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Nancy Larson Varney

Aug 18, 2023

New Faculty Spotlight: Nancy Larson Varney

Nancy Larson Varney joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2023 as an Associate Teaching Professor.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 16, 2023

Hajjar Honored with Lynn S. Beedle Award from Structural Stability Research Council

CEE Chair & CDM Smith Professor Jerome F. Hajjar will be honored with the SSRC Lynn S. Beedle Award, a lifetime achievement award, at the upcoming 2024 SSRC Annual Stability Conference and become the president of the Structural Engineering Institute on October 1, 2023.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 11, 2023

Clean Energy Might go to Waste if We Don’t Figure out How to Use it

CEE Assistant Professor Michael Kane is studying how to get people to use clean energy when it’s available by remotely adjusting thermostats.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 09, 2023

Baiyu Chen, CEE PhD Student, Receives SEAMASS Scholarship

Baiyu Chen has been awarded the Structural Engineers Association of Massachusetts (SEAMASS) scholarship at the SEAMASS 2023 Annual Dinner Meeting & Presentation this past May. Chen, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering under Professor Jerome Hajjar, demonstrated exceptional passion and commitment to the field, earning recognition and support from the association. Chen’s […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Samuel Munoz

Aug 02, 2023

How Low-Flow Events Are Affecting the Mississippi River

MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz’s research on “Mississippi River low-flows: context, causes, and future projections” was published in Environmental Research: Climate.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 02, 2023

Q. Jim Chen and CEE Host 2023 FUNWAVE Workshop

Northeastern University hosted the fifth FUNWAVE-TVD Training Workshop, which brought together researchers and students from around the world to discuss the use of modeling software to predict coastal hazards.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 25, 2023

Predicting River Floods in New England

MES/CEE Associate Professor Samuel Muñoz is using satellite imagery and AI to develop a predictive model for river flooding in New England.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 17, 2023

ASCE Thomas A. Lenox ExCEED Leadership Award for Contributions to Civil Engineering Education

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has awarded W. Samuel Easterling, James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering at Iowa State University, and Jerome F. Hajjar, CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University, the 2023 Thomas A. Lenox Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Leadership Award for extraordinary leadership in civil engineering education.

Civil & Environmental Engineering