In the Media
Nov 25, 2020
Northeastern University: A Valuable Partner for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was recently appointed as Chief Scientist of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)’s Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate. The new partnership between Northeastern University and PNNL focuses on urban resilience and security.
Sep 04, 2020
Somerville to Monitor Wastewater for Evidence of COVID-19
CEE Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto was featured by the City of Somerville and WBUR on how he is working with Somerville officials to track coronavirus outbreaks through sewage testing.
Aug 11, 2020
How to Choose the Best Cloth Face Mask for You
CEE Associate Professor Loretta Fernandez was featured in the NY Times Wirecutter article “How to Choose the Best Cloth Face Mask for You” for her expertise in studying how to make the best fitting mask.
May 14, 2020
Geoscientists Help Map the Pandemic
Interdisciplinary PhD alum Babak Fard, PhD’18 used his work with Auroop Ganguly as a starting point for risk modeling and adapt it to COVID-19 risk mapping and modeling, as described in the Eos article “Geoscientists Help Map the Pandemic“.
Apr 23, 2020
Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds
CEE/MES Assistant Professors Loretta Fernandez was featured in the NPR article “Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From Cloth Masks, Study Finds” and WFUV.org article “Adding A Nylon Stocking Layer Could Boost Protection From…” about her research in making sure COVID-19 masks are effective.
Feb 28, 2020
MTA announces members of major construction review unit
CEE Professor Ali Touran highlighted in MassTransit for being selected to be a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Major Construction Review Unit (MCRU).
Jan 21, 2020
India’s Sanitation Measures may be Showing Initial Results
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was quoted in Nature India’s article “India’s sanitation measures may be showing initial results.”
Jan 03, 2020
TSEC 15: Integrating Sustainability and Resilience into Structural Engineering
CEE Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar was featured in the Engineering Management Institute’s podcast “TSEC 15: Integrating Sustainability and Resilience into Structural Engineering” in which he talked about how we can integrate sustainability and resilience into structural engineering.