News
Dec 22, 2022
Inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars for Research Co-ops at Northeastern
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of the inaugural AJC Merit Research Scholars from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships. It provides exceptional students with the opportunity to pursue STEM research co-ops in the laboratories of Northeastern University faculty.
Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca Sherbo
Rebecca Sherbo joins the Chemical Engineering department in January 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
Dec 15, 2022
Regenerating Major Nerve Injuries With a Different Type of Stem Cell
ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes is developing methods of converting olfactory stem cells into Schwann Cells that can be used to repair nerve damage. He received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work.
Dec 07, 2022
NIH Trailblazer Award for Engineering Smarter Gut Metabolites To Affect Human Health
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston is leading a $628K NIH Trailerblazer Award with Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes, Associate Professor Abigail Koppes, and Professor Rebecca Carrier for “Engineered Probiotics for Closed-Loop Control of Disease-Associated Gut Metabolites in Gut-On-Chip Models.”
Nov 28, 2022
Lewis Elevated to IEEE Fellow
Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, was elevated to an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the design of magneto-functional materials.
Nov 22, 2022
Improving High-Throughput Surface Tension Measurements
ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi is developing a method to enable high-throughput measurements of surface tension or elasticity without requiring the particles or droplets to be transferred from the device. She received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work.
Nov 22, 2022
Coury Receives ACS Rubber Division’s Bioelastomer Award
ChE University Distinguished Professor Art Coury is the recipient of the ACS Rubber Division’s Bioelastomer Award, which honors significant contributions to the advancement of biomaterials in the field of rubber […]
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
A group of COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above.