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Aug 25, 2021

Determining the Accuracy of Mobility Analysis Using Big Data

CEE Assistant Professor Ryan Wang, in collaboration with Cynthia Chen and Shuai Huang from the University of Washington, was awarded a $700K NSF grant for “A Whole-Community Effort to Understand Biases and Uncertainties in Using Emerging Big Data for Mobility Analysis.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

reflection of a robot on computer screen

Aug 20, 2021

NU Team PARIS Wins in Phase 1 of American-Made E-ROBOT Prize

A Northeastern faculty and student team was awarded a $200K prize as a finalist for Phase 1 of the U.S. Department of Energy’s American-Made Challenges E-ROBOT Prize. In Phase 2, up to four teams (from the 10 finalists) will receive a $500K award. The team’s submission proposed development of a Precise Air-sealing Robot for Inaccessible Spaces (PARIS). The Northeastern team is advised by ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir, CEE Assistant Professor Michael Kane, and ECE Distinguished Professor Carey Rappaport.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Fatemeh Ghoreishi

Aug 18, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Fatemeh Ghoreishi

Fatemeh Ghoreishi joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2021 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Khoury College of Computer Sciences.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 29, 2021

David Mazzotta Wins DN Tanks Scholarship

David Mazzotta, a third-year BS Civil Engineering student in the Northeastern Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded a DN Tanks Scholarship. The DN Tanks Scholarship program was established […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

aron-stubbuns

Jul 22, 2021

Assessing the Plastic-Carbon Concentrations at the Ocean’s Surface

MES/COS/CEE Associate Professor Aron Stubbins is leading a $300K NSF EAGER grant, in collaboration with Jason Guo from the Barnett Institute, Kara Lavender Law from the Sea Education Association, and Valier Galy from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, for “Assessing the contribution of plastics to marine particulate organic carbon.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mark Patteron holds the Trident ROV robot.

Jul 22, 2021

Patterson Receives Fulbright Award to Chart Kelp Forests

MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson was selected for a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award where he will be mapping uncharted kelp forests at the Université Laval in Quebec City.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jack Lesko

Jul 09, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Jack Lesko

Jack Lesko joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in July 2021 as a Professor and Director of Engineering Research, with a joint appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Julia Varshavsky

Jul 09, 2021

New Faculty Spotlight: Julia Varshavsky

Julia Varshavsky joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering in July 2021 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Bouvé College of Health Sciences.

Civil & Environmental Engineering