Ming Wang Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering mi.wang@neu.edu 617.373.3900 Expertise construction materials, earthquake engineering, experimental mechanics, fiber reinforced composites, recycled waste materials, sensor technology for infrastructure, structural damage assessment, structural dynamics, structural health monitoring Ming Wang in the Press NBC News Why did Miami bridge collapse? More than one reason likely New bridges are designed so precisely and under such scrutiny by teams of engineers that it would be rare for an error to result in such a deadly outcome, said Ming Wang, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. Fox News Scientists developing technology to map potholes New mapping technology could predict road imperfections. The war on potholes has a new weapon If you’ve driven a car the past few weeks, you’ve hit a pothole or ten. Every year, we know they’re coming, and yet we’re still dumbfounded by their sheer number and capacity for destruction. And, we wonder, why does this go on? I mean, we have driverless cars, but every spring our roads still crumble […] CBS News New technology finds potholes before they’re a problem Nasty road craters are the bane of any driver. Now researchers in Boston are using new technology to spot potholes before they start. Pothole tech Engineers at Northeastern University are developing a truck that can automatically pinpoint the locations of potholes merely by driving down the street. CBS Boston Northeastern students hope ‘pothole van’ will help clean up commute A van uses technology to find where potholes are, and Northeastern students hope that will help the city find them and fix them sooner. Northeastern engineers go looking for potholes Most Boston-area drivers will spend the next couple of months dodging the craters left behind by our brutal winter. But a team of engineers at Northeastern University will go looking for them, in a large white van. Crammed with GPS, radar, digital cameras, and microphones, this truck is equipped to detect and record every pothole […] Is this the end of potholes? Road repairs are easier and as much as five times cheaper when problems are detected early. But sending crews to continually survey streets for damage isn’t practical, and minor cracks often grow into gaping holes before workers can get to them. A group headed by Ming Wang, a professor of environmental and civil engineering at […] Northeastern engineers have found a way to render Boston potholes extinct Potholes in Boston are an issue we all confront on a seasonal basis. Once in the throes of the harsh winter months, potholes riddle our streetscape from one corner of the city to the next. Come the spring, Public Works crews spend hours filling gaping holes in the with a fresh batch of concrete. A […] WGBH Boston Public Radio Bridge Collapse Sparks Questions Over Bridge Safety in Mass. Northeastern University civil and environmental engineering professor Ming Wang went with me to visually inspect the Charlestown Bridge, a rusty truss bridge that crosses the Charles River, connecting Charlestown to Boston’s North End. The bridge has six lanes, but two of them are blocked off and there’s a sign posted that reads “No Trucks”. Wang […] Ming Wang for Northeastern Global NewsCould a new tool for diabetes patients solve the problem of coronavirus testing?Ming L. Wang, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been perfecting a new home testing kit to monitor diabetes using saliva. Now, he’s redesigning the sensors within it to test for SARS-CoV-2. Northeastern researchers pursue engineering "Grand Challenge"Faculty across engineering and public policy disciplines are working on solutions to make the nation’s infrastructure safe and sound Bridging the safety gapWith an international reputation, national funding, patented monitoring technology, and student researchers, Northeastern professor assesses some of the world's longest bridges $9M Grant Awarded to Develop Sensing SystemsThe multi-million dollar federal research grant was awarded to Northeastern to develop new multi-sensor technology systems for cars and trucks that will allow for real-time assessment of road and bridge infrastructure.
NBC News Why did Miami bridge collapse? More than one reason likely New bridges are designed so precisely and under such scrutiny by teams of engineers that it would be rare for an error to result in such a deadly outcome, said Ming Wang, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University in Boston.
Fox News Scientists developing technology to map potholes New mapping technology could predict road imperfections.
The war on potholes has a new weapon If you’ve driven a car the past few weeks, you’ve hit a pothole or ten. Every year, we know they’re coming, and yet we’re still dumbfounded by their sheer number and capacity for destruction. And, we wonder, why does this go on? I mean, we have driverless cars, but every spring our roads still crumble […]
CBS News New technology finds potholes before they’re a problem Nasty road craters are the bane of any driver. Now researchers in Boston are using new technology to spot potholes before they start.
Pothole tech Engineers at Northeastern University are developing a truck that can automatically pinpoint the locations of potholes merely by driving down the street.
CBS Boston Northeastern students hope ‘pothole van’ will help clean up commute A van uses technology to find where potholes are, and Northeastern students hope that will help the city find them and fix them sooner.
Northeastern engineers go looking for potholes Most Boston-area drivers will spend the next couple of months dodging the craters left behind by our brutal winter. But a team of engineers at Northeastern University will go looking for them, in a large white van. Crammed with GPS, radar, digital cameras, and microphones, this truck is equipped to detect and record every pothole […]
Is this the end of potholes? Road repairs are easier and as much as five times cheaper when problems are detected early. But sending crews to continually survey streets for damage isn’t practical, and minor cracks often grow into gaping holes before workers can get to them. A group headed by Ming Wang, a professor of environmental and civil engineering at […]
Northeastern engineers have found a way to render Boston potholes extinct Potholes in Boston are an issue we all confront on a seasonal basis. Once in the throes of the harsh winter months, potholes riddle our streetscape from one corner of the city to the next. Come the spring, Public Works crews spend hours filling gaping holes in the with a fresh batch of concrete. A […]
WGBH Boston Public Radio Bridge Collapse Sparks Questions Over Bridge Safety in Mass. Northeastern University civil and environmental engineering professor Ming Wang went with me to visually inspect the Charlestown Bridge, a rusty truss bridge that crosses the Charles River, connecting Charlestown to Boston’s North End. The bridge has six lanes, but two of them are blocked off and there’s a sign posted that reads “No Trucks”. Wang […]
