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Sep 14, 2010
Podlaha Awarded $300K NSF Grant
ChE Associate Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy has received a $300K NSF Grant to study the electrochemical codeposition of molybdenum and tungsten alloys to catalyze electrolytic hydrogen production.
Sep 13, 2010
Congratulations Stephanie Fernandez
Stephanie Fernandez, currently pursuing a PhD in Chemical Engineering, has been selected as 1 of 100 GEM Fellows nationwide!
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Sep 10, 2010
Breaking Ground for the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security
September 10, 2010 was the historic groundbreaking for the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security which will facilitate university researchers’ work in such fields as cryptography, data security, information assurance, robust infrastructure, and energy harvesting.
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Sep 09, 2010
ChE Alum Donates $12M
Chemical Engineering Alumnus George J. Kostas has donated $12M to build a homeland security research facility on Northeastern's Burlington Campus. This is the largest donation for capital in the University's history.
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Sep 07, 2010
Cancer Fighting Flowers
ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons is using a $550K NSF grant to develop a method to boost the production of anti-cancer drugs that are produced by the Madagascar periwinkle plant.
Sep 07, 2010
DiMarzio Awarded Second Patent this Year
ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio has been awarded a patent for “Opto-acoustic signal detection with coherent confocal microscopy”.
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Sep 07, 2010
Kaeli Receives $350K Grant
ECE Professor David Kaeli, has been awarded a $350K NSF grant to improve hardware and software reliability issues for future computer systems.
Sep 07, 2010
Congratulations!!!
Nicholas Dagget & Brent Sisson, both seniors in Mechanical Engineering, are award recipients of this year’s Association for Energy Engineers Scholarship Foundation.