News
Mar 08, 2022
Modeling Data from Hurricane Impacts to Natural and Hybrid Infrastructure
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen, in collaboration with Navid Jafari from Louisiana State University, is leading a $765k NSF grant for “Integrated Numerical Modeling and Field Observations of Hurricane Impacts to Natural and Hybrid Infrastructure.”
Mar 08, 2022
Hajjar and Collaborators Awarded New Grant for Fundamental Innovation in Building Design
In a new grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation and industry partners, CDM Smith Professor and Northeastern Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Chair Jerome Hajjar and colleagues at three other institutions were awarded $425,000 to investigate a new modular steel plate floor framing and diaphragm system in steel building structures.
Feb 28, 2022
CEE Alumna Named One of ASCE 2022 New Faces in Civil Engineering
Civil engineering alumna Annahid Dastgheib-Beheshti, E’15, was named one of the ASCE 2022 New Faces in Civil Engineering. Dastgheib-Beheshti is the current President of the Northeastern University Civil Engineering Alumni […]
Feb 10, 2022
Hajjar Elected as NAE Member
Northeastern’s CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his development of design criteria and models for stability and seismic design of innovative steel and composite structures. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
Feb 04, 2022
Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Spring 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Jan 31, 2022
Using State-of-the-Art Simulations to Determine Climate Effects on the Mississippi River
MES/CEE Assistant Professor Samuel Muñoz, in collaboration with Rice University, was awarded a $700K NSF grant for “Evaluating the Past and Future of Mississippi River Hydroclimatology to Constrain Risk via Integrated Climate Modeling, Observations, and Reconstructions.”
Jan 26, 2022
Ensuring Well Water is Safe to Drink
CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper is researching private wells, which serve about 15% of the US population, to determine if they have been contaminated after events like floods.
Jan 24, 2022
risQ Acquired by Intercontinental Exchange
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly’s spinout company risQ, a climate modeling and analytics company founded by him and his former PhD students, was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange last month.