Mishac Yegian

"Build not to fail" is a lesson all civil engineers are taught. But failure was the only option at the annual student-run gingerbread house competition and oh was it sweet fun!

Engineering students competed Wednesday in the second annual gingerbread house competition, in which the structural integrity of their candy-covered creations was put to the test using the university’s earthquake simulator.

The annual Engineering Research and Innovation Conference comes to a close today after several partnership-focused events.

Engineering students built gingerbread houses and then quickly destroyed them by subjecting the tasty structures to earthquake forces in a Northeastern lab on Wednesday.

Engineering professors earn NSF grant to advance research to mitigate building damage during earthquakes by shoring up the surrounding soil.

Famous span could withstand a 6.5 earthquake, finds civil/environmental engineering expert Mishac Yegian