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Oct 12, 2012
Jung featured in Nano Letters
MIE Associate Professor Yung Joon Jung’s research on creating a high power supercapacitor using CNT-CNC 3-D hybrid nanostructures was featured in the Nano Letters journal. Nano Letters reports on fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, providing rapid disclosure of the key elements of a study, publishing preliminary, experimental, and theoretical […]
Sep 28, 2012
Slow Economy Employment
MIE Coop Coordinators Karen Kelley & Lorraine Mountain were awarded “Best Presentation” at the 2012 National CIEC conference. They will receive this award at the next National CIEC in Arizona in early 2013. View the full press release here. The ASEE Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration is organized by College-Industry Partnership Division (CIPD), Continuing […]
Sep 28, 2012
Congratulations Craig Schmidt
Craig Schmidt, ME’16, has been selected as a 2012/13 PES Scholarship Plus recipient which supports students interested in pursuing a career in the power and energy industry. Power and energy engineers work with some of today's most exciting technologies, developing solutions to problems that affect our lives and lifestyles. The PES Scholarship Plus Initiative provides […]
Sep 26, 2012
Wan & Muftu Receive $185K Grant
MIE associate professor Kai-tak Wan and professor Sinan Muftu have been awarded an $185K NSF grant to study Mechano-Lipidomics and Mechano-Cytosis of Drug Delivery Liposomes. The research goal of this proposal is to build a comprehensive model of mechano-lipidomics and mechanocytosis by designing careful experiments and constructing solid-mechanics based models that are consistent with the […]
Sep 10, 2012
Ruberti Gets $1.1M Grant
MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a 3-year $1.1M grant from the National Eye Institute to determine the “Mechanobiology of Matrix Production by Corneal Fibroblasts”. As part of the federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute's mission is to "conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs […]
Sep 10, 2012
Serving — on the court and in the classroom
Beverly Kristenson Jaeger, a faculty member and certified tennis official, channels her inner filmmaker in recalling her most memorable moments as a chair umpire and line judge. “It’s like a movie montage,” says Jaeger, who chaired 10 matches for the US Open in New York City, the men’s final for which is set for this afternoon. Some of […]
Aug 27, 2012
Water Powered Energy
The Ocean Renewable Power Company is using the designs for the Helical Turbine invented by MIE Professor Emeritus Alexander Gorlov to create a giant tidal powered turbine generator in Maine. Gorlov's Helical Turbine represents an alternative approach to hydroelectric power. The turbine harnesses the kinetic energy of moving water. Instead of relying on dams, Gorlov's […]
Aug 27, 2012
Promoting Engineering Education
MIE Assistant Professor Andrew Gouldstone and ECE Associate Professor Waleed Meleis were invited to represent Northeastern at the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium. The 2012 Japan-American Frontiers of Engineering was held October 29-31, 2012, at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, California. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from […]