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Dec 15, 2022
‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.
The engineering students that created the snake-like robot, Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA), were featured in the National Geographic article “‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join […]
Dec 15, 2022
Regenerating Major Nerve Injuries With a Different Type of Stem Cell
ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes is developing methods of converting olfactory stem cells into Schwann Cells that can be used to repair nerve damage. He received a Spark Fund award from Northeastern’s Center for Research Innovation for this work.
Dec 14, 2022
Levendis Selected as AIAA Associate Fellow
Yiannis Levendis, Distinguished Professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, was selected as a member of the Class of 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellows for his technical contributions to fuel combustion physics, chemistry, and diagnostics, and for educating engineering students in the fields of gas turbine combustion and air pollution.
Dec 14, 2022
Doctors, Biomedical Engineers Assess Abuakwa South Health Delivery
BioE Chair Lee Makowski was featured in the BusinessGhana article “Doctors, Biomedical Engineers Assess Abuakwa South Health Delivery.” Related story: Ghana Biomedical Innovation Summit
Dec 14, 2022
MassDOT Plans To Tweak Its Highway ‘Blunder’ in Back Bay
Featured in a StreetsBlog article, a 2015 research project by Northeastern University student Dixian Qui and civil engineering professor Peter Furth made the argument that the Bowker Overpass is unnecessary, […]
Dec 14, 2022
Ghana Biomedical Innovation Summit
The Department of Bioengineering in partnership with the non-profit 4GBI sponsored the Ghana Bioinnovation Workshop and the Ghana Bioinnovation Symposium. The two events attracted a total of over 300 attendees. Fact-finding visits of the Northeastern/4GBI team to rural health clinics, hospitals, and Academic City University College supplemented these events.
Dec 14, 2022
Bioengineering an Impact With ‘Give a Hand’
Isabela Castillo, an undergraduate bioengineering student, started the Give a Hand club on campus, which develops prosthetic hands for those in need and works in collaboration with Enabling the Future, a global network of volunteers making medical devices.
Dec 14, 2022
Ed Galante Meets With Students of the Galante Engineering Business Program
Galante Engineering Business Program Fellows had the opportunity to meet and connect in-person with their namesake benefactor Ed Galante for their final event of the Fall 2022 semester. Galante is the former sr. vice president of ExxonMobil and graduated with a degree in civil engineering from Northeastern.