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Nov 22, 2024
Meet the Five Bioengineering Undergraduate Huntington 100 Recipients
Northeastern University “Huntington 100,” is a group of students selected for their outstanding achievements that align with the university’s mission, ideals, values, and academic plan. These students represent what Northeastern […]
Nov 22, 2024
Three COE Students Apply for 2024 Fulbright
Talin Calikyan, E’25, mechanical engineering, Molly Johnson, E’25, bioengineering and biochemistry, and Joshua Piatok, E’25, bioengineering, applied for a Fulbright Scholarships. Calikyan is pursuing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Spain, while Johnson applied for a Fulbright Study/Research (S/R) in New Zealand, and Piatok is seeking a Fulbright S/R in Germany.
Nov 18, 2024
Northeastern Team Awarded the Vivli AMR Surveillance Data Challenge Student Innovation Prize
A team of Northeastern graduate students and alumni, led by Harry Akligoh, PhD ’28, bioengineering, participated in the 2024 Vivli Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Data Challenge and were awarded the Student Innovation Prize for their Microbiological Information Management System (microBIS) project.
Nov 15, 2024
Northeastern Nominates 6 COE Students for Prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Alex Bender, E’20, MS’20, Matthew Coughlin, E’25, Maya De Los Santos, E’25, Jose Meza Llamosas, E’25, Dominic Pizzarella, E’25, and Daniel Sneyers Pont, E’21, MS’21, were six of eight nominated by Northeastern for the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, which develops a community of future global leaders to address complex challenges through collaboration and innovation.
Nov 14, 2024
Modeling the Mechanics of Cell Migration
Physics/BioE University Distinguished Professor Herbert Levine and BioE/MIE Affiliated Faculty Alain Karma were awarded a $760,000 NSF grant for “Building Quantitative Models of Eukaryotic Cell Motility.” They will work with Ecole Normale in Paris as part of a special NSF program with the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Nov 07, 2024
11 COE Fall 2024 Huntington 100 Recipients
Eleven College of Engineering students were selected as fall 2024 members of the Northeastern University Huntington 100, which is a group of students selected for their outstanding achievements that align with the university’s mission, ideals, values, and academic plan.
Oct 28, 2024
Best Poster Presentation Award at Fourth Aerosol Dosimetry Meeting
Charbel Yazbeck, PhD’28, bioengineering, advised by BioE Associate Professor Jessica Oakes, was awarded the best student poster presentation at the Fourth Aerosol Dosimetry Meeting, for his poster titled “Modeling and Evaluating the Pulmonary Impacts of a Wildland Firefighting Career Through Equivalent Murine Exposure.”
Oct 25, 2024
Using Synthetic Polymers To Break Down Biofilms
Inspired by the process barnacles undergo to break down bacteria before suctioning themselves to rocks, BioE Professor and Chair Abraham Joy is using his synthetic polymer to remove biofilms of bacteria that cause antibiotic-resistant infections. He co-authored research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Oct 17, 2024
Engineering for Women’s Health Conference 2024 Focuses on Interdisciplinary Solutions
Seeking to highlight the need for interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to women’s health, a group of bioengineering and mechanical engineering PhD students organized the inaugural Engineering for Women’s Health Conference 2024.
Oct 08, 2024
New Approaches to Treatment-Resistant Tumors
Shaobo Yang, PhD’24, bioengineering, advised by BioE Associate Professor Chiara Bellini, published research on “Non-Pathogenic E. Coli Displaying Decoy-Resistant IL18 Mutein Boosts Anti-Tumor and CAR NK Cell Responses” in Nature Biotechnology.