News
May 14, 2016
ChE Prof. and Chair Webster to give Keynote at World Biomaterials Congress
ChE Prof. and Chair Thomas Webster will give a keynote talk "15 years of commercializing medical devices using nanotechnology" at the World Biomaterials Congress in Montreal on May 18th.
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May 13, 2016
Professor Lucas Landherr Contributes Chapter in “The Hustle Economy”
Professor Landherr was recently published in the anthology The Hustle Economy: Transforming Your Creativity Into a Career with a short story titled “Respect the Catalysts” under the pseudonym Dante Shepherd.
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May 12, 2016
ChE PhD Student Ece Alpaslan Awarded International Nanotoxicology Congress Travel Award
Ece Alpaslan received a travel award for the 8th International Nanotoxicology Congress to present on the “Effect of pH-Varied Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on the Growth of Gram-Positive and Negative Bacteria”.
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May 11, 2016
2016 COE Co-op Awardees
Congratulations to this year’s COE Co-op Award recipients who were recognized for their professional development and achievements resulting from their co-op experiences.
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May 11, 2016
Webster Slected as Biomaterials Science and Engineering Fellow
ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster was elected as a Fellow of the Biomaterials Science and Engineering for his design, synthesis and evaluation of nanophase materials for use in various biomedical applications.
May 10, 2016
Koppes Awarded NSF I-Corps Grant
ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes was awarded a $50K NSF I-Corps grant for his "Thermally drawn nerve guidance channels".
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May 10, 2016
Professor and Chair Thomas Webster and Professor Ming Su Featured as Opinion Leaders in International Journal of Nanomedicine Videos
ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster and Associate Professor Ming Su are featured in videos highlighting "Biomedical perspectives of novel biomaterials" by Nanomedicine.
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May 09, 2016
Chemical Engineering Celebrates New Collaboration with Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and the Longwan District (Wenzhou, China)
On April 5, delegates from the Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering and City Officials from the Longwan District traveled from Wenzhou, China to Northeastern for a special campus visit and welcoming ceremony.