civil engineering

Here’s what Boston looked like after a deadly wave of molasses swallowed the North End

Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood, which killed 21 people in Boston’s North End when a storage tank ruptured and…

by Gregory Grinnell and Jason Kornwitz January 15, 2019

A new Boston landmark arises

The largest piece of the Northeastern University Pedestrian Crossing was put in place Sunday, a key component of the university’s vision to join the Boston…

by Laura Castañón October 14, 2018

Take the quake

Which gingerbread houses will stand up to to the quake? Civil engineering students find out in this annual event. Video by Benjamin Bertsch and Adam…

by Molly Callahan December 8, 2017

Have your quake and eat it, too

by News@Northeastern December 9, 2016

Researchers work to ‘predict’ the future of transit

Through work with London’s transit system, professor Haris Koutsopoulos and a doctoral student are developing real-time predictive models to forecast the ebbs and flows of…

by Greg St. Martin August 24, 2016

Miniature flying robots automatically inspect, analyze, and assess damage to infrastructure

Northeastern’s Jerome Hajjar and colleagues are developing a sophisticated system that uses autonomous small flying robots coupled with 3-D imaging and state-of-the art planning, modeling,…

by Thea Singer July 1, 2016

Northeastern senior wins award as national engineering Co-op Student of the Year

Kelly O’Connell, E’16, came to college with interests in environmental issues and climate change. Today she credits Northeastern’s co-op program, backed by rigorous engineering courses,…

by Thea Singer February 4, 2016

And the gingerbread houses came crumbling down

"Build not to fail" is a lesson all civil engineers are taught. But failure was the only option at the annual student-run gingerbread house competition…

by Joe O'Connell December 4, 2014

Take 5: How to build a concrete canoe

It took 5,000 man-hours for a team of 30 Northeastern students to build the 245-pound craft, which will be judged in a regional competition later…

by Jason Kornwitz April 10, 2014

Engineering solutions for developing nations

As a project engineer for Partners in Health, alumna Ann Polaneczky played a key role in constructing a cutting-edge hospital in Haiti.

by Matt Collette January 14, 2013