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Jul 01, 2020
Solar-Powered Water Desalination System to Address Water, Energy Crises
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng recently received a $355,408 Soleeva Energy Innovation Award to develop a functional interfacial structure for solar driven water desalination and purification. The system would also […]
Jun 29, 2020
CEE Alumni Spotlight: Physics-guided Probabilistic Modeling of Extreme Precipitation Under Climate Change
In a newly released paper, published in Scientific Reports, CEE alumni Drs. Udit Bhatia and Evan Kodra examine new methods for improving earth systems models.
Jun 26, 2020
A Planned Gift: It’s Just Good Chemistry
Jeffrey Kontoff, E’74, MS’76, knew that landing a full-time job during the deep recession of the mid-1970s would be challenging. As a chemical engineering major at Northeastern, he had held […]
Jun 26, 2020
Living the American Dream
Growing up in rural New Zealand, David Salmon, MS’65, electrical engineering, seized every technical opportunity, building radios, electric motors, and model planes from scratch. His school-vacation jobs included laboring on wharfs, houses, and barns. He scraped sludge from the feeder of a fertilizer factory and the tanks of a paper mill. He surveyed land for a new road and measured the strength of concrete samples. “I realized I would not be satisfied with any of those jobs as a career,” Salmon says. “I was motivated to continue studying.”
Jun 26, 2020
Giving Back and Forward
When it comes to supporting his alma mater, Bob Maddock, E’72, is proud to follow the example set by his father Tom, a 1942 Northeastern graduate who, like his son, earned a chemical engineering degree, achieved professional success, and went on to give back to the university through generous financial support.
Jun 26, 2020
Hard Work Pays Off
No one knows the value of hard work more than David House, MS’69, electrical engineering. Growing up in Muskegon, Michigan, where nearly everyone worked in a factory, House had an […]
Jun 25, 2020
Bioengineers Develop Innovative Respiratory-Assist Device as Alternative to Ventilator
BioE alumnus Craig Smallwood, PhD’18, invented a respiratory-assist device as an alternative to a ventilator for low-resource environments. BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski, in collaboration with physicians at Korle Bu Hospital in Ghana, has made the first few of these devices available for use on patients suffering from respiratory distress.
Jun 24, 2020
Investigating Intestinal Inflammation
ChE Assistant Professor Abigail Koppes and Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes’ research on “Cholinergic Activation of Primary Human Derived Intestinal Epithelium Does Not Ameliorate TNF-α Induced Injury” was published in the latest issue of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.