Laura H. Lewis

About

Joined the Chemical Engineering Department in Spring 2007.

Laura H. Lewis is the Distinguished University and Cabot Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. She was previously a research group leader and Associate Department Chair in the Nanoscience Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). fabricate and study nanoscale materials. Laura’s research focuses on investigating the materials factors at the atomic level that provide functionality to magnetic and electronic materials. Emphasis is on strategic and technologically relevant systems that impact sustainability and critical materials supply chains including nanomaterials, amorphous materials and magnets. Potential applications include energy transformations in thermal, electromechanical and biomedical systems including motors, generators, magnetocaloric cooling and biosensors. Laura serves on a number of advisory panels, including for the Critical Materials Institute (a DOE Energy Innovation Hub) and is a member of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to develop supply chain and sustainability standards to ISO TC298 (Rare Earths) and ISO TC333 (Lithium), American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Selected Publications

• Lejeune, B. T., R. Barua, E. Simsek, R. W. McCallum, R. T. Ott, M. J. Kramer, and L. H. Lewis. (2021). Towards Additive Manufacturing of Magnetocaloric Working Materials. Materialia, 16, 101071
• Maât, N., McDonald, I., Barua, R., Lejeune, B., Zhang, X., Stephen, G.M., Fisher, A., Heiman, D., Soldatov, I.V., Schäfer, R., Lewis, L.H. (2020). Creating, probing and confirming tetragonality in bulk FeNi alloys. Acta Materialia, 196,776-789. 10.1016/J.ACTAMAT.2020.07.019
• Adib, Aswad, Khurram K. Afridi, Mahshid Amirabadi, Fariba Fateh, Mehdi Ferdowsi, Brad Lehman, Laura H. Lewis et al. (2019). E-mobility—Advancements and challenges. IEEE Access, 7, 165226-165240
• Jamer, Michelle E., Yung Jui Wang, Gregory M. Stephen, Ian J. McDonald, Alexander J. Grutter, George E. Sterbinsky, Dario A. Arena et al. (2017). Compensated Ferrimagnetism in the Zero-Moment Heusler Alloy Mn 3 Al. Physical Review Applied, 7(6), 064036
• Lewis, Laura H., A. Mubarok, E. Poirier, Nina Bordeaux, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, Ralph Skomski et al. (2014). Inspired by Nature: Investigating Tetrataenite for Permanent Magnet Applications. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 26(6), 064213
• Plouffe, Brian D., Shashi K. Murthy, and Laura H. Lewis. (2014). Fundamentals and Application of Magnetic Particles in Cell Isolation and Enrichment: A Review. Reports on Progress in Physics, 78(1), 016601
• Lewis, Laura H., and Félix Jiménez-Villacorta. (2013). Perspectives on Permanent Magnetic Materials for Energy Conversion and Power Generation. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, A44, 1, 2-20

Spotlight Story

Oct 12, 2023

PhD Spotlight: Xiaoyu “Criss” Zhang, PhD’23, Mechanical Engineering

Xiaoyu “Criss” Zhang, PhD’23, mechanical engineering, focused research to understand and tailor magnetofunctional materials. He applied novel materials processing approaches to alter local atomic environments and structures at scales from Ångstrom-level to microscale to tailor magnetofunctionality. Zhang contributed to 14 peer-reviewed journal publications, including nine published contributions, with three as first-author, and five manuscripts in preparation. He continued as a postdoctoral researcher.

Faculty

Aug 07, 2023

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU Pathways) Completes 10-Week Boston Program

MIE Professor Ibrahim Zeid and STEM Executive Director Claire Duggan led a 10-week NSF-funded REU program called “REU Pathways,” which mentors community college students in engineering research.

Faculty

Nov 28, 2022

Lewis Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, was elevated to an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the design of magneto-functional materials.

Faculty

Oct 07, 2022

Accelerating the Production of Tetratenite as Alternative to Rare-Earth Magnets

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, has developed a method to create tetratenite as an alternative to rare-earth magnets, of which she was awarded a patent.

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Sep 07, 2021

ChE/MIE’s Lewis Awarded $2.1 M for Novel Magnetic Materials

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, is leading a $2.1M Department of Energy grant, in collaboration with the University of Delaware, the Northeastern University Physics department, and the University of Warwick, UK, for “Designing Strong Stability in Non-Critical and Rare-Earth-Lean Magnetic Materials.”

Faculty

Aug 05, 2021

Manufacturing Efficient Magnetic Materials

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, in collaboration with the University of Warwick, UK, was awarded a $900K NSF grant for “Multi-Driver Furnace Processing of Magneto-Functional Materials.”

Faculty

Sep 01, 2020

Creating, Probing and Confirming Tetragonality in Bulk FeNi Alloys

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor Laura Lewis, ChE/MIE, was published in Acta Materialia for research on “Creating, probing and confirming tetragonality in bulk FeNi alloys”.

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