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Apr 19, 2023
2023 Huntington 100 COE Recipients
The 2023 members of Northeastern University’s “Huntington 100,” a group of undergraduate students selected for their outstanding achievements locally and globally, included 18 students from the College of Engineering.
Apr 12, 2023
Cationic Contrast Agents for Cartilage Imaging for Early Diagnosis of Arthritis
Ambika Bajpayee, associate professor, bioengineering, published a paper, “Cationic Carrier Mediated Delivery of Anionic Contrast Agents in Low Doses Enable Enhanced Computed Tomography Imaging of Cartilage for Early Osteoarthritis Diagnosis,” in the journal ACS Nano. The research details the creation of positively charged contrast agents that can target cartilage tissue in joints affected by osteoarthritis, enabling CT imaging at very low doses.
Apr 06, 2023
2023 Compass Awards
Bioengineering students Joseph Blanchet, E’22, and Shandy Ndjigue, E’23, are recipients of the 2023 Compass Awards, which recognizes exemplary students from the senior class who, during their time on campus, have demonstrated a true dedication to a core set of values: leadership, volunteerism, academic integrity, and commitment to Northeastern.
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 his postdoctoral research from John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on “Nonspherical Ultrasound Microbubbles,” in PNAS.
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.
Mar 30, 2023
2023 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 28, 2023
Dai and Huang-Saad Named AIMBE Fellows
BioE Associate Professors Guohao Dai and Aileen Huang-Saad were named American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellows. Election to the AIMBE College of Fellows is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to a medical and biological engineer, which is comprised of the top 2% of medical and biological engineers.
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.