News
Apr 10, 2018
Freshmen Engineering Students will publish and present at the ASEE-NE2018 Conference
Four freshmen engineering student papers, under the supervision of Teaching Professor Bala Maheswaran, have been accepted for publication and presentation at the American Society of Engineering Education – Northeast conference on April 27-28, 2018 at the University of Hartford, Connecticut.
Apr 09, 2018
Annabi Awarded US Department of Defense Grant
ChE Assistant Professor Nasim Annabi received a $2.1M grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for a project entitled “Novel Adhesive Biomaterials for Quick and Long-Lasting Sutureless Repair of Corneal Injuries”.
Apr 05, 2018
Prof. Webster's Nano Implant Receives FDA Approval
ChE Professor and Chair Thomas Webster's nano spinal implant commercialized by Nanovis, LLC just received FDA approval for implantation. The novel spinal implant design includes the first nanostructured surface features in which […]
Apr 04, 2018
2018 NSF GRFP Recipients
Several current students and alumni are recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards.
Apr 02, 2018
Compositions and Methods of Using Alginic Acid Hydrogels
ChE Professor Shashi Murthy and PhD Adam Hatch were awarded a patent for his “Methods, compositions and devices employing alginic acid hydrogels for highly specific capture and release of biological materials”.
Mar 23, 2018
Adam Ekenseair Awarded PMSE Young Investigator Award
ChE Assistant Professor Adam Ekenseair was one of 21 winners of the American Chemistry Society's Polymer Science and Engineering Young Investigator Award. According to the society, the recipients are "young […]
Mar 23, 2018
Bencherif Selected for an Outstanding Reviewer Award
ChE Assistant Professor Sidi Bencherif was selected for an Outstanding Reviewer Award for Acta Biomaterialia.
Mar 21, 2018
Webster Publishes New Book on Orthpedic Biomaterials
The book Orthopedic Biomaterials edited by ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster highlights recent advances in orthopedic biomaterials including reducing infection, developing in situ sensors, promoting bone growth, and injectables.