Student Research News
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Oct 31, 2019
Invaluable Research Experience on Co-op at the University of Oxford
Michael Fitzgerald, E’20, or Fitz as he is known, is from San Diego, Calif. and is pursuing a BS in Bioengineering with a concentration in cell and tissue engineering and a minor in ethics. He is currently on co-op at the University of Oxford in England conducting neurodegenerative disease research.
Oct 24, 2019
Yifan Sun and NUCAR Research Lab featured in HiPEAC News
Computer Engineering PhD student Yifan Sun and the NUCAR Research Lab were featured in the latest edition of the European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation (HiPEAC) News.
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Oct 22, 2019
ChE Student Earns 2nd Place at Falling Walls Lab Boston 2019 Competition
Undergraduate chemical engineering student James Sinoimeri, E’21, working in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Sidi A. Bencherif, earned 2nd place at the 2019 Falling Walls Lab Boston Competition.
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Oct 17, 2019
In Busy, Rewarding Co-ops, Every “Second” Counts
Elal Segev is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in civil engineering and minoring in mathematics. Her first Northeastern co-op was at OCEO, a water filtration startup in Israel. Currently, she’s enjoying a diverse set of experiences in Madagascar through the International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) and Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute (MRCI).
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Oct 16, 2019
Data Privacy in the Palm of Your Hand. Literally.
ECE Associate Professor Kaushik Chowdhury discusses data privacy when it comes to wireless devices in the Litmus podcast.
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Oct 01, 2019
Chemical Engineering Student Wins Honors Early Research Award
Third-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate student, Lauren Gerbereux, recently received the Honors Early Research Award for her research project entitled: “Optimization of Hypoxia-Inducing Cryogels”.
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Sep 26, 2019
ChE PhD Student, Zach Rogers, Joins Northeastern’s NSF I-Corps Program
Zach Rogers, a Chemical Engineering PhD student in Prof. Sidi Bencherif’s Lab, was selected to join Northeastern University’s NSF I-Corps Program with his proposal, “Hypoxia-inducing cryogels as a fast and inexpensive technology for hypoxic cell culture conditions”.
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Sep 20, 2019
Treating Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
ChE Professor Thomas Webster and his colleagues are using bacteria to develop nanoparticles that will combat antibiotic-resistant infections.