News
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.
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.
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.
Oct 25, 2022
Using Natural Barriers To Help Prevent Flooding
For those areas devastated by Hurricane Ian, Northeastern experts encourage residents to build in natural buffers to protect against flooding when rebuilding.
Oct 25, 2022
Preparing Your Home for Winter
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly and ChE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Smotkin explain the need to prepare your home for increasing fluctuations in temperatures in the winter and summer.
Oct 25, 2022
Ganguly Will Serve as Co-Director of Global Resilience Institute
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly and CSSH Professor Daniel Aldrich will serve as co-directors of the newly structured Global Resilience Institute (GRI), which is committed to developing and deploying practical and innovative tools, applications, and skills that strengthen the resilience of individuals, communities, infrastructure, systems, networks, and societies.