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Dec 07, 2023
Sunlight Is Breaking Down Plastic Threatening Ocean Health
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins has found that sunlight breaks down plastics in the ocean into hundreds of new chemicals which will potentially have harmful environmental and health consequences.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.
Dec 06, 2023
Caracoglia Part of Team To Test Life Size Buildings Against Simulated Tornados
CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia is part of a team of researchers across nine universities who have been given a four-year, $14 million grant by the NSF to design a facility that can test tornado effects on real-life scale building models.
Nov 28, 2023
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Welcomes Four New Members to its Industrial Advisory Board
The Industrial Advisory Board, which advises the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on matters related to curriculum development, research, student organizations and cooperative education, welcomed four new distinguished members.
Nov 15, 2023
Churchill-Kanders Scholarship Nominee
Hyun Lee, E’23, environmental engineering and health sciences, was nominated for the Churchill-Kanders Scholarship, which was established in 2017 to address the growing divide between science and public policy by funding a Master’s in Public Policy at Cambridge University.
Nov 13, 2023
Pankow Foundation Greenlights Phase II of Hajjar’s Steel Plate Flooring System Grant
CDM Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jerry Hajjar announced a $415,000 grant constituting Phase II of a multi-year grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation totaling $835,000 to date. The award is in collaboration with other universities, industry partners, and industry sponsors.
Oct 31, 2023
Nine COE Students Receive Fulbright Scholarship Nominations
The Fulbright Campus Committee of Northeastern University, composed of faculty and staff from across the disciplines and colleges, announced nine COE students and alums who applied for the Fulbright this year.
Oct 31, 2023
Northeastern Nominates Four COE Students for Prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Benjamin Lanava, E’24, Leah Ragosta, E’24, Kritika Singh, E’20, and Alex Storrer, E’24, were nominated by Northeastern for the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, which recognizes and supports young leaders, tuned to the challenges of the 21st-century, supporting their graduate educations and providing a community of support and engagement.