News
Feb 29, 2012
Top Co-Ops: Kristen Blackbird Helps Build the Kostas Institute
Civil Engineering Senior Kristen Blackbird worked on coop with Gilbane Building Company during the construction of the new George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security.
Feb 29, 2012
Design Alternatives for Boston's North End
Under the supervision of Assistant Academic Specialist Daniel Dulaski, a team of Civil capstone students, are trying to develop a solution to lessen the congestion in Boston’s North End.
Feb 28, 2012
Alshawabkeh Elected Fellow
CIV Professor Akram Alshawabkeh has been selected as a fellow of ASCE in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the profession.
Jan 24, 2012
Tracking MassDOT Performance
CIV Professor Ali Touran has teamed up with Pioneer Institute to create a Massachusetts Transportation Dashboard to monitor how MassDOT is using tax dollars to reduce traffic congestion and increase throughput & safety.
Jan 12, 2012
Failure by Design
CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, has designed a system that would allow replaceable steel fuses to absorb the forces of an earthquake and save the building from damage.
Jan 01, 2012
New Faculty Spotlight: Matthew J. Eckelman
Matthew J. Eckelman joined the Department in January 2012 as an Assistant Professor. An environmental engineer with cross-disciplinary training in the area of sustainable resource engineering and the urban environment, […]
Dec 19, 2011
Paper in Nature Climate Change Highlighted by NSF
CIV Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly’s paper about rainfall extremes over India will be published in the February 2012 issue of the Nature Climate Change journal and is highlighted on the NSF website.
Dec 16, 2011
Congratulations Carla Cherchi
Carla Cherchi, a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student working with Professor April Gu, has been selected to receive the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Best Student Paper Award for her paper entitled," Impact of Nano Titanium Dioxide Exposure on Cellular Structure of Anabaena Variabilis and Evidence of Internalization."