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May 20, 2024
Enhancing Diversity in Engineering Departments
ChE Professor and Chair Rebecca Willits’ research on “Framework for Department-Level Accountability To Diversify Engineering” was published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering.
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May 09, 2024
ChemE-Sports Team Triumphs in Global Competition
The Northeastern ChemE-Sports team competed against 29 teams across the globe April 6-7, 2024, making this their largest to date. They placed first in the initial and third rounds, and third place in the second round.
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May 09, 2024
Giberti Awarded Alumni Service Award
Chemical Engineering Alumnus Richard “Dick” Giberti is set to receive the prestigious 2024 Alumni Service Award from Northeastern University’s Department of Chemical Engineering on April 2, 2024.
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May 09, 2024
Cogswell Awarded Young Alumni Award
Chemical Engineering Alumnus Christopher “Chris” Cogswell is poised to receive the esteemed 2024 Young Alumni Award from Northeastern University’s Department of Chemical Engineering on April 2, 2024.
May 08, 2024
2024 URF Scholars Recipients
Thirty-six engineering students received 2024 URF Scholars Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. URF Scholars are students who are graduating this year and who have earned a PEAK Experience Award, applied for a distinguished fellowship, or participated in graduate school advising.
May 07, 2024
Announcing Summer 2024 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2024 PEAK Experiences Awards from the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
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May 02, 2024
AstraZeneca Admits Vaccine Can Cause Rare Blood-Clotting Condition
Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji gives insight into the risk of getting thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or TTS, from the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19.
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Apr 26, 2024
Sontag Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, ECE/BioE, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his career that has made breakthroughs in the mathematics of nonlinear and complex systems, with repercussions for biomedicine, systems biology, and neural networks.