Last Updated: November 17, 2009 ___________________________________________ Q & A with Carey Rappaport - Professor Rappaport talks of his work involving Gordon-CenSSIS, ALERT and VOTERS in an interview for Northeastern News. Read full interview...____________________________________________ Prof. Purnima Ratilal's research featured in Science Magazine - Dr. Ratilal, an NU Gordon-CenSSIS Researcher, along with collaborators from MIT and other institutions, "...have observed—for the first time—the origin of a mass gathering and the subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals. Utilizing a new imaging technology invented by the researchers, they were able to instantaneously image and continuously monitor entire shoals of fish containing hundreds of millions of individuals stretching for tens of kilometers off Georges Bank near Boston" (news@NU, 3/26/2009).Read the article in Science. _________________________________________ Northeastern Wins Multi-million Dollar Grant to Develop Critical Infrastructure Sensing Technology - Northeastern University has been awarded a $9 million federal research grant to develop new multi-sensor technology systems for cars and trucks that will allow for real-time assessment of road and bridge infrastructure across the country. Northeastern will lead the five-year VOTERS (Versatile Onboard Traffic Embedded Roaming Sensors) project along with a range of government, industry, and academic partners. Read NU article

TRANSLATING ADVANCED RESEARCH INTO THE TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW
The Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems is a multi-university National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (NSF-ERC) founded in 2000. Its mission is to develop new technologies to detect hidden objects—and to use those technologies to meet realworld subsurface challenges in areas as diverse as noninvasive breast cancer detection and underground pollution assessment. The center’s multidisciplinary approach combines expertise in wave physics (photonics, ultrasonics, electromagnetics), multisensor fusion, image processing, and 3D CAT-scan-like reconstruction and visualization. The Gordon Center operates with the speed and agility more typical of a results-driven private company than of an academic institution, consistent with the needs of its industrial and government partners. With its commitment to leveraging technology transfer to spur economic development, the Gordon Center is intended to be a national model for the fusion of academic research and private-sector collaboration.

The Gordon Foundation has provided a gift to sustain the NSF-ERC and create a new educational initiative: the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. The program will train graduates, called Gordon Fellows, who will constitute a cadre of technology drivers adept at envisioning new engineering products and skilled at leading multidisciplinary teams to bring their ideas to market.

A National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center