News
Jun 22, 2009
Drop of Blood to Lead to Heart Health
Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, is working on bringing his diagnostic tool, which will monitor a patients cardiovascular health to hospitals in the next couple of years. He will not be satisfied until high risk patients are benefiting from the device.
Jun 01, 2009
A Single Drop of Blood can Expose Heart Disease
Shashi Murthy, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has developed a credit card-sized device that uses less than a drop of blood to discover if a patient has heart disease.
Apr 30, 2009
Increasing Opportunities for Women
The NSF ADVANCE grant will help increase the number of women in academic science and engineering careers.
Apr 30, 2009
Congratulations to John Oldham
John Oldham, a Chemical Engineering PhD student, is the recipient of the Dissertation Writing Fellowship for the 2009 Summer Semester. The award is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and offers financial support to Ph.D. candidates so they may spend their final semester writing.
Apr 29, 2009
Improving Performance of Solar Cells
NU researchers from Chemical Engineering have found that using potassium on the surface of nanotubes can significantly enhance the performance of the solar cells.
Apr 29, 2009
Moving Up in the Ranks
The College of Engineering's Graduate School has moved up in the US News & World Reports ranks of the Top Engineering Graduate Schools from 65 to 60.
Apr 10, 2009
Engineers make the World a Better Place
By becoming an engineer, you have an excellent opportunity to develop and improve the way we live our lives. Three engineering students were recently interviewed by Network World to share their thoughts on how Northeastern has prepared them for their careers.
Apr 07, 2009
AIChE group promoting engineering to K-12
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) group is reaching out to young students to help them connect with science and engineering programs in their areas.