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Jul 31, 2012

Selenium Remediation

CEE Assistant Professor Philip Larese-Casanova & Assistant Academic Specialist Annalisa Onnis-Hayden were awarded a $305K NSF grant to reduce selenium pollution by using oxygen isotopes. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 23, 2012

CEE Student Presents at Emerging Markets Symposium

Liz Cherchia, a junior in the CEE Department, presented at Northeastern University's 4th Annual Emerging Markets Symposium on July 19, 2012.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jul 16, 2012

Northeastern University Hosts the 2012 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference

Northeastern University's College of Engineering hosted the National Science Foundation's 2012 Engineering Research and Innovation Conference for the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) from July 9-12, 2012.

Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jul 05, 2012

Protect the water

One of the big ideas in health­care today is pre­ven­ta­tive med­i­cine. Treat the causes instead of the symp­toms, pro­po­nents say, and you’ll keep people healthy and avoid expen­sive pro­ce­dures down […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 28, 2012

Professor Ganguly Discusses Heat Waves and Global Warming

Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly discussed methods used to define heat waves, and explained the connection between heat waves and global warming by clarifying the difference between weather phenomena and climate phenomena.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 22, 2012

Gu Awarded for Reviews

CEE Assistant Professor April Gu is a recipient of the 2012 Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award for her contributions to the journal over the past year.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 20, 2012

Safe city biking: It can happen

Cycling can have enor­mous ben­e­fits both for our own health and the health of the envi­ron­ment. Urban areas are uniquely primed to allow com­muters to dras­ti­cally reduce their carbon foot­print […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 11, 2012

'Bringing water to your doorstep'

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity student-​​researchers have designed a shovel-​​ready drinking water system that has the poten­tial to pro­duce 100,000 liters of potable water per day for more than 1,100 vil­lagers in Bbanda, Uganda. […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering