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Bencherif working in a lab.

Aug 12, 2021

Research to Boost COVID-19 Vaccines Published in ‘Advanced Science’

Could there be an even more effective vaccine? This professor thinks so. Main photo: Existing COVID-19 vaccines have far surpassed public health officials’ expectations. But could they be improved upon […]

Chemical Engineering

Joyce Shen

Aug 09, 2021

Undergraduate Student in Bencherif Lab Wins Honors Early Research Award

Joyce Shen, S’23, a third-year biochemistry undergraduate student in the Bencherif Lab, was recently awarded an Honors Early Research Award for her work on the project “Engineering Polyester-coated Nanoparticles for Extended Oxygen Release.”

Chemical Engineering

Aug 05, 2021

Manufacturing Efficient Magnetic Materials

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, in collaboration with the University of Warwick, UK, was awarded a $900K NSF grant for “Multi-Driver Furnace Processing of Magneto-Functional Materials.”

Chemical Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 03, 2021

2021 Acorn Innovation Awards

ECE Research Assistant Professor Yousof Naderi, Professor Kaushik Chowdhury, Assistant Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava, and ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received Acorn Innovation Fund Awards which help in the commercialization of scientific breakthroughs in Massachusetts.

Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Microscopy images depicting the ability of O2-cryogels to restore OT-1 (red, T cells) cytotoxic activity and kill B16-OVA tumor cells (green) under immunosuppressive hypoxic conditions (~1% O2).

Jul 26, 2021

Bencherif Publishes “Oxygen-Generating Cryogels Restore T Cell Mediated Cytotoxicity in Hypoxic Tumors” in Advanced Functional Materials

ChE Postdoctoral Research Associate Thibault Colombani (lead author), Loek Eggermont, Stephen Hatfield, Zachary Rogers, PhD’23, Mahboobeh Rezaeeyazdi, PhD’19, Adnan Memic, Michail Sitkovsky, and Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif) published their article Oxygen-Generating Cryogels Restore T Cell Mediated Cytotoxicity in Hypoxic Tumors in the Advanced Functional Materials journal.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering

Jul 16, 2021

Abigail Koppes Selected for 2021 NASA STAR Program

ChE Associate Professor Abigail Koppes was selected to be part of the highly competitive NASA’s Spaceflight Technologies, Application, and Research (STAR) Program for working with NASA and flight-ready experiment design.

Chemical Engineering

Jul 08, 2021

Announcing New Engineering Academic Programs

The College of Engineering at Northeastern University announces several new academic programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including innovative combined majors, to meet industry trends and provide program flexibility […]

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 28, 2021

Woolston Receives B&B Daniel I.C Wang Award

ChE Assistant Professor Ben Woolston is the recipient of the 2021 Daniel I.C. Wang Award. The Award is sponsored by Biotechnology & Bioengineering and initiated in 2008 to honor a […]

Chemical Engineering