RET Projects Directory

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RET 2008 Research Assignments

Geo-environmental Engineering
Principal Investigator:	Akram N. Alshawabkeh Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Susan Agger
	Christopher Ashley

Evaluating the Effect of Polymer Substrate Type on the Transfer of CNTs
Principal Investigator:	Carol Barry and Joey Mead Professors Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell
RET Teachers:	Mark Lawrence
	Raphael Matty

Phosphorus Speciation in Treated Waste Water
Principal Investigator:	April Gu Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Katelyn Carrette

Effects of crack (Damage) patterns of the vibration and Mechanical properties of components
Principal Investigator:	Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Michael Maloney
	Santino Carnevale

To Be Determined
Principal Investigator:	Pam Mabrouk Professor Chemistry and Chemical Biology Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Orland Fernandes
Nanomaterials: Fabrication and Device Applications
Principal Investigator:	Latika Menon Assistant Professor Professor Physics Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Carlos Coral-Gomez
	Farzaneh Najmabadi

Toxicity Evaluation of Novel Neural Implant Coatings
Principal Investigator:	Shashi K. Murthy Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Rocco Cieri
	Jill Krajewski

Magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic film materials and micro-devices
Principal Investigator:	Nian Sun Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Mary Espanol
	Annapurna Vakati

RET 2007 Research Assignments

Development of a Rapid Soil Characterization System
Principal Investigator:	Akram N. Alshawabkeh Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Susan Agger	Team Poster
	Jessica Quinn

Transfer of Patterned Polymer to a Flexible Substrate
Principal Investigator:	Carol Barry Professor Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell
RET Teachers:	Ryan Hoffman	Team Poster
	Mark Lawrence

Three Dimensional Carbon Nanotube-Based Thermal Sensors
Principal Investigator:	Mehmet R. Dokmeci Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Pakamas Tongcharoensirikul
	Erica Wilson

Effect of Impact on Mechanical Properties of Metal Matrix composites
Principal Investigator:	Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Mike Maloney	Team Poster
	Carrie-Anne Sherwood

Toxicity Evaluation of Novel Neural Implant Coatings
Principal Investigator:	Shashi K. Murthy Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Rocco Cieri	Team Poster
	Kristina Unger

Novel magnetoelectric materials and devices
Principal Investigator:	Nian Sun Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Matt Costa	Team Poster
	Matt Corcoran

RET 2006 Research Assignments

Developing a Nanoparticle-Based Antimicrobial
Principal Investigator:	Kim Lewis Professor Biology
RET Teachers:

Effects of various form of defects on the mechanical properties of the Honey Comb Structures
Principal Investigator:	Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:

Injection Molding Structures
Principal Investigator:	Carol Barry Professor Plastics Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell
RET Teachers:

Assembly and transfer of nanoelements for nanomanufacturing
Principal Investigator:	Nicol McGruer Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
RET Teachers:

Tools for understanding the design of object-oriented programs

Principal Investigator:

Viera K. Proulx
Professor
College of Computer Science

RET Teachers:

Clean up of contaminated soils by bio-electrochemical techniques

Principal Investigator:

Akram N. Alshawabkeh
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering

RET Teachers:

Toxicity Evaluation of Novel Neural Implant Coatings
Principal Investigator:	Shashi K. Murthy Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering
RET Teachers:

Center for Microwave Magnetic Materials and Integrated Circuits
Principal Investigator:	Nian Sun Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
RET Teachers:

RET 2005 Research Assignments

Acoustic Resonant Cavity Hyperspectral Imaging
Principal Investigator:	Michael Ruane Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Boston University
RET Teachers:	Michael Doherty Matthew Corcoran

Clean up of contaminated soils by electokinetic techniques
Principal Investigator:	Akram Alshawabkeh Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Paul Damiani Janette Noss

Nondestructive evaluation of welded and brazed aluminum joints
Principal Investigator:	Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Jan Mattimoe Elizabeth Mtembo

Hydrogen furnace preparation of SiC for oxide film growth
Principal Investigator:	Katherine S. Ziemer Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering
RET Teacher:	Dennis Walsh

Production of pharmaceutical compounds from plant cell cultures

Principal Investigator:

Carolyn Lee-Parsons
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering

RET Teacher:

Johanna Rodrigues

Nanolithography - Fabrication and Characterization

Principal Investigator:

Nicol McGruer
Deputy Director
Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University

RET Teachers:

Benadette Manning
Erica Wilson

Electron spin resonance spin-labeling studies of protein dynamics

Principal Investigator:

David Budil
Associate Professor
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Northeastern University

RET Teacher:

David Cunningham

Injection Molding Structures

Principal Investigator:

Carol Barry
Associate Professor
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
University of Massachusetts Lowell

RET Teacher:

Jim Megyesy
Gayle Roach

RET 2004 Research Assignments


Principal Investigator:	Phyllis R. Strauss Matthews Distinguished Professor Biology Department Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Julie Bard and Azizeh Nuriddin


Principal Investigator:	Michael Ruane Associate Professor Eletrical and Computer Engineering Boston University
RET Teachers:	Alexander Luis and Claudino Veiga


Principal Investigators:	James Wang Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Northeastern University Norman Chiu Assistant Professor Chemistry and Chemical Biology Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Winnifred "Winnie" Eke


Principal Investigator:	Constantinos Mavroidis Associate Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Geetika Diddee and Jesse Southwick
Project URL:	http://robots.rutgers.edu


Principal Investigator:	Hamid Nayeb-Hashemi Professor Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Mark Casto and Alex Wan
Project URL:


Principal Investigator:	Ira S. Krull Associate Professor Department of Chemistry College of Arts & Sciences Northeastern University
RET Teachers:	Mark Healey

RET 2003 Projects

Barr, Sharp, Williams


Principal Investigator:	Ron Willey
RET Teachers:	David Barr Lara Sharp Eugenie Williams


Principal Investigator:	Ira S. Krull
RET Teachers:	Leslie Prall

Prall


Principal Investigator:	Akram N. Alshawabkeh
RET Teachers:	Mark Casto Jan Mattimoe

Casto, Mattimoe
Casto


Principal Investigator:	Hameed Metghalchi
RET Teachers:	Daniel Henderson


Principal Investigator:	Michael Ruane
RET Teachers:	Emily Driscoll Paul Muller

Muller


Principal Investigator:	Charles A. DiMarzio
RET Teachers:	Margaret Hart Sandra Nystrom Claudino Veiga

Hart, Nystrom
Veiga


Principal Investigator:	Mary Jo Ondrechen
RET Teachers:	Tanya Augustine

Augustine

RET 2002 Projects


Principal Investigator:	Carey M. Rappaport
RET Teachers:	Rachel Bonkovsky Ankie Meuwissen

Bonkovsky
Meuwissen


Principal Investigator:	Charles A. DiMarzio
RET Teachers:	John Healey Kate Hester

Healey


Principal Investigator:	Carol M. Warner
RET Teachers: