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Oct 16, 2018

HSyE Receives Funding for Continued Mitigation on U.S. Opioid Epidemic

James Benneyan, MIE Professor & Director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute, received a $450K NIH/NIDA award for “Model-Informed Understanding and Mitigation of the U.S. Opioid and Heroin Epidemic.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 15, 2018

ChE Student Wins Best Oral Presentation Award at ICNANO 2018

1st-year Chemical Engineering PhD student Ada Vernet received an award for the Best Oral Presentation at the 3rd Baltic Conference Series: International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (ICNANO) 2018 for her research on “Synthesis and characterization of tellurium nanowire using both chemical and green routes and their comparison in terms of biocompatibility and anticancer properties”.

Chemical Engineering

Oct 15, 2018

2017 | 2018 Scholarship Report Highlights Research Leadership and Performance Trajectory

The annual scholarship report for the College of Engineering is now available. Highlighted is the College’s continued performance trajectory, numerous faculty members who have been recognized with prestigious honors and awards, as well as transformational research underway in our seven research initiatives, as well as in emerging enabling areas such as robotics and the Internet of Things.

Oct 12, 2018

Tiny Antenna Wins Big Prize

ECE PhD student Hwaider Lin’s research into creating a tiny antenna to precisely target specific neurons won first prize in NASA Tech Briefs magazine contest “Create the Future Design Contest.”

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Oct 12, 2018

Imaging the Chemistry of our Bodies

BioE/COS Professor Heather Clark directs the new Chemical Imaging for Living Systems (CILS) Institute which will focus on finding ways to image the chemistry of our bodies.

Bioengineering

Oct 12, 2018

Energy Conference Highlights the Power of Collaborative Transformation in Clean Energy

Northeastern University’s Energy Conference 2018 (NUEC18), hosted and organized by the student-run Energy Systems Society, brought together 250 guests from eclectic backgrounds, ranging from faculty of different universities, industry professionals, students, and energy enthusiasts.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 10, 2018

Civil and Environmental Engineering students place 3rd at Environmental Design Competition

A team of Civil and Environmental students from Northeastern University placed third in the WEF Environmental Design Competition, which saw the participation of 22 teams from across the 3 countries.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Oct 09, 2018

Humans Control Complex Objects by Exploiting Their Stability

COS/ECE Professor Dagmar Sternad was featured in Physics Today's article "Humans control complex objects by exploiting their stability."

Electrical & Computer Engineering