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Apr 06, 2023
‘I Feel I Have a Very Big Task Ahead,’ Says First Recipient of Northeastern’s Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship
Kelvin Amakye is the first recipient of the Chanrai Family Graduate Scholarship which he will use to pursue a master’s degree in bioengineering.
Apr 05, 2023
Alternative Spring Break Led Engineering Undergraduates Overseas
Innovators for Global Health (IGH), a student organization consisting of undergraduate engineering students, traveled to Ghana during spring break to help build relationships with local medical facilities to determine medical device needs.
Apr 05, 2023
Nonspherical Ultrasound Microbubbles
Bioengineering Assistant Professor Tao Sun recently published postdoctoral research on “Nonspherical ultrasound microbubbles,” in PNAS. Microbubbles (MB) are widely used for ultrasound imaging and ultrasound-mediated drug delivery; thus far, only spherical MB have been employed. Sun’s research shows that it is possible to generate nonspherical MB, which move closer to blood vessel walls and have longer circulation times in vivo upon intravenous administration in mice. Combined with transcranial focused ultrasound, nonspherical MB outperformed spherical MB in temporarily permeabilizing the blood–brain barrier, opening new avenues for drug delivery.
Apr 04, 2023
Extending the Sensitivity, Consistency and Depth of Single-Cell Proteomics
The laboratory of Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov published their research on “Prioritized mass spectrometry increases the depth, sensitivity and data completeness of single-cell proteomics” in Nature Methods. Their method consistently analyzes thousands of prioritized peptides across all single cells (thus increasing data completeness) while maximizing instrument time spent analyzing identifiable peptides, thus increasing proteome depth.
Mar 31, 2023
Intro to Rocketry Program Lifts Off
The Intro to Rocketry – Airframe program successfully designed, built, tested, and launched five 6-8 foot L2 rockets in March, with some reaching heights as high as 3,600 feet. The launch was the culmination of two semesters of work by about 20 students plus five student mentors as part of Northeastern’s AerospaceNU club.
Mar 30, 2023
Congratulation NSF GRFP Recipients
Current students and alumni were recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, early in their careers.
Mar 30, 2023
‘It Prepares Us for the Real World.’ Northeastern Women’s Hockey Team Chases National Title with 10 Players Working Full-time as Co-ops
More than one-third of the Northeastern University women’s hockey team are working full-time on co-op, including three engineering students working at Bohler Engineering, Vanderwall Engineers, and Harbor House Collective.
Mar 28, 2023
Fostering Co-op Opportunities in Singapore
Kristina Kutsukos, Assistant Co-op Faculty in Northeastern University’s College of Engineering, traveled to Singapore to target new areas of industry and research for Northeastern co-op students, visit our current cooperative education partners, and meet with our Northeastern alumni in the region.