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Mar 10, 2023

We Need People With Different Perspectives To Solve Problems

BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara’s speech at the United Nations about the need for visually impaired people in the field of science earned her a standing ovation.

Bioengineering

Mar 08, 2023

Opening Doors for the DeafBlind Community

Nick Scaperdas, E’24, bioengineering, is working with a group of students from the Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education’s Generate student-run product development studio to develop a doorbell that can be used by DeafBlind individuals.

Bioengineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

portrait of slavov

Mar 07, 2023

Workflows for Single-Cell Proteomics

Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov’s research on “Initial Recommendations for Performing, Benchmarking and Reporting Single-Cell Proteomics Experiments” was published in Nature Methods.

Bioengineering

Mar 02, 2023

Designs for a Non-Invasive Brain Imaging Head Probe

BioE Associate Professor Qianqian Fang was awarded a patent for “Optically monitoring brain activities using 3D-aware head-probe.”

Bioengineering

Mar 01, 2023

Celebrating National Engineers Week 2023

The College of Engineering celebrated National Engineers Week with events including a ‘Break the Mold’ Fireside Chat with award-winning engineer and commentator Dr. Shini Somara and Dean Gregory Abowd; Cookies with the Dean event, which included snacks, photo and video booths, COE swag and a lot of COE pride; Breakout sessions with Shini Somara with select students and faculty showing our progressive engineering program, research, and community; and an Engineering for Everyone Expo hosted by the Center for STEM Education.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 25, 2023

Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Spring 2023 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 24, 2023

Faculty and Staff Awards 2023

Faculty and staff in the College of Engineering were recognized at the annual awards event in a variety of categories for their contributions during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jiahe Li

Jan 18, 2023

NSF CAREER Award for Examining sRNAs as Potential Disease Prevention

Jiahe Li, BioE assistant professor, has been awarded a $636,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, titled “Understanding and Harnessing Host-derived Small RNAs Against Opportunistic Pathogens,” to learn how to harness one of the body’s natural defense mechanisms to inhibit bad bacteria.

Bioengineering

Jan 05, 2023

Single Cell Protein Analysis for Precision Medicine

nside Precision Medicine published an article entitled “Untangling the Complexities of Single Cell Protein Analysis” that highlights the latest research from the team of Allen Distinguished Investigator and BioE Associate Professor Nikolai Slavov. The research was conducted in the Slavov Laboratory by doctoral students Andrew Leduc, Jason Derks, and colleagues.

Bioengineering

Sara Rouhanifard

Dec 22, 2022

Rouhanifard Receives CMBE Rising Star Award

BioE Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard was selected to receive a 2023 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Rising Star Award for her outstanding impact on the field of cellular and molecular bioengineering.

Bioengineering