Michael Silevitch Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering msilevit@ece.neu.edu 617.373.3033 Expertise electron devices, plasma theory, upper-atmospheric phenomena Michael Silevitch in the Press World Cup Crowds Could Be Targeted. This Team Worked to Keep Them Safe. NY Times’ “Lost Science” series profiles Michael Silevitch, who leads SENTRY, a research center dedicated to protecting busy public spaces, and last April was instructed to “end all work” immediately. Boston Herald Device measures how well skin creams work A team of Northeastern University researchers is working to develop a new device to measure the effectiveness of pricey skin-lightening products and ultimately help detect skin cancer. Fox News After 9/11: Ten Years of Tech Made Airports Safer, Experts Say By hijacking planes from U.S. airports on Sept. 11, 2001, and flying them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, terrorists killed thousands of innocent people and first responders and revealed an ugly truth: Our airports were not safe. Michael Silevitch for Northeastern Global NewsHow do World Cup crowds get synchronized so quickly? Researchers explain by Katya Poltorak July 7, 2026 Gordon Engineering Leadership Program earns national recognition by Casey Bayer January 14, 2015 A VAST solution for airport security by Angela Herring February 24, 2014 Innovation that gets into the skin by Greg St. Martin October 18, 2011 3Qs: Homeland security, 10 years after 9/11 by Greg St. Martin September 8, 2011 Faculty Reads, Volume One by Kara Shemin August 8, 2011 Research heads meet in D.C. with homeland security cabinet secretary by Greg St. Martin April 1, 2011 Partnership the key to bringing research to reality by News@Northeastern - Contributor October 25, 2010 Q&A: Leading an in-depth effort to prevent terrorism by News@Northeastern - Contributor January 27, 2010 Subsurface science solving real-world problems by News@Northeastern - Contributor August 4, 2009
