Accomplished Scholars
- College of Engineering Professor Albert Sacco’s research in the chemical engineering department at Northeastern focuses on synthesis and use of advanced materials and on integrating biological and physical systems. In addition, Professor Sacco is developing a new method of photocatalysis to help destroy harmful bacteria and funguses in the production of foods.
- Robert D. Black Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Michael Silevitch is the director of the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS), a multi-university National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center founded in 2000. It’s mission is to develop new technologies to detect hidden objects – and to use those technologies to meet real-world subsurface challenges in areas such as noninvasive breast cancer detection and underground pollution assessment. Professor Silevitch is also an authority on space physics and his keen interest in problem solving is reflected in his teaching of microprocessor-based design and electromagnetic theory and applications.
- College of Engineering Professor Constantinos Mavroidis has recently had his research on bionanotechnology featured in the New York Times. He has also received the National Science Foundation's (NSF) prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award. Grants from the NSF and from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts support his research, which involves bionanorobotics - harnessing the properties of biological materials, such as DNA and proteins, to build molecule-size machines.