News
Mar 29, 2013
Students found biomedical engineering group
Early in her academic career as a mechanical engineering student, Sienna Magee was sitting around a campfire talking with another member of the Outing Club about her interest in biomedical engineering. “I came to Northeastern in spite of the fact that there’s no major,” she said. This conversation sparked a cascade of connections that ultimately led Magee to several students across colleges who shared her interest. […]
Mar 26, 2013
Co-op student charts new course at computer giant
As computing giant IBM has grown, it has expanded dramatically in places around the globe. But in countries like the Philippines, the company grew so quickly that some of its key corporate documents, like charts that track the structure and responsibilities of each of its employees, were never updated to match the new normal. But last year that […]
Mar 19, 2013
Grad Wins Peebles Award
Jiayi Shi, a MIE PhD graduate student, won the Peebles Student Award runner-up at the Adhesion Society Annual Meeting in Daytona Beach held on March 3-6, 2013. Her oral presentation of her paper entitled “Adhesion-Detachment Mechanics of Thin Shells” was awarded the prestigious award with partial travel support and a check of US$500. She has been working under the supervision of Associate Professor […]
Feb 19, 2013
Congratulations Craig Schmidt
Craig Schmidt, ME’16, was awarded the 2013 Kelly Future Engineers Scholarship for his commitment toward a career in engineering, his academic performance, and an outstanding essay. Kelly founded the temporary staffing industry in 1946, and has maintained a leadership position through the years based on a valuable premise: investing in people. Today that focus benefits customers wherever […]
Feb 11, 2013
Cleaning Up Nanoparticles
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri was featured in Industry Week for “Taming the Nanotech Risks” which looks at simple methods to clean up after a nanoparticle spill. IndustryWeek brings together manufacturing business leaders to explore the issues, strategies, trends and technologies that help them build more competitive and profitable companies.
Feb 11, 2013
Congratulations Kendall Sanderson
Kendall Sanderson, a senior Industrial Engineering student was selected to receive Northeastern’s 2013 Outstanding Co-op Education award for his work in the healthcare profession. In 1971, the University established the Cooperative Education Awards to spotlight outstanding seniors in the co-op program. Selected from all undergraduate colleges by co-op faculty coordinators, the recipients are honored at an annual […]
Jan 29, 2013
Busnaina Awarded Patent
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for designing a “3D Nanoscale Circuit Interconnect & Method of Assembly by Dielectrophoresis”. Professor Busnaina has obtained numerous awards and honors in his time in the industry, as well as being a widely published author. He also occupies a position of leadership at the […]
Jan 28, 2013
Stronger than Kevlar, light as a tee-shirt, and cheap all over
Forty years ago, Dupont Company revolutionized protective gear when they introduced Kevlar, a fiber made of super-strong, rigid polymer molecules belonging to a small class called aramids. Since then, improvements to strong textile fibers have been incremental. That’s because most flexible polymers are inherently flimsy. When you look at their micro-structures it’s easy to see […]