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Yu Miao

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Cristina Schultz

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Nov 02, 2022

2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations

A group of 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.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 27, 2022

Effect of Climate Change on Ecological Populations

CEE Affiliated Faculty Tarik Gouhier and Professor Auroop Ganguly’s research on “Climate-mediated Shifts in Temperature Fluctuations Promote Extinction Risk” was published in Nature Climate Change.

Civil & Environmental Engineering