CEE Lunch & Learn Seminar Series: Smoke, Satellites, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
2021-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the second event in our Lunch & Learn Seminar Series.
This event will feature Matthew Alvarado of AER, discussing “Smoke, Satellites, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases.”
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP for this event so we may get a proper headcount and share it with your colleagues and post-docs who you think may be interested. Details on how to attend will be sent to those who RSVP.
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About Lunch & Learn:

This bimonthly seminar series focuses on convergent research, bringing together Northeastern colleagues and collaborators to think big/bold, explore ideas that build cooperation and foster transformative innovation within CEE and across disciplines beyond CEE.

Below, you may find participation information. This event is virtual via Microsoft Teams- RSVP to receive the link. Please contact Professor Yang Zhang (ya.zhang@northeastern.edu) with any questions.

Topic: CEE Lunch & Learn:
Smoke, Satellites, and Storage Bins: AER’s Research in Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases

Time: February 12, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (Boston)
This talk will discuss three topics from AER’s recent and on-going research into air quality and greenhouse gases. First we will discuss the efforts at AER to improve our ability to model the impacts of biomass burning on ozone and PM2.5, with a focus on the chemistry that takes place within the smoke after emission. We will then discuss the use of satellite observations in air quality studies and monitoring, including work at AER to better constrain sources of ammonia, carbon dioxide, and methane. Finally, we will discuss a recent consulting project where we looked into the physics and chemistry of smoke from fires at eclectic storage facilities and made recommendations for how to model the impacts for planning and emergency response purposes. We will also discuss how AER has partnered with universities, national labs, and other organizations in pursuing these research topics.

CEE Department Graduate Student Social
2021-02-12 18:00 - 20:00
Join the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department’s Graduate Student Council (CEE GSC) for our annual Chinese New Year Social on February 12, at 6 PM EST, on zoom.
We will hang out, play games, and maybe explore some virtual environments.

Race or Racism? The Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth
2021-02-22 13:00 - 14:00
We would like to invite you to attend the PROTECT (Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats) Spring 2021 Webinar, “Race or Racism? The Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth.”
Dr. Paula Braveman, Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health at the University of California, San Francisco will talk about racism as leading to health-harming experiences and exposures that should be considered possible contributors to racial disparities in preterm birth rates. To learn more about Dr. Braveman and her work, and for a description of the upcoming webinar, please visit the PROTECT website.
This webinar will be presented via Zoom Online Meetings and if you are able to join us, please register at the following link – REGISTER.
If you have any questions about the webinar or experience any issues with registration, please contact Kristin Hicks directly at k.hicks@northeastern.edu, or 617-373-5384.

Engineers Week: Can AI Models Advance Our Understanding of Exposure to Local Scale Mobile Source Pollutants in Highly Urbanized Areas?
2021-02-25 15:00 - 16:00
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department presents Distinguished Seminar speaker Deb Niemeier for this year’s Engineers Week events.

