News
Feb 22, 2011
Measuring Interatomic Distances
ECE Professor Lee Makowski has received a $280K NIH grant to develop MADMAX, a Multi-wavelength Anomalous Diffraction using Medium Angle X-ray solution scattering, for the precise measurement of conformational changes in proteins.
Jul 19, 2010
Extracting the Cure from Flowers
ChE Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons has received a $550K NSF grant to increase the production of highly-valued medicinal alkaloids from the Madagascar periwinkle plant.
Jul 13, 2010
Studying Skill Acquisition
ECE Professor, Dagmar Sternad, has received a $324K NIH grant to discover the acquistion, adaptation, and control of skilled movements in order to restore sensorimotor function in neurological disorders.
Nov 13, 2009
Helping Stroke Victims Recover
Constantinos Mavroidis, Professor and Director of the Biomedical Mechtronics Laboratory, was featured by MIT’s Technology Review for his work in creating portable robotic devices that can be used in the rehabilitation of patients that have suffered a stoke.
Oct 06, 2009
New Interdisciplinary Bioengineering PhD program
The new Bioengineering PhD program combines biosciences and engineering together to create six immersion tracks for students to choose from.
Sep 03, 2009
New Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Bioengineering
The College of Engineering is now offering a new interdisciplinary PhD Degree program in Bioengineering. The program takes advantage of the strong multidisciplinary research taking place at the interface of biology and engineering at Northeastern.
Apr 30, 2009
Increasing Opportunities for Women
The NSF ADVANCE grant will help increase the number of women in academic science and engineering careers.
Apr 29, 2009
Moving Up in the Ranks
The College of Engineering's Graduate School has moved up in the US News & World Reports ranks of the Top Engineering Graduate Schools from 65 to 60.
Apr 10, 2009
Engineers make the World a Better Place
By becoming an engineer, you have an excellent opportunity to develop and improve the way we live our lives. Three engineering students were recently interviewed by Network World to share their thoughts on how Northeastern has prepared them for their careers.
Dec 05, 2008
Prof. Niedre Finds Early Photon Imaging Detects Lung Cancer
A novel, high-resolution fluorescence imaging system may be used to detect lung cancer at early stages.