News

833 Items found

Oct 19, 2016

Prof. and ChE Chair Tom Webster Publishes Book on Biomedical Nanomaterials

ChE Professor & Chair Tom Webster published a book entitled "Biomedical Nanomaterials: From Design To Implementation".

Chemical Engineering

Oct 18, 2016

Prof. and ChemE Chair to give plenary lecture at Bioceramics 28

Prof. and ChemE Chair Thomas Webster will give a plenary lecture at Bioceramics 28 Oct. 18 in Charlotte, North Carolina where he will discuss his FDA approved nanostructured ceramic medical devices.   

Chemical Engineering

Oct 17, 2016

Professor Srinivas Sridhar Receives Three New Grants

Congratulations to COS Professor (BioE & ChE Affiliated Professor) Srinivas Sridhar who has recently received three new grants totaling $1.13M. 1. Quantitative Neurovascular Imaging for Drug Abuse Research (NIH/NIDA grant). The Sridhar group has developed a new ground-breaking technique QUTE-CE MRI that leads to quantitative MRI imaging with unprecedented clarity and definition using magnetic nanoparticles. […]

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering

Oct 14, 2016

Prof. Webster gives Keynote at Inaugural Infection Control Summit of Boston Scientific

Prof. Tom Webster (Art Zafiropoulo Endowed Chair, Chair ChemE) gave the keynote address at the inaugural Infection Control Summit of Boston Scientific on October 11th where he emphasized the need for non-pharmaceutical approaches to combat infections. He also emphasized the need for more industry-academic collaborations in this area to reverse the alarming growing trend of increased […]

Chemical Engineering

Oct 14, 2016

2 COE teams are MassChallenge Finalists

3DFortify founded by MIE Assistant Professor Randall Erb & PhD student Josh Martin and QSM Diagnostics founded by ChE Associate Professor Edgar Goluch were selected as MassChallenge finalists.

Chemical Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 07, 2016

Murthy Awarded $300K NSF Grant

ChE Professor Shashi Murthy was awarded a $300K NSF grant to create a "Bioreactor System for Autologous T-Cell Stimulation".

Chemical Engineering

Oct 07, 2016

Lewis Selected as APS Fellow

ChE & MIE Professor Laura Lewis was selected as an American Physical Society fellow.

Chemical Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Sep 27, 2016

Unit Operations Lab Renovation Celebrated with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

On September 27, the Department of Chemical Engineering celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Unit Operations Lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building. In the lab, first-year students learn the core concepts of chemical engineering, from conservation principles to fluid dynamics, through hands-on projects. Department chair Thomas Webster, center, cut the ribbon before a […]

Chemical Engineering