News
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.