Location: This event is virtual, free, and open to the NU community.
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Can AI Models Advance Our Understanding of Exposure to Local Scale Mobile Source Pollutants in Highly Urbanized Areas?
Deb Niemeier, PhD
Deb Niemeier, Ph.D.
Clark Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainability, University of Maryland, College Park
ABSTRACT: The surface topography, emission source variation, and population distribution of urban landscapes all lend themselves to highly variable air pollutant concentrations in urban areas; concentrations that can vary dramatically even within short distances. The spatial variations in air pollutant concentrations can be as large as the contrast between cities and epidemiological studies clearly show that within-city PM exposure is larger than the between-city effect. One of the critical gaps in our understanding is how to best characterize within-city air pollutant concentration gradients, which is crucial for exposure assessment, urban planning, air pollution monitoring, and environmental equity. The development of high accuracy portable pollution sensing instruments and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, the use of vehicles for mobile air pollution monitoring can be used to tackle some of the challenges of estimating pollutants based on stationary monitoring sites. These mobile sensors can typically achieve high spatial resolution for air pollutants measurement, but generate incredible amounts of data. This talk explores the trade-offs between using different ML approaches to produce credible micro-scale estimates for regional or hotspot modeling.
BIO: Deb Niemeier is the Clark Distinguished Chair in Energy and Sustainability at the University of Maryland, College Park and serves as a professor in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She has extensive expertise in understanding the spatial properties of mobile source emissions, developing new methods for improving vehicle emissions inventories, and accelerating the implementation of regulatory guidance to better identify vulnerable populations and environmental health disparities. Her research is currently focused on understanding infrastructure features that give rise to inequitable outcomes in the built environment, particularly with the onset of climate change. In 2014, Niemeier was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “distinguished contributions to energy and environmental science study and policy development.” In 2015, she was named a Guggenheim Fellow for foundational work on pro bono service in engineering. In 2017, she was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Niemeier received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Texas (1982), her M.S. from the University of Maine and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Washington (1994).
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NU ITE: Transportation Planning in the City of Boston w/ the BPDA
2021-03-05 12:00 - 13:30
Join NU ITE for a presentation and Q&A with Nick Schmidt, AICP and Joe Blankenship, two Senior Transportation Planners at the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), the city agency responsible for neighborhood & transportation planning and approving all large developments in the city. Nick and Joe oversee major transportation plans and projects throughout the city, and are involved in permitting new developments, ensuring they align with the city transportation vision. Please pre-register at: https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocuqtqD0sGtSEkwQL6rXf5KIWe7obDRsR

NUASCE Virtual Game Night
2021-03-17 19:30 - 20:30
Come join NUASCE for a virtual game night over Zoom. It will be Wednesday, March 17th at 7:30 pm. Socialize with your fellow CIVE and ENVE classmates!
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Program Webinar
2021-03-23 10:00 - 11:00
Please join faculty, staff, and current students to learn more about graduate programs in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department on March 23 at 10:00 EST.
Registration may be found at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KiuKTsiLRn2n-vmRlz2m6A
A recording will be available for those who are unable to attend.

CEE Seminar: Cycling for Sustainable Cities
2021-05-04 18:30 - 19:30
Please consider joining the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for this seminar on sustainable urban travel.
ABSTRACT: Cycling is the most sustainable means of urban travel, practical for most short- and medium-distance trips—commuting to and from work and school, shopping, visiting friends—as well as for recreation and exercise. Cycling promotes physical, social, and mental health, helps reduce car use, enhances mobility and independence, and is economical for both public and personal budgets.
This presentation explores how to make city cycling—the most sustainable means of travel—safe, practical, and convenient for all. Buehler and Pucher discuss the latest cycling trends and policies around the world and consider specific aspects of cycling. Taken together, the presentation demonstrates that successful promotion of cycling depends on a coordinated package of mutually supportive infrastructure, programs, and policies. Cycling should be made feasible for everyone and not limited to especially fit, daring, well-trained cyclists riding expensive bicycles.
Bios:
Ralph Buehler: Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Urban Affairs and Planning in the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech’s Research Center in Arlington, VA. Most of his research has an international comparative perspective, contrasting transport and land-use policies, transport systems, and travel behavior in Western Europe and North America. Between 2012 and 2018, he served as chair of the Committee for Bicycle Transportation of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). His research interests include: (1) the influence of transport policy, land use, and socio-demographics on travel behavior; (2) active travel and public health; and (3) public transport demand, supply, regional coordination, and financial efficiency.
John Pucher: Ph.D. is professor emeritus at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, in New Jersey. He was a professor at Rutgers University from 1978 to 2014, conducting research on urban transportation in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. Over the past 25 years, John’s research has focused on walking and bicycling, and how to improve their safety and convenience for all age groups, for women as well as men, and for all levels of physical ability. John has published four books and over 200 articles in academic and professional journals. His most recent book, “Cycling for Sustainable Cities,” was published by MIT Press in February 2021.

