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Apr 04, 2024
2024 NSF GRFP Recipients
Current students and alumni were recipients of the 2024 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.
Apr 04, 2024
Northeastern Research Study Shows the Potential of AI for Stem Cell Manufacturing
MIE Assistant Professor Wei Xie, the primary investigator for a Northeastern research study on bio-drug automation and manufacturing, explains the part that AI can play in successful cell cultivation. Two papers recently published by Xie and her co-authors propose models for predicting mechanisms in both singular cells and clusters of cells.
Mar 18, 2024
$4.8M ARL Award for Advancing Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposition for Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing
Sinan Müftü, MIE Distinguished Professor, and Ozan Özdemir, MIE assistant professor, are leading a team that was awarded a $4.38 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to advance wire-arc direct energy deposition for large-format metal additive manufacturing.
Mar 12, 2024
Patent for Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic
MIE Associate Professor Hongli Zhu received a patent for “Natural fiber composites as a low-cost plastic alternative.”
Mar 05, 2024
Wanunu Receives Northeastern NAI Innovator of the Year Award
COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu received the Innovator of the Year award from the Northeastern University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Daniel Braconnier, a recent mechanical engineering PhD graduate, received the student innovator award.
Mar 04, 2024
COE Research Expo Displays Promising Work of PhD Students
The College of Engineering held a research expo to highlight the work of PhD students. Participants presented their research to a panel of judges and gained critical presentation and communication skills. They also displayed their research during the poster showcase and students were recognized with awards.
Feb 28, 2024
Entrepreneur Invents Next-Generation Hydroelectric Power System
Entrepreneur Siddharth Pannir, MS’19, energy systems, and certificate in engineering leadership, hopes to launch by the end of 2024 an award-winning portable hydroelectric system that electrifies existing damns to help communities that have suffered from a weather disaster or do not have easy access to electricity.
Feb 22, 2024
Engineers Week Speaker Discusses Creating Inclusivity Through Psychological Safety
As part of the National Engineers Week celebration, chemical engineer and DEI leader Mark McBride-Wright spoke at a fireside chat with COE Dean Gregory Abowd about creating inclusivity and leading teams by creating a psychologically safe environment in the workplace and beyond.