News
Jun 28, 2012
Professor Ganguly Discusses Heat Waves and Global Warming
Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly discussed methods used to define heat waves, and explained the connection between heat waves and global warming by clarifying the difference between weather phenomena and climate phenomena.
Jun 22, 2012
Gu Awarded for Reviews
CEE Assistant Professor April Gu is a recipient of the 2012 Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award for her contributions to the journal over the past year.
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 by choosing to bike to work rather than drive or even use public transportation. But in the United States, fewer than one percent of commuters […]
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. Civil engineering students designed the water system for a senior capstone project. Northeastern’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which has brought clean water to families in […]
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.