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Jul 28, 2014

Nanoscale Cover Feature

ChE professor Hicham Fenniri’s research on “Chiromers: conformation-driven mirror-image supramolecular chirality isomerism identified in a new class of helical rosette nanotubes” was featured on the cover Nanoscale.

Chemical Engineering

Jun 11, 2014

#howmatters: ingredients for cancer drug delivery

Last week, Chobani Yogurt came out with a new ad cam­paign intended to pro­mote its “all-​​natural” ingre­di­ents list. A series of witty mes­sages revealed them­selves each time a hungry yogurt […]

Chemical Engineering

Jun 09, 2014

Professor to lead U.S. biomaterials research society

Thomas Web­ster, pro­fessor and chair of Northeastern’s Depart­ment of Chem­ical Engi­neering, has been named pres­i­dent of the U.S. Society for Bio­ma­te­rials. The 3,000-plus-member orga­ni­za­tion is the nation’s leading mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary society of aca­d­emic, […]

Chemical Engineering

May 23, 2014

Dissertation Fellowship Winner

Chemical Engineering PhD student Noreen Rizvi was awarded an American Association of University Women’s American Dissertation Fellowship. Rizvi is part of Northeastern Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons' research group. She will be supported […]

Chemical Engineering

May 23, 2014

Goluch Wins $770K Grant

Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Edgar Goluch was awarded a $770K grant by the National Science Foundation to create a Nano-Constriction Device to automatically isolate and cultivate microbes in their own habitat.  With […]

Chemical Engineering

May 19, 2014

A New Type of Magnet

Chemical Engineering Professor Laura Lewis’s research into creating new supermagnets to replace rare-earth magnets was featured by the Boston Globe.  Lewis uses modern equipment to synthesise magnets that have the same […]

Chemical Engineering

May 13, 2014

An eye toward better treatment

Every two months, North­eastern bio­engi­neering grad­uate stu­dent David Walsh’s 91-​​year-​​old grand­mother goes to the doctor to receive a drug injec­tion into her eyes. She has wet age-​​related mac­ular degen­er­a­tion. There is no cure, only […]

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering

Apr 09, 2014

Webster Elected President of Society for Biomaterials

ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster was elected to be the 2015-16 President for the Society for Biomaterials, serving as President-elect for 2014-2015. The Society for Biomaterials is the largest world-wide society […]

Chemical Engineering