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Jul 20, 2023
Advanced Electrochemical Sensors for Early Disease Detection
ECE Professor Nian X. Sun and ChE Associate Teaching Professor Adam Ekenseair were awarded a patent for “Molecularly-imprinted electrochemical sensors.”
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Jul 06, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Damilola Daramola
Damilola Daramola joins the Chemical Engineering department in July 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
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Jun 12, 2023
Why Comics and Graphic Novels Like ‘Maus’ are Effective Teaching Tools
ChE Teaching Professor Luke Landherr creates STEM comics that effectively engage students and improve their understanding of complex concepts. At the Boston Kids Comics Fest held at the Curry Student Center, he promoted his engineering education research group, Science The World, home to dozens of comics covering data analysis, gene therapy, refrigeration cycles, momentum transfer, and other complex topics.
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May 08, 2023
Lustig Issued Seven Patents for New Kevlar® EXO™ Product by DuPont
Steve Lustig, associate professor of chemical engineering, was a major contributor to a new product by DuPont called Kevlar® EXO™, a novel, ultra-high-performance copolymer that offers added strength and resilience. Through this collaborative research, Lustig has been issued seven patents for his technology.
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May 04, 2023
2023 Engineering Departmental Co-op Awardees
The 10th Annual Departmental Co-op Awards were held on May 8, 2023, to celebrate the exemplary work of a select group of undergraduate and graduate students who have shown great promise and intellectual fortitude throughout their co-op experience.
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May 02, 2023
From Boston to San Francisco, Student Speaker for Graduate Commencement used ‘Northeastern Experience’ to Discover a New Career
Chemical engineering alumnus Kristine Umeh, E’20, will be the student speaker at the 2023 graduate commencement ceremony.
Apr 27, 2023
2023 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
Awardees of the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and the College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Award were selected by faculty members of the students’ department based on the students’ exemplary record in the classroom or laboratory, the contributions made in mentoring peers, or significant accomplishments in furthering research and scholarship.
Apr 27, 2023
Announcing Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards. They will be pursuing a diverse set of projects, including a study of a pathogen that haunts hospitals, an examination of segregationist rhetoric in Boston newspapers, and an analysis of creativity in music.