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Oct 17, 2013

Northeastern startup named finalist in global competition

On their first day of grad­uate school at North­eastern, Sean Kevlahan told Adam Hatch of his ambi­tious vision: Hatch would invent some­thing amazing, and Kevlahan would help him sell it. […]

Chemical Engineering

Sep 25, 2013

The ultimate molecular chess match

For the last two decades, it’s been said that carbon nan­otubes hold the promise to trans­form a range of fields, from alter­na­tive energy to drug delivery. But making that happen […]

Chemical Engineering

Sep 25, 2013

Congratulations to NU AIChE

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is a national organization that caters to the needs of Chemical Engineers. The organization fosters connections between Undergraduate students, Graduate students, and Professions in […]

Chemical Engineering

Sep 18, 2013

Carrier to Represent NU

Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Rebecca Carrier is one of only 73 young engineers in the country to be invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Education […]

Chemical Engineering

Sep 17, 2013

A storm in our veins

Sup­pose you’re hiking through the forest on a sunny after­noon as a light breeze passes through the trees, gently grazing your skin. Sud­denly the sky opens up and a rain­storm […]

Chemical Engineering

Aug 09, 2013

The new American hamburger…?

Twenty six bil­lion pounds. That’s roughly how much beef Amer­i­cans con­sume each year. We get it from some 33 mil­lion cows that are largely raised in cen­tral­ized, indus­trial feed oper­a­tions that col­lec­tively […]

Chemical Engineering

Jul 31, 2013

The past, present, and future of nanomedicine

Each year, nearly $18 bil­lion is spent on nanomed­i­cine research. But since the field’s incep­tion more than a decade ago, little of that research, though promising, has been suc­cess­fully trans­lated […]

Chemical Engineering

Jul 26, 2013

Young scholars get a taste for science in the summer

Twenty-​​four high school stu­dents lis­tened intently as civil and envi­ron­mental engi­neering assis­tant pro­fessor Matthew Eck­elman pre­sented his research on mod­eling the energy inputs and out­puts of com­mer­cial prod­ucts and processes. At the […]

Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering