News
Jun 20, 2012
Safe city biking: It can happen
Cycling can have enormous benefits both for our own health and the health of the environment. Urban areas are uniquely primed to allow commuters to drastically reduce their carbon footprint […]
Jun 11, 2012
'Bringing water to your doorstep'
Northeastern University student-researchers have designed a shovel-ready drinking water system that has the potential to produce 100,000 liters of potable water per day for more than 1,100 villagers in Bbanda, Uganda. […]
May 24, 2012
Creating Sustainable Buildings
CEE Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, has received a $250K NSF grant to develop a "Design for Deconstruction" method for building construction by creating sustainable steel structures.
May 23, 2012
Induced Partial Saturation Being Field Tested
CEE Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were featured in ASCE Civil Engineering magazine for their upcoming field tests using Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to prevent soil liquefaction during earthquakes.
May 22, 2012
The environmental impact of anesthetic gases
Civil & Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman is determining what type of effect that the anesthetic gases used in the healthcare industry have on the environment.
May 02, 2012
Congratulations to CEE Award and Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to the 2012 CEE Award and Scholarship Winners in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Apr 25, 2012
Helping Those in Need
Gina Palino, CEE’13, has been reaching out as the EWB-NEU Program Director for Uganda to help teach the Bbandans about their water supply.
Apr 20, 2012
Precipitation modeling for critical infrastructures risks
Prof. Auroop Ganguly has been awarded a $55,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for probabilistic modeling of precipitation for risk assessments of critical nuclear infrastructure.