Mishac K. Yegian

Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE

College of Engineering Distinguished Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Northeastern University

Boston, MA 02115

Recent News

The Way the Gingerbread Crumbles

The Way the Gingerbread Crumbles

ASCE students watched as CEE Professor Mishac Yegian put their gingerbread houses on the earthquake simulator during the annual Struc­turally Stable Gin­ger­bread House Com­pe­ti­tion.

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Research Team Receives ASCE Award

Research Team Receives ASCE Award

A group consisting of Ece Eseller-Bayat, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Mishac K. Yegian, P.E., F.ASCE; Akram Alshawabkeh, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE; and Seda Gokyer, S.M.ASCE have received the 2014 ASCE Thomas A....

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Gingerbread Houses Get a Fair Shake

Gingerbread Houses Get a Fair Shake

Civil engineering seniors Sarah Casey (third from left) and Kathleen Keen (second from right) watch along with other students as gingerbread houses are tested on an earthquake-simulating shake table...

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Gingerbread Houses Get a Shaky Reception

Gingerbread Houses Get a Shaky Reception

M&Ms shot across the room, candy canes tumbled over and mini marshmallows exploded into the air like popcorn kernels on a hot stovetop. No, this wasn’t a failed attempt at making a commercial...

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Quake Reading

Quake Reading

Distinguished Professor of Engineering Mishac Yegian points out the seismograph reading measured from Northeastern’s recording station in Weston, Mass., of the earthquake that took place Tuesday evening in Maine.

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Better Partnerships for a Better Society

Better Partnerships for a Better Society

Some of the nation’s top researchers gathered at Northeastern University this week for the National Science Foundation’s annual Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, which is being hosted by the College of Engineering.

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Induced Partial Saturation Being Field Tested

Induced Partial Saturation Being Field Tested

CEE Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were featured in ASCE Civil Engineering magazine for their upcoming field tests using Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to prevent soil liquefaction during earthquakes.

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Shaking in a Winter Wonderland

Shaking in a Winter Wonderland

Modern buildings are designed to withstand the forces of earthquakes. But what about gingerbread houses? That’s what a group of engineering students sought to discover on Wednesday, as they put...

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Preventing Ground Failure Due to Earthquakes

Preventing Ground Failure Due to Earthquakes

Professors Mishac Yegian and Akram Alshawabkeh were awarded a $1.2M NSF grant from the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) to use Induced Partial Saturation (IPS) to try and prevent ground liquefaction from occurring under structures during earthquakes.

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Professor Yegian Protects Artwork

Professor Yegian Protects Artwork

Prof. Mishac Yegian of Northeastern University in collaboration with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has conducted research on evaluation of a mechanical isolator to protect four MFA sculptures against earthquakes in Nagoya Japan.

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Historical Brooklyn Bridge Built to Last

Historical Brooklyn Bridge Built to Last

Northeastern civil and environmental engineering professor Mishac Yegian recently completed a comprehensive seismic evaluation of the Brooklyn Bridge. The grand dame of bridges, he found, is made of sturdy stuff.

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