Nancy Larson Varney
Associate Teaching Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact
- n.varney@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 427 SN
Research Focus
Engineering education, structural engineering design, existing structures, sustainable and resilient engineering practices
Education
- PhD, Structural Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2013
- MS Structural Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, 2010
- BS Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 2008
Licensure
- Professional Engineer: Massachusetts, New Hampshire
- Structural Engineer: Hawaii
Professional Affiliations
- American Concrete Institute
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society of Civil Engineers Structural Engineering Institute
Research Overview
Engineering education, structural engineering design, existing structures, sustainable and resilient engineering practices
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Cohen, Greggrey, Jeffrey Langlois, and Nancy Varney. “An Education in Mass Timber.”
Civil + Structural Engineer. September 1, 2018. - Garber, David B., Varney, N.L., Fernóndez Gómez, E., and Bayrak, O., “Performance of
Ledges in Inverted-T Beams,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 114, No. 2, March 2017. - Varney, N.L., E. Fernóndez-Gómez, D.B. Garber, W.M. Ghannoum, and O. Bayrak.
“Inverted-T Beams: Experiments and Strut-and-Tie Modeling.” ACI Structural Journal,
Vol. 112, No. 2, March- April 2015. - Larson, N.A., O. Bayrak, and J.O. Jirsa. “Effects of Alkali-Silica Reaction and Delayed
Ettringite Formation on Anchorage of Prestressing Strands in Trapezoidal Box Beams with
Dapped Ends.” PCI Journal, Chicago, IL, Vol. 57, No. 3, 2012.
Jul 01, 2026
Why Extreme Summer Temperatures Are Pushing Engineering Limits
As extreme heat strains infrastructure worldwide, CEE Associate Teaching Professor Nancy Varney and Professor Auroop Ganguly emphasize that prolonged spikes in temperature threaten to overwhelm power grids and public transit networks by exceeding baseline engineering parameters.
Apr 05, 2024
Expanding a Structural Engineering Co-op Into a Full-Time Position
Terenia Hankewycz, civil engineering, E’22, was able to go more in-depth with each co-op in the civil engineering industry. With a particular focus on structural engineering, she returned to one of her co-ops full-time after graduation.
Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Larson Varney
Nancy Larson Varney joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2023 as an Associate Teaching Professor.