News
Apr 05, 2022
Tam Receives 2022 Compass Award
Carrie Tam, E’22, civil engineering and architectural studies, won a 2022 Compass Award which recognizes exemplary students from the senior class who, during their time on campus, have demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.
Mar 19, 2022
Jerome F. Hajjar Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Jerome Hajjar, CDM Smith Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to NAE is considered the highest professional distinction accorded to an engineer. Hajjar was recognized for his distinguished contributions to engineering for “development of design criteria and models for stability and seismic design of innovative steel and composite structures.”
Mar 17, 2022
Hajjar Leading NOWRDC Hurricane Resiliency Project
CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome Hajjar is leading a multi-university $650K grant from the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium for “Ensuring Long-Term Availability and Bankability of […]
Mar 14, 2022
CEE Spinout Wins Accelerator Grant to Continue Wind Energy Research
CEE Associate Professor Andrew Myers, an expert in structural engineering, and Senior Research Engineer Jim Papadopoulos, an expert in structural/mechanical design, recently founded a startup company developing novel offshore wind energy solutions spun out from research conducted at Northeastern University. Now, their startup T-Omega Wind has received a new grant to continue development.
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.