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Mar 24, 2025

Undergrad Students Present at 2025 ASEE-NE Conference

Under the guidance of COE Distinguished Teaching Professor Bala Maheswaran, undergraduate engineering students published and presented papers at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Northeast Section Conference on March 22, 2025, in Bridgeport, CT.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 19, 2025

Northeastern Hosts Conference To Advance Global Research in Mechanobiology

Northeastern’s inaugural Global Summit on Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine Conference, organized by Ning Wang, professor of bioengineering and director of the Institute for Mechanobiology at Northeastern, brought together leading experts in mechanobiology from around the globe to share research and advance efforts to address pressing health issues.

Bioengineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Herbert Levine, distinguished professor of physics and bioengineering, standing in front of a project giving a presentation

Mar 14, 2025

Fighting Tumor Defenses With Engineering and Immunotherapy

BioE/Physics Distinguished Professor Herbert Levine gives the plenary lecture at the Global Summit on Mechanobiology and Mechanomedicine hosted by Northeastern’s Institute for Mechanobiology. He discusses how mechanobiology seeks to overcome the physical barriers around tumors to improve immunotherapy effectiveness.

Bioengineering

Mar 11, 2025

PhD Student Places First at AAAS 2025 Student E-Poster Competition

Aleksei Krotov, PhD’25, bioengineering, advised by COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad, received first place in the 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting Student E-Poster Competition in the Brain and Behavior category.

Bioengineering

Mar 10, 2025

Revolutionizing Live-Cell Research With InCu-Click

BioE Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard’s lab has developed InCu-Click, a breakthrough reagent that makes the powerful click chemistry technique safe for live-cell applications, opening up new possibilities in drug discovery, diagnostics, and biological research.

Bioengineering

Mar 10, 2025

BioE PhD Student Wins Judges Award at PhD Research Expo

Bioengineering student Catherine “Katya” Karpova, PhD’27, who works in Professor Guohao Dai’s lab, was selected for the Judges Award at the 7th Annual College of Engineering PhD Research Expo last week, for her poster presentation on “Development of Cardiac Specific Endothelial Cells to Support Vascularized Cardiac Organoids.”

Bioengineering

Ning Wang

Mar 06, 2025

A Safer Approach To Generate Endothelial Cells

BioE Professor Ning Wang published his research on “Engineering Aortic Valves via Transdifferentiating Fibroblasts Into Valvular Endothelial Cells Without Using Viruses or iPS Cells” in Bioactive Materials.

Bioengineering

student at research expo pointing to poster as he explains to attendee his research

Feb 28, 2025

7th Annual College of Engineering PhD Research Expo

Over 80 research posters were presented at the seventh annual College of Engineering PhD Research Expo, showing the remarkable work of engineering PhD students. Six students in two categories were recognized with awards.

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

Gregory D. Abowd, Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Anvesh Gurijala, BS 2016 mechanical engineering; Shruti Kotian, MS 2019 information systems; Kaitlin McCarthy, BS 2009 civil engineering; Hamed Tabkhi, PhD 2014 computer engineering; Emily Wisniewski, BS 2015 chemical engineering

Feb 25, 2025

Young Alumni Impact Award Winners Share Their Career Journeys

As part of Engineers Week, Gregory Abowd, dean of the College of Engineering, presented the college’s inaugural Young Alumni Impact Awards to six recent graduates who are transforming industries and inspiring the next generation. The award recipients shared their career journeys and how they turned their experiential education into impactful careers. View the video recap and photo gallery.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Feb 14, 2025

2025 Goldwater Scholarship Nominee

Eda Erdogmus, E’26, bioengineering, was nominated for a 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a highly competitive, merit-based award for outstanding students in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering who are interested in pursuing careers in research.

Bioengineering