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Dec 12, 2023
Predicting Flooding with AI Models
Following deadly floods in Tennessee, Puja Das, PhD’27, interdisciplinary engineering, is working on a NASA-funded project exploring AI-driven rainfall prediction models.
Dec 11, 2023
Improving Structural Health and Climate Change with Machine Learning
CEE Assistant Professor Eleonora Tronci is a structural engineer who uses machine learning to assess damage in civil structures and optimize wind farms while focusing on the adaptability of her research to climate change. She joined Northeastern in September 2023.
Dec 11, 2023
Northeastern Hosts the 2023 CEE Industry Leadership Night with MBTA General Manager and CEO Phil Eng
Northeastern University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) hosted its 11th annual Industry Leadership Night, on November 28, continuing a tradition of bringing together the top industry and government stakeholders in the Boston region. The event, which took place at the Alumni Center on the Global Network’s Boston Campus, is a signature effort produced […]
Dec 07, 2023
Sunlight is Breaking Down Plastic Threatening Ocean Health
MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins has found that sunlight breaks down plastics in the ocean into hundreds of new chemicals which will potentially have harmful environmental and health consequences.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following 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. The list below includes those […]
Dec 06, 2023
Caracoglia Part of Team to Test Life Size Buildings Against Simulated Tornados
CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia is part of a team of researchers across nine universities who have been given a four-year, $14 million grant by the NSF to design a facility that can test tornado effects on real-life scale building models.
Dec 01, 2023
Creating Change with Environmental Engineering and Community Engagement
Ben Lanava, E’24, environmental engineering, has had a research assistant role, two co-ops, two Dialogues of Civilization, and an Engineers Without Borders trip to Uganda, leading to many award nominations such as the Rhodes Scholarship.
Nov 28, 2023
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Welcomes Four New Members to its Industrial Advisory Board
The Industrial Advisory Board, which advises the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on matters related to curriculum development, research, student organizations and cooperative education, welcomed four new distinguished members.