civil and environmental engineering
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Influence of Young Scholars Program reverberates through time
As a rising high school senior, assistant professor Matthew Eckelman, spent a summer at Northeastern simulating earthquakes on a shaker table to evaluate the stability…
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Probing for pollution at Mission 31
When Northeastern assistant professor Loretta Fernandez was a kid, she “wanted to be Jacques Cousteau” (her words, her emphasis). She wanted to live…
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Hey, bacteria are individuals too
Advances in observational technologies show that populations of bacterial cells are as diverse as any other species, but analytical tools have yet to evolve to…
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3Qs: The current state of climate change science
Auroop Ganguly, an associate professor and extreme weather expert, discusses the newest report on climate change, which found that humans are almost certainly to blame…
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The Super Bowl of civil engineering
For many civil engineers, the annual steel bridge competition might as well be the Super Bowl. It’s a big deal — university teams all over…
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Metallic personalities
Image via Thinkstock. Civil and environmental engineering professor Philip Larese-Casanova has had a life-long love affair with metals. In his work…
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Design for deconstruction: building with sustainability in mind
Jerry Hajjar, chair and professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a new NSF grant to further his research in the…
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The environmental impact of anesthetic gases
Civil and environmental engineering professor Matthew Eckelman delivered the results of an anesthetic-drug life-cycle assessment to the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology last…
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Redesigning Boston’s North End
Civil engineering students created an innovative solution for limiting the neighborhood’s traffic problems and pedestrian congestion.
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3Qs: Earthquake not surprising, but tough to predict
Professor Jerome Hajjar, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, assesses yesterday’s earthquake and how buildings in older cities, such as Boston, are…
