ChE Seminar Series Presents: Carolyn W.T. Lee-Parsons, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department; Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Engineering the Production of Medicinal Natural Products from Plant Cell Cultures” Abstract: Many plant-derived pharmaceuticals are currently supplied by extracting the plant material.  Due to the slow growth rates or low product concentrations […]

Would you like to gain respect, achieve your goals, and improve your professional relationships? What if this were possible by adjusting the way you communicate?   Click here to register for this virtual workshop! Challenging conversations are high-risk, sometimes emotional discussions between individuals with differing opinions. This workshop will help graduate students recognize when challenging conversations are happening, or need to happen, and prepare them with strategies to […]

Tara Deans, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah  “Using synthetic biology to engineer therapeutic devices” ABSTRACT:   Synthetic biology has transformed how cells can be reprogrammed, providing a means to reliably and predictably control cell behavior with the assembly of genetic parts into more complex gene circuits. […]

Graduate Student Services is hosting a Heads Up Virtual “lunchtime funtime” event for Master’s students to get to know each other and play an exciting competition against each other on October 1st, 12-1pm EST!  Heads Up is a game where one student in a group will have to guess 10 words within a category with […]

This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Shira Tsour from the Slavov lab. Title: “Quantifying rates of mistranslation”. The second presenter is Richard Huffman from the Slavov lab. Title: “Increased Sensitivity, Reliability, and Consistency of Single-Cell Proteomics Measurements via Targeted LC-MS/MS Methods”. Please […]

Join the Graduate Admissions team at the Big Ten + Graduate School Expo hosted by Purdue University. They will be available to answer your admissions and program questions. This event will take place on October 5th virtually.

Join the Graduate Admissions team at the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Virtual Fall Career Fair. They will be available to answer your admissions and program questions. This event will take place on October 5 from 10:00-3:00pm virtually.

Start your fall 2020 research off on the right foot with Snell Library's series of online workshops about citation management! In this session, learn how to use EndNote for Windows to help you manage citations for yourself or your research group. Register here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops

PhD Defense: Efficient Data Access with Heterogeneous Computing using GPUs and Direct Non-volatile Storage. Mahsa Bayati Location: Zoom Link Abstract: The amount of data being collected that requires analysis is growing at an exponential rate. Along with this growth comes an increasing need for storage and computation. Researchers address these needs by (I) deploying distributed bigdata […]

Join the Galante Engineering Business Program for the first virtual info session of the semester on Tuesday, October 6th from 6:00pm - 7:00pm via Zoom. During this meeting, you will listen to a short presentation and also hear from a team of panelists that is made up of current students in the program. This is […]

ChE Seminar Series Presents: Rebecca Carrier, Ph.D. Professor & Associate Chair of Research, Department of Chemical Engineering Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Engineering the intestinal and retinal microenvironments” Abstract: The Advanced Drug Delivery Lab conducts research in regenerative medicine, with a focus on intestinal and retinal tissue engineering, and in oral drug delivery, […]

Wayne Mitzner, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore Maryland  “New Insights into Lung Anatomy” ABSTRACT:   We have utilized an optical clearing method to allow visualization of a heretofore undescribed subpleural acinar structural organization in the mammalian […]

ChE Seminar Series Presents: Benjamin M. Woolston, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston , MA “Engineering Bacteria to Solve Problems in Renewable Chemical Production and Human Health” Abstract: The synthetic biology revolution has given us the ability to genetically reprogram microbes to serve a wide variety of purposes – from miniscule […]

Aileen Huang-Saad, Ph.D., MBA Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI  “Closing the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Rethinking Engineering Education in Real-Time” ABSTRACT:   Despite 20 years of focus on organizational change and effective educational best practices in STEM higher education, significant research findings have had minimal […]

This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Yifang Liu from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Defining cell states based on stochastic transcription”. The second presenter is Max Winkelman from the Dai lab. Title: “Bioengineered Neurovascular Niche Supports Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Neurogenesis”. Please […]

PhD Proposal Review: Interpretable Machine Learning for Retinopathy of Prematurity Muhamed Yildiz Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of childhood blindness, is diagnosed by clinical ophthalmoscopic examinations or reading retinal images. Plus disease, defined as abnormal tortuosity and dilation of the posterior retinal blood vessels, is the most important feature […]

