News
Nov 15, 2010
Senior and ROTC Cadet John Hickey named Distinguished Military Graduate
Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior and ROTC cadet John Hickey has been named one of three Distinguished Military Graduates at Northeastern University, based on scholarship, high moral character, military aptitude, and leadership ability.
Nov 15, 2010
Prof. Tillman’s Presentation Receives Award
At the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (ASEE/CIEC) to be held in San Antonio this February, Professor Robert Tillman will receive the 2010 ASEE/CEED Best Presenter Award for his presentation Co-op and Internship Programs: Positive Strategies for Challenging Times.
Oct 15, 2010
Professor Hajjar Receives Popular Mechanics Award
Jerome F. Hajjar, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named a recipient of a 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award, which recognizes the products and innovators that truly moved society forward in 2010.
Oct 08, 2010
Impact of TiO2 Nanoparticles
CEE Assistant Professor April Gu’s research was featured in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News describing how TiO2 nanomaterials are affecting the carbon and nitrogen cycles of aquatic ecosystems.
Sep 29, 2010
Moving Society Forward
CIV Chair & Professor, Jerome Hajjar, is a recipient of a 2010 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for his work in creating building structures that are earthquake proof.
Sep 09, 2010
ChE Alum Donates $12M
Chemical Engineering Alumnus George J. Kostas has donated $12M to build a homeland security research facility on Northeastern's Burlington Campus. This is the largest donation for capital in the University's history.
Sep 01, 2010
New Faculty Spotlight: Philip Larese-Casanova
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering welcomes Assistant Professor Philip Larese-Casanova, who joined the faculty in Fall 2010 after serving as a post-doctoral research associate at the Institute for Biospheric Studies at Yale University and the Center for Applied Geosciences at the Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen in Germany.
Aug 10, 2010
Monitoring Water Quality
Xioadan Ruan, a CEE PhD student under the direction of Associate Professor Ferdi Hellweger, has been testing bacteria levels in the Charles River in hopes that it will once again be swimmable.