News
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 […]
Mar 28, 2014
Excellence in Research
ChE Professor Laura Lewis is a recipient of the Northeastern Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award which honors outstanding research of national and international significance. Dr. Lewis’ research focuses […]
Mar 20, 2014
Congratulations to recipients of the FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants
19 COE faculty were recipients of FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects representing over $500K dollars of investment in research.
Mar 19, 2014
Record Breaking Increase
The Chemical Engineering department had the LARGEST 2-year jump that US News & World Report has ever had in the history of rankings of graduate engineering programs! Under Dean Nadine […]
Mar 03, 2014
Multipurpose Nanocrystals
ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster was featured in the Boston Herald for his use of nanocrystals to fix everything from potholes to cancer cells.
Feb 14, 2014
Take 5: Questions of the heart
From studying the physics of a heartbeat to designing new cardiac disease detection methods, these five researchers have the heart on the brain. 1. Drop a beat To Thomas Webster, professor and […]
Feb 13, 2014
Rebecca Carrier advances drug delivery
Rebecca Carrier, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Scientists and doctors have long known that food digestion affects the way the body absorbs not just nutrients, but also drugs. Fat molecules, […]
Feb 12, 2014
West Awarded DNI Grant
ChE Assistant Professor Richard West was awarded an $100K Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant from the American Chemical Society. Dr. West/s main research focuses are catalysis, modeling and simlulation.