PhD Proposal Review: Content-Aware Design Assistance Frameworks for Graphic Design Layouts Sara Banian Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Layout is an important visual communication factor in graphic design that encompasses a page's overall composition. During the different design stages, designers express their requirements through images describing the interface’s visual layout, hierarchical structure, and content. They create […]

Joshua Gallaway, Ph.D. DiPietro Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Next Generation for the Grid” Abstract: In our lab, we study mechanisms within complex electrochemical systems. Practical electrochemical systems such as batteries, sensors, and fuel cells are often complex, involving engineered high surface area electrodes, starved electrolyte conditions, phase transformations, and […]

Richard West, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Detailed Kinetic Modeling: using computers to predict complex systems of chemical reactions” Abstract: The primary focus of our research is the development of detailed microkinetic models for complex reacting systems, like combustion, heterogeneous catalysis, and bio-fuel processing. Our approach is to automate […]

Roger Kamm, Ph.D. Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA  “Metastasis on a chip: Effects of intravascular and transendothelial flow” ABSTRACT:   Many CTCs fail to survive the voyage from the primary tumor to the metastatic site, and die before they can initiate a new […]

Join the Graduate School of Engineering Admissions team at Career Echo's Virtual Graduate School Fair for Engineering programs on October 15th from 11:00 am -3:00pm. Our admissions team will be available to speak about graduate MS, PhD, and Certificate Programs. Register today!

PhD Proposal Review: Active Resource Partitioning and Planning for Storage Systems using Time Series Forecasting and Machine Learning Techniques Maher Kachmar Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In today's enterprise storage systems, supported data services such as snapshot delete or drive rebuild can result in tremendous performance overhead if executed inline along with heavy foreground IO, often […]

Hear from COE students who have done a dialogue before: Alex Renaud Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture Sustainable Engineering in the 21st Century – Brazil Julia Ubertini Civil Engineering Global Climate Change, Science, and Policy – India Location:  DOC Information Session Link Meeting ID: 969 3847 5666 Learn about in-person and virtual dialogues this summer. […]

This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Sepideh Tavakoli from the Rouhanifard lab. Title: “Single-molecule detection of modified mRNAs in human cells”. The second presenter is Aleksandra Petelski from the Slavov lab. Title: “Exploring Ribosomal Protein Stoichiometry in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients”. Please email […]

Northeastern University will be hosting a Graduate Studies Virtual Open House for students interested in pursuing their graduate studies at Northeastern. Join Graduate School of Engineering faculty, staff, and current students on October 17th from 8-2pm to learn more about your program of interest. More information including a schedule of events and a registration link […]

On October 20th, from 6:30-9pm PST, Graduate Student Services is hosting a virtual Alumni Panel on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Engineering Field for West Coast Master’s students.  Panelists are all graduates of COE and have a diverse range of experiences in Engineering.  From 6:30-7:30pm, the panelists will discuss with one another their experiences […]

PhD Proposal Review: Explainable Efficient Models for Computer Vision Applications Wenqian Liu Location: Zoom Link Abstract: State of the art deep learning based models, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and generative models, achieve impressive results, but with their great performance comes great complexity and opacity, huge parametric spaces and little explainability. The criticality of […]

Join the Graduate School of Engineering and Northeastern West Coast Admissions teams at Saint Mary's College of California. They will be available to answer your admissions and program questions. This event will take place on October 21, 2020 from 12:00pm-2pm PT virtually.

ChE Seminar Series Presents: A-Andrew D. Jones, III Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Affiliate Faculty, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Environmental Interactions with the Human and Engineered Structures” Abstract: In the Systems for Engaging the Environment Lab we study “series of tubes”.  From the antimicrobial resistance crises that […]

Join the Graduate School of Engineering and Northeastern West Coast Admissions teams at UC Santa Cruz. They will be available to answer your admissions and program questions. This event will take place on October 22, 2020 from 9:00am-12:00pm PT virtually.

