Spotlight Stories
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 […]
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, […]
Aug 01, 2014
Civil Alumni Becomes International VP of ITE
Congratulations to John Kennedy, BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering 1972, and Senior Principal and co-founder of VHB, who was recently elected as the 2014 International Vice President of the Institute […]
Jul 29, 2014
Humanitarian Projects in Civil Engineering
Ann Polaneczky, BS, Civil Engineering, 2011—“When you’re working in a developing country, you have to approach things completely differently,” said 2011 civil engineering graduate Ann Polaneczky, a project engineer for […]
Jul 25, 2014
Discovering the Creative Side of Engineering
Chris Nasif, BS, Civil Engineering, 2012—On co-op with an engineering firm in Paris, Northeastern University student Chris Nasif was asked by his manager to write a 10,000-word dissertation on designing earthquake-resistant […]
Jul 22, 2014
Crossing Borders
Gina Palino, BS, Civil Engineering 2013, whose peers laud her for her intense motivation to help less fortunate people around the world, served as Uganda program director of Northeastern’s chapter […]