News
Nov 22, 2024
Past and Present BESS Members Shine at 50th Anniversary Celebration
At its 50th anniversary celebration, BESS recognized students, alumni, faculty, and supporters who have helped make this student organization a source of community, education, and professional development for more than five decades.
Nov 20, 2024
2023-2024 AIChE First Year Student Recognition Award
Eleanor Kutschera, E’27, chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2023-2024 First Year Student Recognition Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE). The award is given to one AIChE undergraduate member in each student chapter who has been the most active during their first year.
Nov 20, 2024
2023-2024 Donald F. Othmer Second Year Student Academic Excellence Award
Luana Forti Bergamo, E’26, chemical engineering, was awarded the 2023-2024 Donald F. Othmer Second Year Student Academic Excellence Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE). This honor is presented to one active AIChE undergraduate student member in each student chapter who has achieved the highest scholastic grade point average during their first and second years.
Nov 20, 2024
Inclusive Engineering Mentoring Initiative
ChE Professor and Chair Rebecca Willits was awarded, in collaboration with the University of Akron (PI), an $800,000 NSF award for “BPE Track 3: Engineering Academic Mentoring Collective,” which is designed to help build supportive networks of underrepresented groups in engineering, particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals and women.
Nov 20, 2024
Pfluger Receives AIChE Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor Award
ChE Teaching Professor Courtney Pfluger received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Outstanding Student Chapter Advisor Award which recognizes outstanding service and leadership in guiding the student chapter activities in accordance with the national organization’s principles.
Nov 20, 2024
2023-2024 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award
Dominic Pizzarella, E’24, chemical engineering, received the 2023-2024 Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award, which is awarded by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to 15 students annually for their outstanding academic achievement and involvement in student chapter activities.
Nov 20, 2024
AIChE Outstanding Student Chapter Award
The Northeastern University student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) was selected as an Outstanding Student Chapter for the 2023 – 2024 school year.
Nov 20, 2024
ECE PhD Student Wins Multiple AVS Awards
Bin Luo, PhD’26, electrical engineering, who works in ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun’s lab, won the 2024 American Vacuum Society (AVS) National Graduate Research Award, the AVS MEMS/NEMS Group Best Research Work Award, and was a finalist for the Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures (MIND) Division Leo Falicov Student Award for Best Presentation of Graduate Research at the AVS 70th Symposium.