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Aug 12, 2024

Northeastern University and SEI Host ‘Towards Zero Carbon’ Workshop

Northeastern and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) hosted a conference focused on decarbonization and new design objectives for the structural engineering industry. University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor and CEE Department Chair Jerome Hajjar, who is also SEI president, led the conference and emphasized concepts of sustainability, equity, and resilience.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aug 01, 2024

$1.6M NSF Award for Creating Inclusive Cities Through Technology

CEE Associate Professor Qi “Ryan” Wang and ECE Associate Professor Yanzhi Wang, in collaboration with the University of Florida and the University of Virginia, received a $1.6 million NSF grant for “Strengthening Elderly Mobility in Urban Landscapes: Towards Age-Inclusive and Equitable Communities.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jul 29, 2024

Highlighting the Unusual Activity of Coralliths

MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson published a paper in Bulletin of Marine Science that reveals activity of corallith, an unusual free-living coral found of the Florida coast that thrives from the energy of storms.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 24, 2024

Predicting Rainfall With Artificial Intelligence

A research model that uses AI to quickly and accurately predict weather forecasts will be tested by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The model was created by Puja Das, PhD’27, interdisciplinary engineering, who is supervised by CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 19, 2024

Innovating Through Artificial Intelligence

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, state economic development and technology leaders, and other officials visited Northeastern to learn from faculty how AI can solve some of the most pressing issues in the state and the world. CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly, ECE/Khoury Distinguished Professor Jennifer Dy, and ECE Professor Taskin Padir were in attendance.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jul 17, 2024

Phase II of NOWRDC Offshore Wind Hurricane Risk Assessment Project

CEE Professor Andrew Myers, University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor and Department Chair Jerome Hajjar, and Research Associate Professor Nathan Post are leading a team of five universities for Phase II of the NOWRDC administered project, “Long-Term Availability and Bankability of Offshore Wind Through Hurricane Risk Assessment and Mitigation.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 08, 2024

Fall 2024 AJC Merit Research Scholars

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a July to December 2024 co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.

Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jul 08, 2024

Northeastern Recognizes Women Innovators

Kaitlin McCarthy, E’09, civil engineering, won first place in the Experienced Alumnae category in the 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards from Northeastern University, while Mukki Gill, E’25, mechanical engineering and history, placed second for the Powering a Healthy Tomorrow Award and received an honorable mention in the undergraduate category. Additionally, Nicole Guadagno, E’25, mechanical engineering, received an honorable mention for her work on Remetra in the undergraduate category, and Fatema Janahi, E’22, computer engineering, and MS’22, engineering management, received an honorable mention for Palm in the graduate category.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering