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Jan 29, 2026
Woolston Receives ARPA-E IGNIITE Award for Biofuel Innovation
ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston was selected as one of 18 awardees to receive $500K for his project “Combining aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in a single bioreactor for transformative biofuel production metrics from C1 feedstocks” as part of ARPA-E 2025 Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) program.
Jan 29, 2026
Reframing Our Awe of Nature to Help Save the Environment
A recent study on the connection between living underwater and environmental consciousness has been published with the help of MES/CEE Professor Mark Patterson, CEE Affiliated Faculty Brian Helmuth, and CEE Affiliated Professor Geoffrey Trussel. With the help of an assisting PhD student, they interviewed and recorded the behavior of aquanauts-those that experiment and spend large amounts of time under the water. Findings claim that aquanauts experience an “underview effect”, a cognitive shift that deepens the connection and commitment to their research.
Jan 29, 2026
Faculty and Staff Awards 2026
Faculty and staff were recognized at the 28th Annual College of Engineering Faculty and Staff Awards for their exceptional service and dedication in support of students, the COE community, and the university during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Jan 28, 2026
ChE Research Team Featured on Protein Science Cover
Natesan Mani, PhD’26, chemical engineering, Raghavendran Suresh, MS’23, chemical engineering, and ChE/COS Assistant Professor Srirupa Chakraborty had their research on “Cleaved versus Uncleaved: How furin cleavage reshapes the conformational landscape of SARS-CoV-2 spike” featured on the cover of Protein Science.
Jan 28, 2026
Chemical Engineering PhD Student Wins First at Shark Night 2.0
Justin Hayes, PhD’25, chemical engineering, founder and CEO of Concordance Therapeutics, took first place at Boston Shark Night 2.0.
Jan 28, 2026
Barecka and Daramola Selected as Inaugural Advisory Board Members for Chem Circularity
ChE/COS Assistant Professors Magda Barecka and Damilola Daramola were selected to serve as inaugural advisory board members for Chem Circularity.
Jan 27, 2026
Northeastern Engineering Students Win Second at Global Ocean Hackathon
Vancouver students Noel John, MS, data analytics engineering, and Yi Zhen, MS’25, information systems, were part of a five-person team that placed second at the 2025 Global Ocean Hackathon.
Jan 27, 2026
AI Innovation Through Diverse Collaboration
Tooba Imtiaz, PhD ’27, electrical engineering, is currently working at the Machine Learning Lab at Northeastern. With her skills, publications, and experience, Imtiaz will continue to research new innovations in the ever-evolving field of artificial intelligence.