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Jul 15, 2024
ChE Students Present at the ASEE 2024 Annual Conference
Under the supervision of COE Distinguished Teaching Professor Luke Landherr, two chemical engineering student papers were accepted for publication and presentation at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference on June 25, 2024, at the Oregon Convention Center.
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Jul 10, 2024
Boosting Solar Energy and Water Purification with Advanced Nanotechnology
ChE Associate Professor Allison Dennis, in collaboration with Bjoern Reinhard from Boston University, was awarded a $708,937 NSF grant for “Interfacial Excitation Transfer in Hybrid Metal/Chalcopyrite Plasmonic Nanostructures.”
Jul 08, 2024
Announcing 2024 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a July to December 2024 co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
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Jul 02, 2024
Studying Gut Bacteria
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston, in collaboration with Ahmad (Mo) Khalil from Boston University, was awarded a $900,000 NSF grant for “Synthetic Ecology of Mixed Aerobic/Anaerobic Microbial Consortia.”
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Jun 13, 2024
Combo COVID-19-Flu Shot Could Have Broad Appeal
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji says the convenience of a combined mRNA COVID-19 and flu shot, which successfully completed a late-stage trial at Moderna, could drive up the percentage of people vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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Jun 13, 2024
Prebiotics in Food Are More Certain Source of Health Benefits Than Prebiotic Sodas
While the health benefits of prebiotics in soda are debated, ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier recommends relying on the definitive evidence that food with prebiotics promote a healthy gut and can have overall health benefits.
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Jun 10, 2024
New Approaches for Blood Disease Treatments
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji’s research on “Lipid Nanoparticles Target Haematopoietic Stem Cells” was published in Nature Nanotechnology.
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Jun 03, 2024
Investigating the Link Between Gut Health and Mental Health
ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier explains the current knowns and unknowns of the connection between gut health and mental health. While the two have been proven to have a clear link between them, the underlying mechanisms that cause these connections to be made are still being researched.