Urban-scale Measurements and Modeling Fate & Transport of PFAS Across Media
2021-05-07 12:00 - 13:00
Join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the PROTECT Center for a seminar with the EPA’s Dr. Kiran Alapaty, who will deliver a talk titled “Urban-scale Measurements and Modeling Fate & Transport of PFAS Across Media.”
Seminar Abstract:
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) have gained attention due to their adverse health effects as well as unknown exposures to legacy and novel compounds. As many of these compounds are stable and persistent, many PFAS compounds have been detected worldwide across different media in the total environment. Thus, comprehensive multi-media PFAS chemical concentration data are needed to study PFAS human exposure and health impacts. While some PFAS measurements and exposure studies are available, no comprehensive PFAS measurement data exist at a continental scale. Also, it is not clear to the local and federal government agencies as to how to account for the spatiotemporal distributions of PFAS contamination and associated long-term health impacts. Such issues are acute at local to urban scales. Thus, the in-depth understanding of fate and transport of PFAS across media is much needed and may provide critical information for stakeholders.
The Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia has emitted long-chain perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) into the environment for decades and at present, it continues to emit hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid [(HFPO-DA), GenX]. A database for PFOA at Parkersburg was developed and these PFOA measurements in air, water, and soil provide a good opportunity to validate the multi-media modeling system.
We are tailoring a robust and efficient suite of modeling tools to simulate PFAS fate and transport in air, water, and soil at urban scales. For air, a state-of-the-art dispersion model (QUIC) is being tested for PFAS air modeling. For other media, we are testing two state-of-the-art USGS models (MODFLOW and MT3D) for groundwater, the BreZo model for surface water, and EPA’s model PRZM-5 for vadose zone. These modeling tools can be used at seasonal to decadal timescales, and their PFOA estimations can be provided as input data to a high throughput physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model to estimate human exposure to PFAS. The combination of multi-media modeling system and PBPK model bridges the gaps between PFAS emissions and human exposure estimates and thus can provide the basis for epidemiological studies. This research opens doors to study the association between human exposure to PFAS and specific human diseases.
Speaker Bio:
Kiran Alapaty is the Senior Science Advisor in the Atmospheric & Environmental Systems Modeling Division in the ORD of US EPA. His research interests are in air quality modeling and model development, PFAS life cycle modeling, integrated assessment modeling, convective cloud parameterization development, boundary layer modeling, climate change and exposure science, and socio-economics. In the past, he was the Chief of the Climate Branch of the AMA Division with research interests in improving regional climate data for use with exposure science research.
Before joining EPA in 2011, for several years Kiran was at DOE HQ as a Program Director for the DOE’s national climate program managing DOE’s National Labs and research grants. Prior to that, he was also a Program Director at the National Science Foundation managing climate research at NCAR and academia.
Kiran holds an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Sciences and a PhD in Atmospheric Science from North Carolina State University.

About the Lunch & Learn Seminar Series:
A new Bimonthly seminar series from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), focusing on convergent research, bringing together Northeastern colleagues and collaborators to think big/bold, explore ideas that build cooperation, and foster transformative innovation within CEE and across disciplines beyond CEE.
Due to COVID restrictions, this event remains virtual-only. Please bring your own lunch and join us online.

COE CommLab/Khoury College Writing Retreat
2021-07-20 08:00 - 2021-07-22 13:00
College of Engineering PhD students are invited to join us for a writing retreat July 20 – 22. The aim of this retreat is to create sustained writing time for researchers to work in a calm, supportive environment on a longer project. Studies have shown that an academic writing retreat supports productivity and progress while also encouraging helpful guidance from peers.
Our virtual retreat is organized around alternating periods of quiet work on individual projects with collective sessions on topics related to research writing. Each of the three days begins with a welcome message and group gathering. On the last day, we’ll wrap up the retreat with a virtual lunch to share concluding thoughts.
Register here for this event by June 24.

