News
Jan 04, 2023
Northeastern Hosts Offshore Wind Tech Week
CEE department hosted the first Offshore Wind Technical Week, which brought together members of the scientific community, researchers, academia and the offshore wind engineering industry from around the world.
Jan 04, 2023
Northeastern Co-op Wins Fall 2022 Scholarship From DN Tanks
Amelia Negrete, E’24, civil engineering, was chosen as the winner of a Fall 2022 DN Tanks scholarship, which is awarded to co-ops or interns “who make unique contributions and exhibit DN Tanks’ Core Values.”
Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Yu (Rain) Miao
Yu (Rain) Miao joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.
Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Cristina Schultz
Cristina Schultz joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Marine and Environmental Sciences.
Dec 17, 2022
First-Ever Global Survey of Earth’s Surface Water
NASA has launched a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite that will support global water applications led by CEE Professor Edward Beighley. Launched on December 16, 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will, for the first time, simultaneously measure elevations and extents of the Earth’s surface waters at high resolution.
Dec 07, 2022
CEE Hosts Offshore Wind Symposium
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted the National Offshore Wind Research & Development Symposium 2022, featuring keynote speaker former U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III.
Nov 10, 2022
How Northeastern’s Roux Institute Is Using Real-time Data To Bring Industry 4.0 to Maine
Jack Lesko, MIE/CEE professor and director of engineering research at the Roux Institute, is a proponent of Industry 4.0—also known as the fourth Industrial Revolution—to build manufacturing resilience, enabling companies to respond to regional and global needs based on real-time data.
Nov 04, 2022
Insect Population Decline To Effect Pollination
Kate Duffy, PhD’21, interdisciplinary engineering, has been studying the effect of climate change on insect populations and their important role in our ecosystem. Her research was published in Nature Climate Change.