Spotlight Stories
Aug 24, 2017
Cancer Does Not Discriminate
Mubashar Rehman, Chemical Engineering Visiting Scholar—As he was growing up in Pakistan, Visiting Ph.D. Scholar Mubashar Rehman was inspired by the important contributions his father made to agricultural science. “I realized at a young age that scientists can make a real impact on the lives of people every day,” recalls Rehman. “I always knew that […]
Aug 15, 2017
Academic Involvement and Interdisciplinary Research
Meryem Pehlivaner, PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2018— A fourth-year PhD student in the Ekenseair Group, Meryem Pehlivaner develops innovative materials for a variety of applications, including biomedical, environmental, and industrial. Most recently, Pehlivaner worked on a project where she created an electrode with an interdisciplinary team from Cornell University. This cutting-edge research led to a story […]
Mar 01, 2017
ISPE: Making the Most of Biotech in Boston
Written by Gabrielle Rabadam, a third year Chemical Engineering student. About me Gabrielle Rabadam is a 3rd year Chemical Engineering student pursuing a minor in English. Beginning her research career in high school at the University of Arizona, she has since channeled that passion into independent research on localized drug delivery devices and taken full […]
Sep 16, 2016
Sustainable Agriculture Engineering Service Trip in Belize
Written by Cassandra Johnson, a fourth year chemical engineering student. About Me Cassandra Johnson is a fourth year chemical engineering student from Issaquah, WA. I had my first co-op at Takeda Pharmaceuticals where I was a part of the Analytical Team in the Oncology Department. At Takeda I ran various physiochemical assays and created new […]
Jun 27, 2016
Climate Change and Social Resilience in India
Written by Sofia Catalina, a rising second year Chemical Engineering student. About Me Sofia Catalina is a rising second year chemical engineer who hopes to minor in environmental science and sustainable business practices and someday use her engineering skills to solve environmental problems. At Northeastern, Sofia is involved with Engineers without Borders, the Society of […]
May 11, 2016
Co-op in Cagliari
Co-written by James Kilgannon and David Measley, both third year Chemical Engineering students. About Me (James Kilgannon) James Kilgannon is a third year student at Northeastern University pursuing a degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship. He is an active member of the Chem-E-Car club that works on building a car power by […]
Jul 24, 2014
Cutting Edge of Technology
Chemical Engineering students get hands on experience at Procter and Gamble.
Jul 24, 2014
Real World Applications
Peter Ries, BS, Chemical Engineering, 2012—As a young chemical engineering student Peter Ries chose to use his co-op’s working at Boston based Procter and Gamble. A total of 18 months of experience at the large corporation landed him a permanent career as a research and development engineer upon his graduation in 2012. Ries was not […]