From Food to Resilience and Everything In Between
2021-09-14 17:00 - 18:30
This unique, interactive 7-part open seminar (attend one or all!) will feature guest speakers that explore the challenges and opportunities for implementing sustainable and resilient programs at Northeastern University. The class topics will include energy, recycling, ecology, resilience, sustainable food, and climate justice, as taught by Northeastern faculty and administrative staff. Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Michael Kane is the guest speaker on 9/21/21.
When: Tuesdays, September 14 through October 26
Where: 305 Shillman | Via Zoom
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST
Registration and Details: https://facilities.northeastern.edu/sustainability/open-classroom-2021/

Showcase of Opportunities for Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (SOURCE)
2021-10-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Curry Student Center, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Calling all Huskies! Learn more about what cutting-edge research and creative endeavor look like at Northeastern. This is your chance to talk one-on-one with faculty from across the colleges about their research – and how you can get involved in projects during your time at Northeastern. Not everyone will have open positions right now but you’ll get a chance to see the range of work that’s happening and begin to make connections that you can build for the rest of your time at Northeastern.
Before you attend, here’s some advice to consider.

Take a look and see who’ll be there. We have an online database of attendees. Go through it and learn more about the project areas and visit the researcher/creative practitioner web pages. This will help prepare you for a conversation and help you ask any questions you might have.
Get ready for a conversation from your end. Think about goals you have , as well as your current interests and skills and those that you want to develop. How does what you have read about the various projects align with what you know about yourself and your interests? Take a minute to practice a simple declarative sentence, “My name is ____________. I study ____________. I think that this part of your work ____________ is interesting because of this intellectual reason/moral imperative/grand impact ____________. I’d love to learn more about it because of this previous experience ____________ and these skills ____________ and my long-term interest in ____________. How I can get involved?” You might not know how to fill in all of the blanks right now (that’s why you’re in school) but see how close you can get. When you know who you are, what you value, and how you can contribute — and get some practice saying it out loud– being confident becomes easier.
Remember, not every faculty member will have open positions now — but a good impression lasts a long time. You can’t go wrong with being polite and courteous. Address faculty members as Professor until told otherwise (better to err on the side of formality).
Keep in mind your time! If you want to be involved in research or creative practice, a good thing to keep in mind is that faculty members will commit a lot of time to training and mentoring their undergraduates. They’re investing time, energy, and expertise in their mentees and want to know that you will make time for the projects, show up consistently, and ideally be with them for longer than a semester if possible. The learning curve of most projects is steep and it takes some time to get to the meatiest parts of the work. Be honest with yourself about the commitment you can make, be frank with your faculty mentors, and stick to your word. Communication and honesty in relationships, including the mentoring relationship, is key.

SOURCE is a collaboration between Bouvé College of Health Sciences; College of Arts, Media and Design; College of Engineering; College of Science; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; D’Amore-McKim School of Business; and Khoury College of Computer Science. It is coordinated by Undergraduate Research and Fellowships on behalf of the Office of the Chancellor.

LEADERs Event: AI Challenges in the Deployment of Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems
2021-10-27 14:00 - 15:00
This presentation will help attendees learn about integrating AI in auto industry. While AI has been able to achieve remarkable success over the last 10 years, can it really be trusted? What does trustworthy AI look like in the context of connected vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)? To create an ADAS for all, it’s paramount that the AI systems in the vehicle be trusted and work for everyone. This is especially important given the nature of ADAS as a safety-critical, cyber-physical, and people-centric system of systems. In this talk, the presenter will outline a number of challenges in building AI systems which could potentially be deployed in future ADAS.
Speaker Dr. Jacob Bond leads trustworthy AI research at General Motors R&D. In addition to his work on ensuring AI systems in the vehicle can be trusted, his research looks at how to keep AI systems private and how to ensure cloud and vehicle systems can establish secure communications. After receiving a Ph.D. in computational mathematics and cryptography from Purdue University, he joined General Motors’ Product Cybersecurity organization, focusing on applications of public-key cryptography. Jacob then began investigating the security of AI systems, moving to GM R&D and expanding his work to encompass the trustworthiness of AI systems.

