News
Jul 13, 2015
Ferdi Hellweger studies urban water safety
Ferdi Hellweger, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Hellweger is fascinated by the idea that city dwellers worldwide could someday swim in urban waterways like Boston’s Charles River, as they did decades ago. Existing tests for water-borne pathogens are slow and imprecise, making it difficult to know at a given moment which sections of […]
Jul 13, 2015
Melting Snow Banks Reveal Contaminants
CEE Associate Professor Ferdi Hellweger explains how the last remaining snow banks from Boston's record breaking winter show just how many contaminants effect our surface water.
Jul 13, 2015
Attending Comic-Con to Raise Awareness
CEE & COS Professor Mark Patterson attended Comic-Con dressed as a Coral Polyp to raise awareness about the dangers of microplastics in the ocean.
Jul 09, 2015
Playing Nanoscale Music
CEE Assistant Professor Steven Cranford has successfully played music at the nanoscale using carbyne chains as tunable “guitar” strings.
Jul 06, 2015
StreetScan Selected as MassChallenge 2015 Finalist
CEE Distinguished Professor Ming Wang and Research Assistant Professor Ralf Birken's StreetScan's project was selected as a finalist in MassChallenge 2015.
Jun 25, 2015
A Celebration of Bob Tillman’s 39 Years of Dedication to Students
A celebration of Bob Tillman's 39 years of dedication to students.
Jun 08, 2015
EWB Featured in American Surveyor
The Engineers Without Borders student group was featured in The American Surveyor for their efforts in building a water system for Bbanda, Uganda.
Jun 05, 2015
Congratulations to all 2015 Award and Scholarship Winners in CEE!
Congratulations to the students who received scholarships and awards at the 2015 CEE Brick Ceremony and several other ceremonies held by the university and by industry organizations throughout the region.