Representatives from the Graduate School of Engineering will be in attendance at Tau Beta Pi's virtual convention. The admissions team will be available on October 22 from 10:00-5:00pm and will be able to answer all of your questions the graduate school experience.  More information: https://tbp.org/conv/careerFair.cfm

On October 22nd, from 6:30-9pm EST, Graduate Student Services is hosting a virtual Alumni Panel on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Engineering Field for East Coast Master’s students this time around.  Panelists are all graduates of COE and have a diverse range of experiences in Engineering.  From 6:30-7:30pm, the panelists will discuss with one […]

This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Kirstie Belanger from the Koppes lab. Title: “Investigating Specific Autonomic Cardiac Innervation in Micro-Physiological Systems”. Jason Derks from the Slavov lab. Title: “Nuclear Relocalization of Proteins in Single Macrophages upon Immunological Challenge”. Please email Danielle at […]

PhD Proposal Review: Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Image Restoration and Synthesis Yulun Zhang Location: Zoom Link Abstract: In this presentation, I will introduce how to design powerful deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for efficient image restoration and synthesis tasks. Recently, deep convolutional neural network (CNN) has achieved great success for image restoration (IR) and […]

On Saturday, October 24th from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET, TEDxNortheasternU will be holding their flagship event – Fast Forward: A Different Future. This event invites participants to envision the future and to inspire innovation while instilling the significance of reflection and evaluation throughout your journey. Fast Forward: A Different Future aspires to curate […]

PhD Proposal Review: Attention Mechanism in Deep Learning for Visual Recognition Kunpeng Li Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Deep learning models have achieved great success in various tasks for visual recognition such as image classification, semantic segmentation, visual semantic matching etc. Instead of just treating them as black boxes, recently, a tremendous of efforts have been put […]

ChE Seminar Series Presents:   Debra Auguste, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA “Engineering targeted therapeutics for breast cancer” Abstract: Cells sense changes in their environment and respond by altering their gene expression.  My lab investigates how cells manipulate membrane proteins, which has profound effects on disease progression. Cells orchestrate the […]

Blanka Sharma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL  “Engineering Biomaterials to Study and Modulate Inflammatory Mechanisms During Tissue Injury and Tumor Progression” ABSTRACT:   Exciting advances have been made in the discovery of therapeutic molecules and cells to more effectively treat numerous devastating medical conditions. However, their successful application in […]

ChE Seminar Series Presents: Sara Hashmi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA Abstract/Bio: Information not available at this time Please email Alyssa Ramsey at a.ramsey@northeastern.edu for the link to the seminar.

Join the Galante Program and MassChallenge Winners, Reza Amin and Leila Daneshmandi, on October 29th from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM to learn about their entrepreneurial journey starting with an idea that then transformed into startups. Reza Amin is the CEO and founder at Bastion and co-founder at Encapsulate. Since 2013 he was working on […]

Keep calm, carve a pumpkin, carry on! Thursday 10/29 at 6:00 PM on MS Teams, join the GWiSE community on Teams for some virtual fall festivities! Costumes and custom backgrounds encouraged! We will be carving, painting, and/or coloring pumpkins! Everything is BYO! If you want to color a pumpkin we will have pdfs that you […]

You're invited to the Civil and Environmental Department Graduate Student Halloween Social Thursday 10/29 @ 8 PM on Zoom Costumes and custom zoom backgrounds are encouraged!! To accommodate for the virtual environment, we are going to do Presentation Karaoke with a winner's prize. Presentation Karaoke is where volunteers improvise some funny stories over a presentation as […]

PhD Dissertation Defense: Optimal Proactive Services with Uncertain Predictions Ran Liu Location: Zoom Link Abstract: With the evolution of technologies such as machine learning and data science, proactive services with the aid of predictive information have been recognized as a promising method to exploit network bandwidth, storage, and computation resources to achieve improved user experiences, […]

Start your fall 2020 research off on the right foot with Snell Library's series of online workshops about citation management! In this session, learn how advanced features in EndNote can help you manage citations for yourself or your research group. Register here: bit.ly/citationmgmtworkshops

This virtual seminar series is an opportunity for Bioengineering graduate students to present their research. The first presenter is Ronak Ansaripour from the Carrier lab, title: “Controlling extracellular matrix environment in guiding 3D Retinal Organoid formation”. The second presenter is Alexander Grath from the Dai lab, title: “Directly Reprogramming Fibroblasts into Functional Endothelial Cells”. Please […]