News
Oct 16, 2018
Two Northeastern Startups Win MassChallenge Boston
The startups Boston Materials and Mobile Pixels, both started by members of the COE community, both won the MassChallenge Boston, which is a global business accelerator program for companies in the early stages of development.
Oct 16, 2018
HSyE Awarded $1.8M in AHRQ Funding to Combat Patient Misdiagnoses
James Benneyan, MIE Professor & Director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute, was awarded a $1.8M R18 award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (lead) for a Patient Safety Learning Lab (PSLL) to develop real-time predictive/detection models of patient misdiagnoses.
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.”
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”.
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.”
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.
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.