News
May 13, 2025
Two BioE Students Receive GRFP Honorable Mentions
Meet the two bioengineering students who were honorable mentions of the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards, Kaitlyn Ramesh and Victoria Williams.
May 02, 2025
Short Bursts of Mechanical Stress on Epithelial Cells Can Trigger Lasting Biological Response
Ning Wang, BioE professor and director of the Institute for Mechanobiology, and a team of researchers published “Mechanomemory After Short Episodes of Intermittent Stresses Induces YAP Translocation via Increasing F-actin” in APL Bioengineering.
Apr 30, 2025
Sontag Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
Eduardo Sontag, university distinguished professor of ECE/BioE, was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Apr 23, 2025
Bioengineering Student Receives 2025 Compass Award
Gabrielle Rose Bailey, E’25, bioengineering and biochemistry, is a recipient of the 2025 Compass Award, which recognize exemplary students from the senior class who have demonstrated a true dedication to the core values of leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and a commitment to Northeastern.
Apr 22, 2025
2025 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2025 were awarded to more than 40 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.
Apr 22, 2025
Once Extinct Plant Gene Could Impact New Drug Discovery
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Wen applied a new method called molecular gene resurrection to repair a defunct gene found in the coyote tobacco plant that encodes cyclic peptide nanamin. This peptide could be used in new cancer treatments, antibiotics development, and insect protection for crops. The research was published in PNAS.
Apr 15, 2025
BioE PhD Receives Outstanding PhD Student Award in Leadership
Deng Li, PhD’25, bioengineering, received the Outstanding PhD Student Award in Leadership, which recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated significant leadership and a deep commitment to giving back to members of Northeastern’s community or surrounding neighborhoods.
Apr 09, 2025
Patent for Crack-Resistant Composites Utilizing Herringbone Architecture
MIE Professor Randall Erb and BioE/MIE Affiliated Faculty Alain Karma were awarded a patent for “Ceramic-reinforced polymer composites with herringbone architecture.”
Apr 08, 2025
2025 Huntington 100 COE Recipients
Eighteen College of Engineering students were selected as 2025 members of the Northeastern University Huntington 100, which recognizes undergraduate students for their outstanding achievements and who exemplify the university’s mission, ideals, values, and academic excellence.
Apr 08, 2025
2025 Laurel and Scroll 100 Inductees
Twenty-nine engineering graduate students were inducted into the Laurel and Scroll 100, a society established in 2024 to honor exceptional graduate and professional students across Northeastern’s global university system.