News
Dec 02, 2011
Scanning for Answers
MIE sophomore Lyda Sallaway is working with ALERT and the Investing in Tomorrow’s Engineering Leaders (ITEL) program to determine what types of objects appear in an image when using backscatter X-ray technology.
Nov 30, 2011
Luzzi takes helm of Strategic Security Initiative
David E. Luzzi has assumed new responsibilities as founding executive director of Northeastern’s Strategic Security Initiative. Dr. Luzzi, who joined the university in 2007 as dean of engineering, will play a key role in advancing security-related research and collaborations to drive Northeastern’s national leadership in this critical domain.
Nov 14, 2011
Gupta: Book of the Month
MIE Professor Surendra Gupta’s book “Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach” was selected as Book of the Month by Industrial Engineer Magazine.
Nov 14, 2011
MIE Receives Best Paper
MIE Professor and Chair Hameed Metghalchi, Assistant Professor Reza Sheikhi, and PhD student Mehdi Safari received the 2010 ASME Systems Analysis Best Paper Award for their "Analysis of local entropy generation via large eddy simulation of turbulent flows".
Oct 28, 2011
Wrinkles Under Pressure
Physics World featured MIE Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri’s research that was published in the Physical Review Letters journal for his work in determining the wrinkling properties of pressurized elastic membranes under tension.
Oct 27, 2011
ASME salutes Prof. Jalili
MIE Associate Professor Nader Jalili was recognized by ASME for his exemplary service as a general chair of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.
Oct 14, 2011
Monitoring Patient Recovery
MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis is embedding dynamic sensors into medical braces that would allow doctors to monitor the progress of a patient’s physical therapy.
Oct 14, 2011
Engineering Patient Care
MIE Professor James Benneyan is working with the Boston-based Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology (CIMIT) to use system engineering methods to make healthcare safer and more efficient.