News
Feb 24, 2015
Resilient & Sustainable Buildings
CIV Mehrdad Sasani, David Fannon, Matthias Ruth, & Matthew Eckelman were awarded a $1.1M NSF grant for “A Decision and Design Framework for Multi-Hazard Resilient and Sustainable Buildings”
Feb 19, 2015
Climate Effect on Coast
CIV Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly & Tarik Gouhier’s article in Nature shows that climate change will result in major changes in coastal marine ecosystems.
Feb 05, 2015
Global Coverage of Climate Change
CIV Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly’s recent article in ERL about “Changes in Observed Climate Extremes in Global Urban Areas” has been featured on news sites worldwide
Jan 23, 2015
Eckelman Receives $503K NSF CAREER Award
CEE Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman was awarded a $503K NSF CAREER award for “Building Chemical Synthesis Networks for Life Cycle Hazard Modeling”
Dec 19, 2014
CEE Industry Leadership Night 2014
Dr. Beverly A. Scott, General Manager and CEO of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, was this year’s Keynote speaker at the fourth annual CEE Industry Leadership Night, providing inspirational comments about the importance of public transportation infrastructure.
Dec 16, 2014
Liyuan Liang: Alum named AAAS Fellow
Liyuan Liang, who received her BS in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in 1982, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She was one of ten researchers working with the Department of Energy that received this recognition. Liang directs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)’s Office of Institutional Planning […]
Dec 08, 2014
Alumnus Inducted as Chairman of the National Board of Directors
Congratulations to civil engineering alumnus Sam Sleiman E’83, ME’85, who was inducted as Chairman of the National Board of Directors for the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). Mr. Sleiman, the Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs at Massachusetts Port Authority, has more than 25 years of experience in the design and construction industry. […]
Oct 29, 2014
Unsafe Traffic Condition
A team of CEE capstone students under the direction of Daniel Dulaski were featured in the Boston Globe for their efforts to reduce traffic congestion at a busy North Attleboro intersection.