News
Apr 06, 2023
Carrier Receives Honorable Mention at 3-D ROC
ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier received an honorable mention during the National Eye Institute (NEI) 3-D Retina Organoid Challenge (3-D ROC). Carrier’s team created an organoid-microvessel co-culture system that proposes to add vasculature embedded in a biomimetic hydrogel to organoids to increase oxygen and nutrient flow and mimic the chemical and physical cues present in developing eye tissue.
Apr 06, 2023
2023 Compass Awards
Bioengineering students Joseph Blanchet, E’22, and Shandy Ndjigue, E’23, are recipients of the 2023 Compass Awards, which recognizes exemplary students from the senior class who, during their time on campus, have demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.
Apr 06, 2023
Combating Chemotherapy Drug Shortages With Plant Engineering
ChE/COS Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons is developing methods to produce more plant-derived chemotherapeutic compounds to meet drug shortages. She received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work.
Apr 06, 2023
How Do You Start a Robotics Club From Scratch? Northeastern London Students Found the Winning Formula
As a current first-year engineering student at Northeastern’s London campus, Aidan Carrier helped to create a new robotics club that has already developed a talented robot that won the Unibots UK robotics competition.
Apr 06, 2023
‘I Feel I Have a Very Big Task Ahead,’ Says First Recipient of Northeastern’s Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship
Kelvin Amakye is the first recipient of the Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship which he will use to pursue a master’s degree in bioengineering.
Apr 06, 2023
Avoiding Errors by Thoroughly Understanding Bioprocess Mechanisms
MIE Assistant Professor Wei Xie’s research study on biomanufacturing process hybrid modeling, digital twin, and machine learning was featured in the Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News article “Avoiding Errors by […]
Apr 06, 2023
Modeling Uncertainty in Process Development
MIE Assistant Professor Wei Xie’s research on uncertainty analysis was featured in the Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News article “Modeling Uncertainty in Process Development.”
Apr 06, 2023
Catching Up With Roger Grace
Northeastern alumnus Roger Grace, E’66 and ME’69, was featured in the Microelectronics Packaging & Test Engineering Council Winter 2022 report article “Catching Up With Roger Grace.” Grace has served on […]