News
Oct 01, 2024
Patent for Color-Sensing Technology
ChE Affiliated Faculty Swastik Kar and ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas were awarded a patent for “Device and method for color indentification.”
Sep 27, 2024
A Microbial Solution for a Sustainable Future
ChE Assistant Professor Ben Woolston is using engineered microbes to convert carbon dioxide into valuable products like fuels and chemicals, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional petrochemical and corn-based production methods.
Sep 27, 2024
Researching Mucus To Understand Drug Delivery Effectiveness
At the 2024 Society for Biomaterials Northeast Symposium, ChE Distinguished Professor Rebecca Carrier explained how her research examines mucus through multiple particle tracking to understand what drug delivery systems can permeate the mucosal barrier.
Sep 25, 2024
Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several COE, COS, and Khoury students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the Fall 2024 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Sep 12, 2024
Investigating the Gut-Brain Axis in Patients With Sjögren’s Syndrome
ChE Associate Professor Abigail Koppes received a 2024 Sjögren’s Foundation Pilot Research Grant for “Parsing Dysautonomia in a Dish: Neural Exposure to Exogenous Sjögren’s Patient Derived Serum.” She is developing an organ-on-a-chip to controllably study and disrupt the nervous system in the gut-brain axis environment of Sjögren’s patients typically inaccessible in vivo.
Sep 11, 2024
Pioneering Innovative Treatments for GI Diseases
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji is developing innovative oral nucleic acid delivery systems to revolutionize treatment for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases that aim to deliver genetic medicines directly to the affected areas within the GI tract.
Sep 10, 2024
Building a Better Way to Measure Microparticle Elasticity
Chemical engineering students Sabrina Maroto, PhD’25, and Avi Patel, E’24, working is Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi’s Lab are collaborating to develop a novel device for continuously measuring the elastic properties […]
Sep 04, 2024
New Modeling for Intestinal Health
Research conducted by Kyla Kaiser, PhD’24, chemical engineering, Jessica Snyder, PhD’23, bioengineering, ChE Associate Professors Ryan Koppes, and Abigail Koppes on “A Pumpless, High-Throughput Microphysiological System To Mimic Enteric Innervation of Duodenal Epithelium and the Impact on Barrier Function” was published in Advanced Functional Materials.