News
Jul 31, 2014
Northeastern Engineering announces 8 Young Investigator Awards in 2013-2014
These faculty recognitions bring the total young investigator awards in the college to 39, including 25 NSF CAREER and 10 DOD Young Investigator awards.
Jul 29, 2014
Preparing Titania Nanotubes
ChE Professor Ron Willey was awarded a patent for his method of creating “Titania nanotubes prepared by anodization in chloride-containing electrolytes”.
Jul 28, 2014
Nanoscale Cover Feature
ChE professor Hicham Fenniri’s research on “Chiromers: conformation-driven mirror-image supramolecular chirality isomerism identified in a new class of helical rosette nanotubes” was featured on the cover Nanoscale.
Jun 11, 2014
#howmatters: ingredients for cancer drug delivery
Last week, Chobani Yogurt came out with a new ad campaign intended to promote its “all-natural” ingredients list. A series of witty messages revealed themselves each time a hungry yogurt eater popped the lid on one of their Chobani100 yogurt cups. Example: “Nature got us to 100 calories, not scientists. #howmatters.” Not surprisingly, scientists took issue with […]
Jun 09, 2014
Professor to lead U.S. biomaterials research society
Thomas Webster, professor and chair of Northeastern’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named president of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials. The 3,000-plus-member organization is the nation’s leading multidisciplinary society of academic, healthcare, government, and business professionals dedicated to promoting advancements in all aspects of biomaterials science, education, and professional standards to enhance human health and quality […]
May 23, 2014
Dissertation Fellowship Winner
Chemical Engineering PhD student Noreen Rizvi was awarded an American Association of University Women’s American Dissertation Fellowship. Rizvi is part of Northeastern Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons' research group. She will be supported by the AAUW program as she completes her dissertation, which is based on Metabolic Engineering. Other well-known recipients of American Fellowships in the past include Susan […]
May 23, 2014
Goluch Wins $770K Grant
Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Edgar Goluch was awarded a $770K grant by the National Science Foundation to create a Nano-Constriction Device to automatically isolate and cultivate microbes in their own habitat. With the new device, Goluch and co-principal researcher Slava Epstein aim to develop a modern technique to cultivate microorganisms, featuring a growth chamber with a single sub-micrometer […]
May 19, 2014
A New Type of Magnet
Chemical Engineering Professor Laura Lewis’s research into creating new supermagnets to replace rare-earth magnets was featured by the Boston Globe. Lewis uses modern equipment to synthesise magnets that have the same properties as rare minerals, while China struggles to solve issues with control of mineral trade.