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May 02, 2023
From Boston to San Francisco, Student Speaker for Graduate Commencement used ‘Northeastern Experience’ to Discover a New Career
Chemical engineering alumnus Kristine Umeh, E’20, will be the student speaker at the 2023 graduate commencement ceremony.
Apr 27, 2023
2023 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Awardees of the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Award were selected by faculty members of the students’ department based on the students’ exemplary record in the classroom or laboratory, the contributions made in mentoring peers, or significant accomplishments in furthering research and scholarship. Awardees of […]
Apr 27, 2023
Announcing Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. They will be pursuing a diverse set of projects, including a study of a pathogen that haunts hospitals, an examination of segregationist rhetoric in Boston newspapers, and an analysis of creativity in music. Base Camp Awardees […]
Apr 20, 2023
2023 Capstone Projects
Our engineering departments hosted a series of poster sessions and presentations featuring capstone projects completed by our engineering seniors. Bioengineering Capstone 1st Place – “Optimized Cooling Cap for Reducing Chemotherapy Induced Alopecia” Brendan L’Esperance, Victoria Izsa, Anna Pocquette, Julia Kautz, Evan Lens, and Nikola Kapor (not pictured) Chemical Engineering Capstone ChE Poster Session ChE Presentations […]

Apr 20, 2023
Mitra Receives Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Teaching
Chemical engineering graduate student Ronodeep Mitra, PhD’23, is the recipient of a 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Teaching, which recognizes those that have demonstrated an exceptional ability to communicate ideas and concepts in the classroom and a talent for inspiring students.

Apr 19, 2023
Inside Rebecca Carrier’s Advanced Drug Delivery Research Lab: How a Practical Problem can Turn into One’s Life Work
ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier is researching the interactions between materials and biological systems, with a current focus on the intestinal environment and drug delivery, as well as retinal and gut epithelial repair. This article originally appeared on Northeastern Global News. It was published by Alena Kuzub. Main photo: Rebecca Carrier, associate chair of research in […]

Apr 19, 2023
2023 Huntington 100 COE Recipients
The 2023 members of Northeastern University’s “Huntington 100,” a group of students selected for their outstanding achievements locally and globally, included eighteen students from the College of Engineering. The Huntington 100 are nominated by faculty, staff, advisors, coaches, employers, and fellow students. Ke Wen Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry, E’22 Gillian Audia Chemical Engineering/Biochemistry, E’23 Barkha Bhavsar Chemical […]

Apr 10, 2023
‘You Have the Power to Make Change.’ Sustainability Trips to Brazil Earn Professor Northeastern’s First Global Educator Award
ChE Associate Teaching Professor Courtney Pfluger received Northeastern University’s inaugural 2023 Global Educator Award. The award recognizes the contributions of faculty to students’ global learning and acknowledges and celebrates the value of these experiences to Northeastern’s students and to our mission as a global university. Pfluger’s work on developing meaningful cooperative partner projects, including nine Dialogue of Civilizations visits to Brazil since 2013, made her nomination stand out.