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Jul 30, 2020
Designing the Most Effective Face Masks
CEE Associate Professor Loretta Fernandez and Assistant Professor Amy Mueller are examining the best fit, while ChE Associate Professor Steve Lustig is determining the best combinations of materials for the most effective mask to protect against COVID-19.
Jul 21, 2020
The 2020 Virtual Dialogue of Civilizations Program on Climate Change Science and Policy
While CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was unable to travel with his Dialogue of Civilizations students to Tanzania, he was able to provide a unique and interdisciplinary experience for his students, one quite unlike a typical virtual course.
Jul 20, 2020
CEE PhD Alum Created a Model to Analyze the Spread of COVID-19 Cases in India
CEE Interdisciplinary PhD Alum Udit Bhatia started to model the rise in COVID-19 cases early in India and now his modeling is being used to understand the spread in real-time and forecast infection rates.
Jul 20, 2020
Briana Pasache Wins Spring 2020 DN Tanks Scholarship
Briana Pasache, third year civil engineering student at Northeastern University, was recently awarded the DN Tanks scholarship for her excellent work while on co-op with the company. DN Tanks is […]
Jul 15, 2020
Second Online Summer School on Mechanics and Performance of Resilient Structures and Infrastructures (MECHRES20)
Professor Luca Caracoglia is part of an international team of experts who will deliver the Second Online Summer School on Mechanics and Performance of Resilient Structures and Infrastructures (MECHRES20). Lectures […]
Jul 02, 2020
CEE Faculty Beighley, Fannon, Fernandez, and Ormsby Receive Promotions
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce our recent faculty promotions. These promotions are milestones in their career, and reflect the department’s commitment to a broadly […]
Jun 29, 2020
CEE Alumni Spotlight: Physics-guided Probabilistic Modeling of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change
In a newly released paper, published in Scientific Reports, CEE alumni Drs. Udit Bhatia and Evan Kodra examine new methods for improving earth systems models.
Jun 22, 2020
Determining the Infection Transmission of COVID-19 in Urban Areas
CEE Assistant Professor Qi “Ryan” Wang was awarded a $200k NSF RAPID grant for determining the “Infection Transmission of COVID19 in Urban Neighborhoods.”