
Feb 19, 2016
COE Featured in NAE’s Infusing Ethics Report
The National Academy of Engineering's Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers report features in Daniel Saulnier, Bob Tillman, & Tricia Lenihan for "Multiyear Engineering Ethics Case Study Approach" and Matthew Eckelman & Jacqueline Isaacs for "Case Studies for Engineering Ethics Across the Engineering Life Cycle".
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty and Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards: Outstanding Teachers of First Year Engineering Students Thomas Gilbert, Chemistry Joshua Hertz, Engineering Marco Rainho, Mathematics Swastik Kar, Physics Martin W. Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award Marvin Onabajo, ECE Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award Alison Nogueira, MIE Outstanding Staff Award Roy Dalsheim, Student Services Susan […]
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty & Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards.
Sep 16, 2013
Ethics and Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Jackie Isaacs were awarded a $248K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to incorporate ethics education into life cycle design, engineering, and management. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance […]
Jul 18, 2011
Isaacs & Busnaina Awarded $1.2M Grant
MIE Professors Jackie Isaacs and Ahmed Busnaina have received an $1.2M NSF grant to use LCA methods to determine the ethical, legal, and societal impacts of scaling nanomanufacturing to commercial production.
Apr 06, 2011
FY12 TIER 1 Award Recipients
28 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY12 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 18 different research projects.