News
May 15, 2013
Matthias Ruth sounds a wake-up call for cities
Matthias Ruth, professor of public policy and civil and environmental engineering Ruth, a leader in the emerging field of ecological economics, has shown that adopting proactive “green” policies is the most cost-effective way to sustain coastal cities against the long-term impact of climate change. In a seminal study, “Climate’s Long-term Impacts on Metro Boston,” Ruth […]
May 15, 2013
April Gu pioneers new water testing technology
April Gu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering April Gu is pioneering new technologies to quickly and effectively identify toxic substances in drinking water in both developed and developing nations. Scientists suspect there are hundreds or even thousands of chemicals in a single glass of water. But existing water-quality tests—even in first-world countries—are often […]
May 15, 2013
Ming Wang sees smoother roads ahead
Ming Wang, professor of civil and environmental engineering Wang and his team are integrating patented sensing technology and Big Data analytics in a breakthrough project that could transform any delivery fleet, such as the U.S. Postal Service’s, into a fully automated, real-time road inspection system. Under Wang’s lead, the federally funded VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic […]
May 15, 2013
Jerome Hajjar reimagines yesterdays structures
Jerome Hajjar, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering Hurricane Sandy destroyed hundreds of buildings throughout New York and New Jersey. But hundreds more that withstood collapse were so severely damaged they had to be demolished. What if there were a way to design buildings to minimize the impact of such damage? At Northeastern’s […]
May 15, 2013
Auroop Ganguly pursues extreme weather trends
Auroop Ganguly, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering In the past, engineers were able to design electrical and water systems to handle weather extremes—heat waves, cold snaps, storms, and drought—simply by understanding and accounting for normal climate fluctuations. But climate change has made extreme events far less predictable in severity and frequency, making it […]
May 07, 2013
What’s in your water?
For a scholar whose research focuses on aquatic environmental chemistry, Philip Larese-Casanova spends little time doing research in the environment. “I don’t take water samples and I don’t go to drinking water plants or wastewater treatment plants,” said the assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. That’s because most of the pollutants Larese-Casanova is interested in haven’t been […]
May 06, 2013
Andrew Myers wins CEE Excellence in Teaching Award
The CEE Department is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Andrew Myers was selected to receive the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award.
May 06, 2013
Congratulations to 2013 CEE Scholarship/Award Winners!
Congratulations to the 2013 Civil and Environmental Engineering students who were provided over $66,000 in scholarships and awards.