Featured in Meteorological Technology International

  Jim is featured in the April 2018 issue of Meteorological Technology International in the article “Lay of the Land,” which discusses possibilities and limitations in the prevention of debris flows. Selected excerpts are below: The other problem is that debris flows are so rare that public perception of the dangers they pose remains low, according to Northwestern University […]

Anastasia Nally in Student Spotlight

Ana is being featured in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering‘s Student Spotlight!  See for yourself by clicking the link below: http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/civil-environmental/news/articles/2018/student-spotlight-anastasia-nally.html Ana just started her third quarter, and is starting to pile into her research, having submitted her first conference abstract for Geo-Congress 2019 on April 4.  If you are a geo-person, maybe […]

Old News #3: NU Career Day for Girls

We had a blast at the annual Career Day for Girls at Northwestern University on February 24.  We ran three different thirty-minute demonstrations to groups of students, each with with around 10 girls ranging from middle school to high school.  Here is what the girls signed up for: Explore the world beneath your feet in the […]

Old News #1: Best Paper Award and Plenary Lecture, iYCEC6 and 19th ICSMGE, Seoul, Korea

Here is one from the archives–one that belongs in our archives! http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/civil-environmental/news/articles/2016/hambleton-best-paper.html Here are the details for the paper, which is also listed among Publications and in our Research profile: Hambleton, J.P. (2017). Earthmoving through the lens of geotechnical engineering. Proc. 6th International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (iYGEC6), Seoul, Korea, Sept. 17-22, (iYGEC6 Best Paper Award). engrXiv:10.17605/OSF.IO/6JCD7