News
Jan 06, 2014
Patterson Awarded Grant
Professor Mark Patterson, an affiliate of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the College of Science, was awarded a $291K grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to determine how […]
Nov 25, 2013
Sharrows on Steroids
Boston installs "sharrows on steroids," a new way of marking lanes shared by bikes and cars, invented by Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Peter Furth. Dr. Furth received a Ph.D. degree in […]
Nov 21, 2013
Robotic inspectors on disaster duty
In March 2011, the Tohoku earthquake in Japan initiated a tsunami that wreaked havoc across the coast of the island nation. The most infamous damage occurred when the Fukushima Daichii […]
Nov 20, 2013
A sustainable breeding ground for collaboration
A complex structure the size of a shoebox perched on a table’s edge in Curry Student Center Ballroom on Monday evening. The 3-D printed construction resembled a series of tiny, […]
Nov 06, 2013
Hey, bacteria are individuals too
Each person carries 10 times as many bacterial cells as human cells, the former of which have continued to evolve in response to medicine’s most potent antibiotics. But microscopic bugs […]
Oct 29, 2013
CEE 2013 Graduate Steven Earl wins AISC National Scholarship
Congratulations to CEE 2013 graduate Steven Earl who was selected to receive a $5,000 Education Foundation Scholarship from American Institute of Steel Construction. This scholarship is awarded to students with […]
Oct 22, 2013
NU Civil Engineering Students Participate in the 18th Annual CANstruction Competition
The NU Chapter of Chi Epsilon created a “Defeating Despicable Hunger” display made of over 3000 non-perishable food cans at the 2013 CANstruction competition.
Oct 01, 2013
David Bedoya (Ph.D., 2009) wins 2013 BSCES Clemens Herschel Award
Congratulations to Northeastern University alumnus and Civil and Environmental Engineering part-time faculty member David Bedoya, who won the 2013 Clemens Herschel Award from the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section […]