News
Sep 20, 2023
Studying the Impact of Comics as Visual Learning Tools
ChE Distinguished Teaching Professor Luke Landherr was awarded a $300,000 NSF grant for “Conservation Principles, Illustrated: Analyzing the Impact of Informal Visual Learning Tools on Educational Engineering Through Comics.” The grant will study the impact of comics as visual learning tools by developing a series of comics and ConcepTest questions addressing concepts in a core introductory chemical engineering course.
Sep 15, 2023
Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Fall 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Aug 30, 2023
Landherr Wins Best ChemE Division Paper at Annual ASEE Conference
ChE Teaching Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies Luke Landherr received the Joseph J. Martin Award, for the most outstanding Chemical Engineering Division paper presented at the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference. The paper is titled, “Teaching Fugacity Through Comics and Assessing the Impact on Student Confidence and Understanding.”
Aug 04, 2023
Developing a Computer Model for Carbon Dioxide Conversion
ChE Associate Professor Richard West, ChE/COS Assistant Professor Magda Barecka, and ChE Assistant Professor Qing Zhao were awarded a $500,000 grant for “Accelerating Electrocatalyst Innovation: High-Throughput Automated Microkinetic, Multiscale, and Techno-economic Modeling” as part of the Creating Revolutionary Energy and Technology Endeavors (CREATE) Exploratory Topic managed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Jul 20, 2023
Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awardees
MIE Associate Professor Randal Erb, ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong, ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier, and MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng are recipients of the Spring 2023 Spark Fund Awards from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation.
Jul 20, 2023
Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Early Disease Detection
ECE Professor Nian X. Sun and ChE Associate Teaching Professor Adam Ekenseair were awarded a patent for “Molecularly-imprinted electrochemical sensors.”
Jul 06, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Damilola Daramola
Damilola Daramola joins the Chemical Engineering department in July 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Jun 12, 2023
Why Comics and Graphic Novels Like ‘Maus’ Are Effective Teaching Tools
ChE Teaching Professor Luke Landherr creates STEM comics that effectively engage students and improve their understanding of complex concepts.