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Oct 25, 2017

Northeastern Researcher Creates Innovative Surgical Glue

ChE Assistant Professor Nasim Annabi was featured in The Huntington News article “Northeastern researcher creates innovative surgical glue”.

Chemical Engineering

Oct 23, 2017

A New Way to Fight ‘Superbugs’

ChE PhD student Ben Geilich is using nanoparticles to improve an antibiotics ability to treat infections. Source: Northeastern Magazine Northeastern doctoral graduate Ben Geilich cheerfully admits that he loves studying bacteria—tiny, resourceful creatures that can quickly grow and morph into new forms. In their deadliest form, bacteria turn into superbugs: infections that resist the world’s […]

Chemical Engineering

Oct 20, 2017

Human-Robot Friendship

Murphy Wonsick, PhD’20—Doctoral student Murphy Wonsick envisions a world where humans and robots coexist as friends. She spends her days trying to figure out how astronauts and robots can work together to complete dangerous tasks in space. In fact, she’s working on one of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots to exist—Northeastern’s NASA robot Valkyrie—under the direction of Taskin Padir, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oct 20, 2017

Human-Robot Friendship

Doctoral student Murphy Wonsick envisions a world where humans and robots coexist as friends. She spends her days trying to figure out how astronauts and robots can work together to complete dangerous tasks in space. In fact, she’s working on one of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots to exist—Northeastern’s NASA robot Valkyrie—under the direction […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oct 18, 2017

Easy ‘Friending’ Startup

Computer Engineering students Jay Shome and Andrew Smith developed the app FriendsUp to share and connect to multiple social accounts at once.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oct 18, 2017

ChE Medical Devices Project Selected as Chunhui Cup Finalist

ChE Research Assistant Professor Linlin Sun, Dept. Chair & Professor Tom Webster, and ChE student Cungu Cao are part of a six-person interdisciplinary team developing the Wearable Nano-Piezoelectric Sensors for Neck Movement and Detection Device that has been selected as finalists for the 12th Annual Chunhuibei (Chunhui) Cup Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition

Chemical Engineering

Oct 18, 2017

Caroline Ghio '21 Wins Undergraduate Research Creative Endeavors Award

Caroline Ghio, a second year chemical engineering undergraduate student, was awarded in fall 2017 an Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (UGRCE) Award from Northeastern University. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships offers financial and academic support through the UGRCE Award to Northeastern students seeking to conduct original research of their own design. Ghio, who […]

Chemical Engineering

Oct 11, 2017

Northeastern ChE to Represent at BMES

Today marks the start of Biomedical Engineering Society’s Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. ChemE students and faculty will participate in sixteen oral presentations and thirteen poster presentations over the next four days. With over 4,000 attendees expected BMES 2017 promises to be a hub for sharing and disseminating the latest research in biomedical and biochemical engineering at Northeastern with a global audience.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering