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Oct 20, 2023
Advancing Early Cancer Detection
ChE/COS Assistant Professor Magda Barecka has discovered a new, more efficient, and environmentally friendly method of separating carbon isotopes, which has the potential to advance both the early detection of cancer and the sustainable production of chemicals. Her research was published in the journal iScience.
Oct 20, 2023
$2M NIH R35 MIRA Award for Developing a Computer Model for Improved Disease Understanding
ChE Assistant Professor Srirupa Chakraborty has been awarded a $1.99 million NIH R35 MIRA Award for Early Stage Investigators to design and develop a computational model for making biomaterials that function like mucin, a naturally occurring substance in the human body that serves as a protective layer on tubular organs and surfaces exposed to external environment.
Oct 20, 2023
Developing a Computer Model to Deliver Gene Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis
ChE Assistant Professor Srirupa Chakraborty was awarded a $100K NIH SBIR award for “Computationally-Inspired Design of Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vehicles for mRNA-Based Cystic Fibrosis Therapies.”
Oct 16, 2023
2022-2023 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award
Lina Abu-Absi, E’24, chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2022-2023 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award.
Sep 28, 2023
Novel Research To Address Atherosclerosis
ChE/BioE Associate Professor Eno Ebong is developing a novel therapeutic that targets the glycocalyx to prevent atherosclerosis, a cardiovascular disease that can lead to secondary cardiovascular events such as strokes or heart attacks. She received a Spark Fund award from the Center for Research Innovation at Northeastern for this work.
Sep 25, 2023
ChE Alum Chris Cogswell Named to AIChE 35 under 35
Chris Cogswell, PhD’17, chemical engineering, received the 2023 AIChE 35 Under 35 Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Sep 21, 2023
New Methods To Improve Phosphorus Recovery
ChE/COS Assistant Professor Damilola Daramola’s research on “Considerations for Electrochemical Phosphorus Precipitation: A Figures of Merit Approach” was published by The Electrochemical Society.
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.