News
Oct 25, 2022
Preparing Your Home for Winter
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly and ChE Affiliated Faculty Eugene Smotkin explain the need to prepare your home for increasing fluctuations in temperatures in the winter and summer.
Oct 18, 2022
Nominated for Kanders Churchill Scholarship
Jason Denoncourt, E’23, chemical engineering and biochemistry, was nominated for the Kanders Churchill Scholarship, which enables outstanding STEM students interested in science policy to pursue Cambridge’s M.Phil. program in public policy.
Oct 14, 2022
2021-2022 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award
Taryn Sparacino, E’22, chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award, which is awarded to 15 AIChE students annually for their outstanding academic achievement and involvement in student chapter activities.
Oct 11, 2022
Selected as Future Leader in Chemical Engineering
Ke (Chloe) Wen, E’22, chemical engineering and biochemistry, was selected for the Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering Symposium 2022 organized by North Carolina State University. This highly selective research symposium elects the finest undergraduate researchers of the graduating class in the United States to present their research.
Oct 07, 2022
Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
Oct 07, 2022
Accelerating the Production of Tetratenite as Alternative to Rare-Earth Magnets
Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, has developed a method to create tetratenite as an alternative to rare-earth magnets, of which she was awarded a patent.
Sep 20, 2022
Spring 2022 Center for Research Innovation Spark Fund Awardees
Bouve/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji, ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi, ECE Professor Purnima Ratilal-Makris, and MIE Assistant Professor Mohsen Moghaddam are recipients of the Spring 2022 Spark Fund Awards from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation.
Sep 16, 2022
New Techniques of Treating Breast Cancer
ChE Professor Debra Auguste is developing a new targeted approach to treating triple-negative breast cancer–a form of the disease more prevalent in younger women, with a higher rate of mortality among African American women. By using ultra-deformable liposomes, drugs intended to combat the cancer can be applied to the source with more accuracy, increasing their effectiveness.