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Jun 04, 2026
Northeastern Launches Physical AI Research Initiative, Unveils NU-WORLD Platform
Northeastern University launched the Physical AI Research (PAIR) Initiative on May 21–22, bringing together over 200 researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and government representatives to advance intelligent systems that learn from and act in the physical world. The two-day event featured keynote talks, the public debut of Northeastern’s open world-model platform NU-WORLD, and broad participation from organizations including NVIDIA, Amazon Robotics, Boston Dynamics, and Microsoft — signaling strong momentum around a field that spans robotics, healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond.
Jun 01, 2026
Fulbright-Bound: How a Northeastern Professor Is Using Robots to Unlock Iceland’s Ancient Hydrothermal Vents
Second-time Fullbright recipient and MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson has plans to study the hydrothermal vents of Iceland, hoping to examine how the marine ecosystem is responding to microplastics and ocean acidification.
May 26, 2026
Chen Receives Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen received the ASCE 2026 Orville T. Magoon Sustainable Coasts Award, which recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to sustainable engineering practices in managing shorelines and coastal infrastructure through research, design, construction or management of the natural and built environment in the coastal zone.
May 21, 2026
SDS Lab PhD Student Wins Google TPU Research Cloud Award for AI Weather Prediction
Diyali Goswami, MS’24, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, who develops machine learning and AI methods for weather prediction at the Northeastern University Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory (SDS Lab), has won a prestigious award through a highly competitive international proposal process.
May 18, 2026
Translating a Building Operations Pilot with Fullbright Scholar
CEE Associate Professor Michael Kane helped build a 14-hour building operators training certification pilot, that he is now going to take to Argentina as a Fullbright Scholar, and translate the program into Spanish.
May 13, 2026
How Regional Climate Patterns Prevent Large Scale Global Droughts
Danish Mansoor, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, published his research on “Regional responses to oceanic variability constrain global drought synchrony” in Communications Earth & Environment.
May 12, 2026
Climate and Wildfires Drive Persistent U.S. Formaldehyde Levels
CEE Assistant Professor Shang Liu’s research on “Surface Atmospheric Formaldehyde Trends in the U.S. Driven by Temperature-Dependent Biogenic Precursor Emissions and Influenced by Wildfires” was published in ACS ES&T Air.
May 07, 2026
Summer 2026 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Summer 2026 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.