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May 21, 2026
The Risk of Targeting Water Desalination Plants In The Gulf Region
COE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly was featured in the Time article “The Risk of Targeting Water Desalination Plants In The Gulf Region.”
May 21, 2026
Chemical Engineering PhD Student Wins Merck Next Gen Leader and ACS Pharma Innovator Honors
Stephen Adepoju, PhD’27, chemical engineering, won both the 2026 Merck Next Gen Leaders in Chemistry award and the 2026 ACS Future Pharma Innovators distinction.
May 19, 2026
Schulte Grahame Honored with 2026 Heart of CommUNITY Collaboration Award
FYE Teaching Professor Kathryn Schulte Grahame was selected as a 2026 recipient of Northeastern University’s Heart of CommUNITY: Collaboration Award.
May 19, 2026
Patent for Brainwave Feedback Technology to Help Treat Anxiety and Depression
ECE Professor Sarah Ostadabbas has received a patent for “System and method for providing neurofeedback from steady-state visual evoked potentials to target affect-biased attention for treating therapeutic outcomes such as anxiety and depression.”
May 19, 2026
Patent for Compressing and Accelerating Mobile AI Models
ECE Professor Yanzhi Wang was awarded a patent for “Computer-implemented methods and systems for compressing recurrent neural network (RNN) models and accelerating RNN execution in mobile devices to achieve real-time inference.”
May 19, 2026
Engineering a Greener Future, One Protein at a Time
JiaJia Fu, E’26, is a bioengineering student whose research spans modeling the HIV glycan shield at Northeastern’s SymBioSys Lab to engineering plastic-degrading enzymes as a research co-op at the Harvard Wyss Institute. After graduation, she plans to pursue a PhD at the intersection of sustainability and biotechnology, bringing a rare blend of computational and wet lab expertise—and a deep conviction that bioengineering can help solve the planet’s most pressing ecological problems.
May 18, 2026
Trust the Process: How Juliana Castro Turned Uncertainty into Direction
Juliana Castro, BS’26, industrial engineering, completed three co-ops during her time at Northeastern. With a background in engineering and passion for making complex systems more accessible, she hopes to one day launch her own venture—built on the experience, perspective, and drive she developed along the way.
May 18, 2026
Built for the Outdoors: How Aidan Kane Found His Direction
Aidan Kane, E’26, graduated this spring with a degree in chemical engineering. During his time at Northeastern, he gained extensive co-op experience and served as Project Lead for an initiative at the Sherman Center.