Virtual Field Trip Series: Dialogue of Civilizations - India and Nepal: Climate Change Science and Policy
2021-10-28 12:00 - 13:00
Learn about the impact climate change has on The Indian subcontinent’s diverse geography, culture, and economy, and the policies being pursued to mitigate the damage.
https://eventregistration.northeastern.edu/event/a2d5623e-cd58-481a-807f-89872942a82c/summary?RefId=COLLEGE

Civil and Environmental Engineering Webinar
2021-11-01 08:00 - 09:00
Please join faculty and graduate admissions staff at a webinar discussing the Civil and Environmental Engineering departmental program offerings and experiential learning opportunities in the Graduate School of Engineering.

Developing Resilient Civil Infrastructure Systems – a Convergent Approach
2021-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | 101 Churchill, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguish Seminar Series is open for attendees from the College of Engineering and the University as a whole.
Developing Resilient Civil Infrastructure Systems – a Convergent Approach
ABSTRACT: Critical Civil Infrastructure systems, namely- Transportation network, Water systems, Waste-water systems, Electric grid and Communications network are vital to functioning of a community. They ought to be considered as Community assets and should be treated with the same care as all important assets are.
When a damaging natural hazard event such as earthquake, hurricane, and floods occur and strikes a community, the results can vary from tolerable to severe. To minimize the impact of such a hazard event, it is necessary that the community as a system respond in an integrated way. While it is necessary for built environment systems, economic systems, and social systems to work synergistically together, the focus of this talk is built environment systems – specifically the infrastructure systems, excluding the buildings. Because it is not always feasible to develop 100% resilience to damaging hazard events, acceptable functionality is strongly advocated. Such resilience in infrastructure systems can work quite well to keep the community functioning in an acceptable way.
Convergent engineering approach is used to develop the resilience, as it focuses on a Societal-level Problem, requires team -science and use of a transdisciplinary language, all required for a satisfactory solution.
BIO: Vilas Mujumdar practices as an independent consulting engineer since 2009. Previously he was CEO, President, and Partner of many large consulting engineering firms and worked at highest-level in the public sector, such as, Chief of Operations, Division of State Architect, State of California; Director, Engineering Research Centers Program – Natural Hazards, National Science Foundation.
His experience uniquely combines consulting engineering in the private sector – 35 years, State regulatory work – 10 years, and Research management at the Federal Govt. level – 6 years. This is enriched by working in different aspects of engineering such as: Civil/Structural Design, Project Management, Teaching, Research and Research Management in Asia, Europe, Canada, and the US.
Please arrive early to prevent disruption.

Engineering Environmental Data Justice: From citizen science to community data
2021-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 101 Churchill, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Please join the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for this Lunch & Learn seminar series, A Bimonthly seminar series focusing on convergent research, bringing together Northeastern colleagues and collaborators to think big/bold, explore ideas that build cooperation and foster transformative innovation within CEE and across disciplines beyond CEE.
Abstract: Premature births, unexplained human and livestock sicknesses, flammable water faucets, toxic wells and the onset of hundreds of earthquakes, the impacts of fracking in the United States are far-reaching and deeply felt. In this talk Dr. Wylie explores how extractive resource systems, like natural gas extraction through fracking, are proceeded and supported by extractive data systems that create asymmetric access to information. Drawing together the fields of Environmental Health, Environmental Justice and Data Justice, Wylie explores how we can build community centered information systems that help create accountability for corporations and state agencies.
Based on her work building tools for community monitoring of the oil and gas industry and co-developing the watchdog organization the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI) Dr. Wylie reflects on how we can create community centered research and data systems that move beyond mapping exposure disparities to address the drivers of toxic contamination and make corporations responsible for their environmental harms. This precious present moment for action on Climate Change provides an opportunity to jointly create sustainable and just systems. Now is the time, Wylie argues to organize and collectively theorize, design, and engineer environmental data justice.
Bio: Sara Wylie is an Associate Professor Sociology/Anthropology and Health Science in Northeastern University’s Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SSEHRI). Her award-winning book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds examines the U.S. unconventional energy industry. She is the co-founder of the citizen science organization Public Lab and the accountability organization Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI).

