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Dec 01, 2025
Koppes and Oakes Selected as AIMBE Emerging Leaders
ChE Associate Professor Abigail Koppes and BioE Associate Professor Jessica Oakes were selected by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) as two of nine Emerging Leaders in recognition of their distinguished achievements in medical and biological engineering.
Nov 10, 2025
ChE Student Earns Third Place for Neurodiversity in STEM Education Research
Chemical engineering student Kate Bevec, E’26, won third place in the Education and Other category at the AIChE National Student Conference for her poster on “Diverse Learning Tools for Neurodiverse Learners: The Effectiveness of Comics and Videos and Engagement Patterns in STEM Education.”
Nov 10, 2025
ChE Students Take Top Prize for Visual Learning Breakthrough
Chemical engineering students Sydnie Bayles, E’27, and Marissa Darcangelo, E’26, were awarded the first-place trophy in the Education and Other category at the AIChE National Student Conference for their poster on “Drawn to Chemical Engineering – Comics As a Visual Learning Tool for First-Year Chemical Engineering Students.”
Nov 07, 2025
Northeastern Nominates 6 COE Students for Prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Druhi Bhargava, E’24, computer engineering; Amanda Ferrante, E’26, bioengineering and biochemistry; Kevin Giordano, E’26, mechanical engineering and physics; Victoria Robbins, E’22, chemical engineering; Nishita Roy, E’26, bioengineering, and Zhenming Yang, E’26, electrical and computer engineering were were six of nine nominated by Northeastern for the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, which develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation.
Nov 04, 2025
Advancing Innovation and Impact: Highlights from the Northeastern NAI Chapter Fall 2025 Event
MIE Professor Randall Erb and ChE Associate Professor Steve Lustig both participated in the annual meeting of Northeastern University’s National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Chapter to bring together innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
Oct 31, 2025
Turning Coal Waste into Treasure Extracting Critical Rare Earth Elements for Clean Energy
Chemical engineering student Lawrence Ajayi, PhD’28, received the Certificate of Merit (CoM) from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) for his research on “Effect of alkali-treatment on microwave-assisted rare earth elements extraction from coal mine tailings,” which he presented at the ACS Fall 2025 National Meeting.
Oct 28, 2025
Woolston Receives SIMB Early Career Award
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received a Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Early Career Award.
Oct 10, 2025
Eleven COE Students Apply for Fulbright
The Fulbright Campus Committee of Northeastern University, composed of faculty and staff from across the disciplines and colleges, announced eleven COE students and alums who applied for the Fulbright this year.