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Ming Wang All Experts

Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expertise
  • construction materials
  • earthquake engineering
  • experimental mechanics
  • fiber reinforced composites
  • recycled waste materials
  • sensor technology for infrastructure
  • structural damage assessment
  • structural dynamics
  • structural health monitoring
Contact
mi.wang@neu.edu
617.373.3900

Ming Wang In the Media

  • NBC News

    Why did Miami bridge collapse? More than one reason likely

  • Fox News

    Scientists developing technology to map potholes

  • Smithsonian Magazine

    The war on potholes has a new weapon

  • CBS News

    New technology finds potholes before they’re a problem

  • Boston Globe

    Pothole tech

  • CBS Boston

    Northeastern students hope ‘pothole van’ will help clean up commute

  • Boston Globe

    Northeastern engineers go looking for potholes

  • Fast Company

    Is this the end of potholes?

  • BostInno

    Northeastern engineers have found a way to render Boston potholes extinct

  • WGBH Boston Public Radio

    Bridge Collapse Sparks Questions Over Bridge Safety in Mass.

Ming Wang for Northeastern

  • Ming Wang, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern, developed a testing device to monitor glucose levels using rapid saliva samples. The device, he says, can be tweaked to test for COVID-19. Photo illustration by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

    Could a new tool for diabetes patients solve the problem of coronavirus testing?


    Ming L. Wang, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been perfecting a new home testing kit to monitor diabetes using saliva. Now, he’s redesigning the sensors within it to test for SARS-CoV-2.

    • by Roberto Molar Candanosa   May 1, 2020
  • Bridging the safety gap


    With an international reputation, national funding, patented monitoring technology, and student researchers, Northeastern professor assesses some of the world's longest bridges

    • by News@Northeastern   September 22, 2009

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