Learn about the Co-op Program (Disciplinary) Webinar
2021-12-01 08:00 - 09:00
Please join our Assistant Dean of Co-op at a webinar discussing the Co-op experiential learning opportunities available for graduate students in the departments of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.
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What’s Next? Career Conversations with NUCEAO
2022-02-03 12:00 - 13:00
Do you have questions about life after graduation? Northeastern Civil Engineering Alumni Organization (NUCEAO) is offering a virtual lunchtime “office hours” series for students and young alumni to chat and network with professionals who are actively working in the Civil Engineering and Construction fields.
Each session we will be focusing on a different topic, but feel free to bring specific questions for our panelists! You can sign up for as many hours as you like.
Switching Concentrations After Graduation
February 3, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
Hear from NUCEAO board members on how they switched concentrations within civil engineering:
Dan Hack, E’16, Turner Construction Company
Kayla Sousa, E’15, PE, Howard Stein Hudson
Ezgi Talarico, E’14, MBA’21, Gilbane Building Company
Relocating for Work
February 17, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
Hear from NUCEAO board members on how they relocated for work:
Sam Kinnaly, E’20, MS’20, Suffolk Construction
Ryan St. Martin, E’08, JB Pacific
Ezgi Talarico, E’14, MBA’21, Gilbane Building Company
Acquiring Professional Licensure
March 3, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
Questions about obtaining professional licenses and exams like the PE and LEED? Ask NUCEAO!
Anna Beheshti, E’15, PE, Arup
Teja Pulla, MS’18, LEED AP BDC, CCT, CMIT, Drone Pilot, AECOM
Mike Tecci, E’03, MS’08, PE/SE LEED GA, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Graduate School
March 10, 2022 – 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
Hear from NUCEAO board members about their experiences applying to and completing graduate school:
Allie Goldberg, E’15, Weston & Sampson
Ashley Kocsis, MS’15, PE, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Ezgi Talarico, E’14, MBA’21, Gilbane Building Company
Closed Captioning. Live closed captioning services for this event can be made available upon advanced request (2 weeks).
These events are complimentary but registration is required.
All registrants will receive an email with information on accessing this virtual event.
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MathWorks Week: Climate, Energy and the Built Environment
2022-03-01 10:30 - 11:30
Join MathWorks engineers and Northeastern faculty for these insightful seminars in Climate Change, Quantum Computing, and AI.

Climate, Energy and the Built Environment
Tuesday, March 1, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Register: MathWorksNUSymposiumClimate.eventbrite.com
Insights of climate changes from the Common Era: an Artificial Intelligence view
Jianghao Wang, MathWorks
The rapid global warming seen in observations over the past 150 years shows nearly global coherence, the spatiotemporal coherence of climate epochs earlier in the Common Era (the past 2,000 years), however, has yet to be robustly tested. Understanding how the climate system works and how historical temperature changes shed light on the study of anthropogenic climate change.
Modeling the Stochastic Dynamics of Rotating Wind Turbine Blades
Luca Caracoglia, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
This presentation describes the results of recent research activities, examining the dynamic modeling of wind turbine blades under the influence of various sources of input error and noise. The presentation will focus on the flutter phenomenon. Flutter is a flow-induced dynamic instability that results from the coupling between flap-wise bending mode and torsional mode of the rotating blade.
Locating Damage in Structural Systems
Dennis Bernal, Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
This presentation outlines the basic ideas behind some techniques used to localize damage applicable in cases where the structure is large, and the number of sensors is small. Visual inspection has been the traditional procedure used to check the condition of structural systems but there is significant interest in devising ways to replace or enhance this approach by incorporating information from sensors.

