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Jul 08, 2025

Patent for Magnetic Microwires in Medical Treatments

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, and ChE Associate Professor Abigail Koppes were awarded a patent for “Magnetic microwires for energy-transporting biomedical applications.”

Chemical Engineering

Juner Zhu

Jul 02, 2025

Developing Data-Enabled Methods for Material Characterization and Design

MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu and Research Scientist Wei Li were awarded a $500,000 NSF three-year grant for “Mechanics Informatics for Learning Constitutive Models: Theory, Computation, and Uncertainty Quantification.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Yi Zheng

Jul 02, 2025

Zheng Selected as Fulbright Scholar Awardee

MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was selected to receive the distinguished Fulbright Scholar Award for 2025-2026.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aatmesh Shrivastava

Jul 01, 2025

Shrivastava Receives DARPA Director’s Fellowship

ECE Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava has been awarded the highly selective DARPA Director’s Fellowship Award.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jul 01, 2025

Xu Honored with DAC Under-40 Innovators Award

ECE Assistant Professor Xiaolin Xu was named a recipient of the 2025 IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC) Under-40 Innovators Award.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mansoor Amiji standing outside looking off to the left

Jun 25, 2025

GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Prices Are Unlikely To Decrease in the Near Future

Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji says people seeking weight loss drugs may be able to get help from patient financial assistance programs and alternative medications. Mounjaro weight loss drug’s active ingredient—semaglutide—is no longer in short supply, so less expensive GLP-1 compounded versions are no longer available.

Chemical Engineering

Jerome Hajjar

Jun 25, 2025

Hajjar Receives 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award

CEE Professor Jerome Hajjar was selected to receive the 2025 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award for his exceptional “leadership in advancing civil engineering education, computational analysis, experimental testing, field investigation, and design of resilient and sustainable steel and composite steel/concrete buildings, bridges, and infrastructure systems; regional simulation; structural stability; and earthquake engineering.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

plastic forks evenly distributed on blue background

Jun 24, 2025

Newly Founded Plastics Center Strives for Innovative Solutions to Plastic Waste

MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins will co-direct the new Plastics Center at Northeastern University. The center’s goal is to bring together plastic researchers and expand knowledge about plastics and public policy. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering