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Jan 01, 2011
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anand Asthagiri
Associate ProfessorThe Department of Chemical Engineering welcomed Dr. Anand Asthagiri in January 2011 as an associate professor. Dr. Asthagiri was attracted to Northeastern's plans for dynamic growth, the collegiality of the faculty and students and faculty scientific interaction. He believes that the work being done at Northeastern, from the students up to the administration, has […]
Dec 23, 2010
Congratulations Katherine Ziemer
Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Katherine Ziemer has been elected to serve as a member of the AIChE Board of Directors for the next 3 years.
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Dec 08, 2010
Redeveloping the Magnet
ChE Chair Laura Lewis is leading a group developing environmentally friendly magnets that do not rely on the rare earth elements (REEs) that are currently required to create supermagnets for clean energy products.
Nov 18, 2010
Congratulations Sheba Goklany
Sheba Goklany, a PhD student in Chemical Engineering, is an award recipient of the International Student Poster Competition hosted by the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Nov 12, 2010
Congratulations AIChE ChemECar Team
At the recent national AIChE meeting, the NU ChemECar Team took 1st Place in the Poster Competition, won 6th Place in the race, AND received an Outstanding AIChE Chapter recognition.
Sep 28, 2010
How Food Affects Drug Delivery
ChE Assistant Professor Rebecca Carrier was featured in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News to explain her computational models of how foods interact with medications.
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Sep 22, 2010
CHN Partners with NIOSH
The Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) has signed an agreement with NIOSH to advance research and guidance for occupational safety and health in nanotechnology.
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Sep 14, 2010
Podlaha Awarded $300K NSF Grant
ChE Associate Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy has received a $300K NSF Grant to study the electrochemical codeposition of molybdenum and tungsten alloys to catalyze electrolytic hydrogen production.