COE PhD Expo
2022-03-03 14:00 - 16:30 | Raytheon Amphitheater (240 Egan)
The College of Engineering is excited to announce the fourth annual COE PhD Research Expo, and we invite all COE PhD students to submit a poster abstract. This is a wonderful opportunity to highlight your research and meet alumni, academic, and industry leaders.
The expo will take place during COE’s Graduate Candidate Day, where PhD candidates could learn first-hand about the exciting research our PhD students are conducting.
***We are closely monitoring COVID-related updates and abiding by the University policies to ensure safe attendance of the event. Should the expo be conducted virtually, we will send out follow-up communications about the updated logistics of the event.
Submit an Abstract. Deadline: January 24, 2022
In consultation with your research advisor, submit a poster abstract. We welcome posters that have been presented elsewhere.
Abstract word limit is 200 words. Authors accepted to participate will be notified by Feb. 2nd of their selection.
Prepare with a Workshop In addition, the COE Communications Lab will host workshops on the following dates:
Abstract – Thursday, January 20 at 5pm

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Data Visualization – Thursday, January 27 at 5pm

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Poster preparation – Thursday, February 3 at 5pm

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Elevator Pitch/ Presentation – Thursday, February 24 at 5pm

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We are excited to offer this opportunity to showcase the research of our PhD students and to provide a platform for you to gain valuable experience and network with academic and industry leaders.

MathWorks Week: Chemistry, Deep Learning and Quantum Computing
2022-03-03 15:00 - 16:00
Join MathWorks engineers and Northeastern faculty for these insightful seminars in Climate Change, Quantum Computing, and AI.

Chemistry, Deep Learning and Quantum Computing
Thursday, March 3, 3 pm – 4 pm
Register: MathWorksNUSymposiumQuantumComputing.eventbrite.com
Graph Neural Networks for Chemistry Using MATLAB
Hossein Jooya, MathWorks
MATLAB’s new features in handling chemical structures, from small organic molecules to proteins will be demonstrated. Graph-convolutional (GC) and graph-attention (GA) networks are explained with various examples from toxicity prediction to molecular optimization. Attendees will have access to the shared code modules and can adapt them for their own research with hand-in-hand support from MathWorks technical team.
Photonic Quantum Technologies
Sunil Mittal, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
This talk will discuss the generation, manipulation, and measurements of quantum states of light, such as entangled photons, for applications in photonic quantum computation, quantum communications, and sensing.
Do You Trust Your Quantum Computers with Correct Answers?
Devesh Tiwari, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) machines are increasingly being used to develop quantum algorithms and establish use cases for quantum computing. These devices, however, are highly error-prone and produce output which can be far from the correct output of the quantum algorithm. This talk will discuss some promising approaches towards estimating the correct program output on erroneous quantum devices.

MathWorks Week: AI for Humans
2022-03-04 11:00 - 12:00
Join MathWorks engineers and Northeastern faculty for these insightful seminars in Climate Change, Quantum Computing, and AI.

AI for Humans
Friday, March 4, 11 am – 12 pm
Register: MathWorksNUSymposiumAI.eventbrite.com
Fundamentals of AI
Neha Sardesai, MathWorks
How to apply machine learning and deep learning to images and signals. You’ll see how MATLAB® provides an environment to apply advanced techniques without requiring coding or experience in machine learning and deep learning.
Invariant Representation Learning for Human Pose Estimation withSmall Data
Sarah Ostadabbas, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Descriptions of the state-of-the-art representation learning algorithms for visual perception tasks in the contexts of human pose estimation, especially when we are facing problems where data collection or labeling is expensive (i.e. Small Data domains).
Machine learning for retina image analysis for Retinopathy ofPrematurity (ROP) severity assessment.
Deniz Erdogmus, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Discussion of the use of active learning, deep learning, and Siamese neural networks to develop deep neural network models for automated retina image analysis to diagnose and assess the severity of retinopathy of prematurity in babies born prematurely.

