The Technical University of Denmark will be hosting a Doctoral course on electrokinetics in civil and environmental engineering November 5-9, 2012 in Lyngby, Denmark. The course has been organized by Lisbeth Ottosen and Pernille Jensen of the Technical University of Denmark and Marta Castellote of the Institute of Construction Science Eduardo Torroja, Spain. PROTECT PI …
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Alshawabkeh work profiled in NIEHS SRP Research Brief
Akram Alshawabkeh and his PROTECT Project 5 team recently saw their work in novel methods for groundwater decontamination published by the Superfund Research Program as part of its Research Briefs series. The Research Brief, published in July, highlights a recent paper by the Project 5 team which developed a method to remediate TCE. Read the …
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Changes to Alshawabkeh Lab Team
Alshawabkeh Lab Postdocs Dr. Chris Butscher and Dr. Xuhui Mao have both recently secured professorships in their respective home countries of Germany and China. Dr. Butscher will be at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Dr. Mao is at Wuhan University. Congratulations!! Visiting Scholar Kitae Baek also recently returned to his home country of Korea. Learn …
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Postdoctoral Position Available for Fall 2012
Please visit http://www.northeastern.edu/protect/related-job-opportunities/ for more information on the position and how to apply.
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Alshawabkeh elected ASCE Fellow
Prof. Akram Alshawabkeh has been appointed as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the profession.
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Songhu Yuan joins Alshawabkeh Team
Dr. Songhu Yuan from State Key Lab of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, China has recently joined the Alshawabkeh research team as a visiting assistant professor for one year. Dr. Yuan’s expertise is in electrochemical remediation of wastewaters, soils and groundwaters, zerovalent iron remediation and adsorption/desorption. During his time …
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Preventing Ground Failure Due to Earthquakes
Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were awarded a $1.2M NSF grant from the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) to use Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to try and prevent ground liquefaction from occurring under structures during earthquakes. The goals of this research are to conduct fundamental research exploring the feasibility of inducing partial …
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Alshawabkeh appointed George A. Snell Professor of Engineering
In recognition of his scholarship, technical and professional leadership, teaching, university citizenship, positive example, and strong contribution to the reputation, impact,and success of the College and University, Professor Akram N. Alshawabkeh has been appointed as the George A. Snell Professor of Engineering. Read the full appointment letter here.
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