COE Selecting a Major Panel
2022-10-06 18:30 - 20:00
Not sure what to major in?
Considering switching majors?
Hear upperclassmen across all engineering disciplines share about their experiences!
Join via Microsoft Teams using your NU email
Email Liza Russell at russell.li@northeastern.edu for more information or to receive the link by email

GSE Wonder Week: Learn about Civil + Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs
2022-10-19 08:00 - 09:00
Learn about Civil + Environmental Engineering Graduate Programs

PlusOne Information Session
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:00
Learn about the PlusOne Accelerated Master’s Degree Program
A master’s degree can provide you with an additional level of expertise in an area aligned with your career goals. As a currently enrolled Bachelor of Science (BS) student in the College of Engineering at Northeastern, you have the opportunity to earn a Master of Science degree (MS) in an accelerated time period with the PlusOne program. Once accepted into the program in an approved PlusOne pathway, which is a BS and MS PlusOne combination, you can earn an MS degree with, in most cases, just one extra year of study beyond your undergraduate degree program.
In this virtual information session, College of Engineering undergraduate and graduate academic advisors will provide an overview of the PlusOne program to give you the knowledge and next steps to take advantage of the program if you choose.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
• What is PlusOne
• Benefits of the program
• Eligibility
• Co-op considerations
• Financial considerations
• Selecting your pathway
• Academic advising resources
• Timeline to apply
• The application process
• Course registration
• Transitioning to graduate school
Learn more and apply: coe.northeastern.edu/plusone

Using NVivo for Literature Reviews Webinar
2022-11-10 12:00 - 13:00
CEE GSC & QSR Internation Presents:Scholarly Writing Webinar:Using NViVo for Literature Reviews
When: November 10, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) QSR International, the developers of NVivo are presenting a complimentary webinar on Scholarly Writing focused on how NVivo and reference management software, like Citavi can assist you throughout the writing process from literature review, outline, and first draft to publishing. They (QSR International) promise you will never have writer’s block again!The webinar will cover how you can use the power of NVivo & Citavi together to assist with your writing in the following ways:

Review of Literature: Easily search databases and websites for references to include in your project
Pre-Writing: Efficiently organize and annotate literature, and highlight critical quotes, comments, and ideas across many articles while developing a detailed outline
Writing: Export your outline with the content you highlighted into a Word document in seconds, taking you from the first draft to final publication
Revise & Edit: With Word integration, organize content and manage citations, plus references seamlessly
Publish: Speed up the writing process to help you publish faster and more often
Collaborate: Enable research groups of any size to work together – worldwide in the cloud.

NViVo is available for download by following these instructions.
REGISTER HERE FOR ZOOM WEBINAR

DOC info session: Sustainable Waste Management in Cagliari, ITALY
2022-11-30 17:00 - 18:00
Learn about the Summer 1 Dialogue of Civilizations on Sustainable Waste Management in Cagliari, ITALY
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First Year Engineering Expo
2022-12-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Curry Student Center, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Please come to the Curry Student Center indoor quad and pit on Friday, December 2nd to see Northeastern’s First-Year Engineering Students’ inventive projects, games, and exhibits.
Students will showcase original board games, interactive projects geared to teach children sustainability concepts, and prolific prototypes to help solve a wide range of problems.
Each project applies the engineering concepts introduced this past semester, which includes the Engineering Design Process, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Programming with C++ and Matlab, and controlling microelectronics with Arduino.

Offshore Wind Tech Week Network Reception
2022-12-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Alumni Center, 716 Columbus Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, 02120, United States
This event will celebrate #OffshoreWindTechWeek – comprised of the National Offshore Wind R&D Symposium December 5 & 6 and the International Offshore Wind Technical Conference (IOWTC) December 7 & 8.
This networking reception will close out the 2022 Symposium and introduce the IOWTC, happening the following days on December 7 & 8 at Northeastern University. All offshore wind industry professionals are welcome to attend, regardless of whether they are attending Symposium or IOWTC.
*Note – All in-person NOWRDC Symposium registrants are automatically registered for this networking reception.
Location: Alumni Center at Northeastern University, 716 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120
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