Northeastern University College of Engineering

Bioengineering Spring Seminar Series
2026-01-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
BIOE 7390 – Spring 2026
Bioengineering Seminar Series Schedule
Internal and external faculty seminar speakers, weekly 12-1pm on Wednesdays in Richards Hall 300
JANUARY
1/7 – Jonathan Weissman, PhD
Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whitehead Institute
1/14 – Joey Davis, PhD
Associate Professor Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1/21 – David Cronin, MBA
*Industry Seminar, Industrial Advisory Board Member
Chief Executive Officer, Cognition Corporation
1/28 – Amir Vahabikashi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University
FEBRUARY
2/4 – Wilson Wong, PhD
*Collab with CHME
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
2/11 – Christopher Evans, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
2/18 – None
2/25 – None
MARCH
3/4 – None, spring break
3/11 – Vijay Vedula, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
3/18 – Ibraheem Badejo, PhD
*Industry Seminar, Industrial Advisory Board Member
Senior Director, External Innovation, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
3/25 – Tao Sun, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Northeastern University
APRIL
4/1 – Marsha Rolle, PhD
*Collab with CHME
Director, Advancement, Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
4/8 – Era Jain, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University
4/15 – Meghan Rebuli, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Getting Started with Mendeley
2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:00
Are you interested in learning how to better organize your PDFs and research sources? Using Mendeley is a citation management tool that can help you become more organized and efficient throughout the research process: from when you first begin to explore your topic to when you are adding citations to your paper. In this online session, you will learn how to download Mendeley and set up an account, organize your research sources and PDFs, annotate PDFs, and create in-text citations and bibliographies.
Registration required.
You will receive the Zoom link for this webinar via email one hour before the event.
Related LibGuide: Mendeley

Oral Presentations: CommLab Drop-In Workshops
2026-01-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-12 11:00 - 12:00 | https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z5yCbd9WQ_OvtJoYqYSsMA
The NU CommLab is hosting a weekly hybrid Oral Presentation Drop-in practice for graduate students. Drop-in virtually or in-person any week to practice for your upcoming presentations whether it is for your oral exams, proposals, thesis, dissertation or conference. Receive and implement feedback on your verbal and non-verbal public speaking skills. Drop-in any Thursday from 11-12 pm ET in 334 Curry Student Center or on Zoom.

Getting Started with EndNote
2026-01-29 13:00 - 14:00
Learn how you can use the citation management tool EndNote to save and organize references from databases, web sources and the library catalog, and to quickly create citations and bibliographies while you write.
Note: use of Northeastern’s institutional EndNote subscription requires a Northeastern or NCH London username and password. This workshop is not open to non-Northeastern users.
Registration required.
You will receive the Zoom link for this webinar one hour before the event.
Related LibGuide: EndNote

Intro to Quantum Seminar for the Northeastern Community
2026-01-30 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-11 10:00 - 11:00
Spring 2026, West Village H Room 366, Fridays 10-11am, Weekly
Gregory A. Fiete, Professor of Physics, College of Science, Northeastern University
Purpose and Synopsis: Curious about quantum physics but not a physicist or physics major? This seminar series is your chance to learn the fundamentals of quantum physics, quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum cryptography, and quantum communication in an informal atmosphere without the need to register for a class. The seminar, open to all in the Northeastern community, will begin from basics assuming no prior knowledge of quantum mechanics and build through key concepts relevant to quantum technologies. The first weeks of the seminar will feature tutorial lectures and then the seminar will host experts from across campus who will give accessible talks on their quantum research. The aim is to bring together the entire Northeastern community in a single setting for establishing multi-disciplinary ties across the university for all who have an interest in quantum. Students, postdocs, staff and faculty at all levels are welcome. Questions and interactive discussions during the seminar are encouraged.
Topics Covered: Entanglement, Measurement Disturbance of Quantum Systems, Logic Gates, Quantum Advantage, No Cloning Theorem, Quantum Teleportation, EPR Paradox, Spin, Hilbert Spaces, Basic Mathematical Structure of Quantum Mechanics, Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations.
Speaker/Instructor Bio: Greg is a theoretical physicist specializing in the study of exotic quantum properties of materials. He received his PhD in physics from Harvard University and did postdoctoral work at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara. He was a Lee A. DuBridge Prize Fellow in Theoretical Physics at Caltech. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, a DARPA Director’s Fellowship, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics, and a Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. Greg is a core and founding member of the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute (QMSI) at Northeastern University.
Schedule of seminars

Harvard WeCODE Conference
2026-02-01 - 2026-02-02
Join COE Graduate Admissions at the 2026 WeCODE Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts! Ask your questions about our graduate engineering programs across the U.S. and Canada during the conference from February 1st-2nd. We look forward to meeting you there!

Creating and Delivering Impactful Posters and Presentations: A CommLab Workshop Series
2026-02-02 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 | https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/95011040922?pwd=[REDACTED]
From concept to creation to presentation, your poster is a tool to convey your research and projects. By attending this workshop series, you will learn and hone valuable skills to engage your audience with a clear and distinct poster. Whether this is your first poster submission, or you are a seasoned poster presenter, you will learn valuable tips and tricks at each of the four steps in the poster process. If you miss the event, view the video through our Team Video Link.
Zoom Link,

Monday, February 2nd, 10-11 am: Designing Poster Narratives
Monday, February 9th, 10-11 am: Crafting Posters with Visual Impact
Tuesday, February 17th, 10-11 am: Delivering an Impactful Poster Pitch: Strategies for Engaging Your Audience

ChE PhD Dissertation Defense: Eric Zimmerer
2026-02-02 13:00 - 15:00 | 333 CSC, 360 Huntington Ave, 333 CSC, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Name:
Eric Zimmerer
Title:
Rechargeable alkaline Zn-MnO₂ batteries for grid-scale energy storage
Date:
02/02/2026
Time:
1:00:00 PM
Committee Members:
Prof. Joshua Gallaway (Advisor)
Prof. Hannah Sayre
Lu Ma
Prof. Magda Barecka
Location:
333 Curry Student Center
Abstract:
Grid-scale batteries enable the integration of renewable energy from intermittent sources and level demand on power plants, but recent installations have been almost exclusively lithium-ion. Aqueous batteries, such as the ubiquitous primary alkaline Zn-MnO₂ battery, are free from the flammability, toxicity, and supply chain concerns that surround lithium. Rechargeable alkaline Zn-MnO₂ batteries currently rely on a low depth of discharge (DOD) of both the MnO₂ cathode and Zn anode, however, worsening their economics.
Detailed in this work are developments to the mechanistic understanding and electrochemical performance of rechargeable alkaline MnO₂ cathodes cycling their full capacity of two electrons per Mn atom. During cycling the cathode undergoes intercalation and dissolution-precipitation type reactions involving disordered species, making characterization difficult. Furthermore, MnO₂ cathodes need to be modified with Bi to cycle reversibly, but the mechanism through which Bi makes MnO₂ rechargeable is not well defined.
An interfacial region of disordered β-MnOOH is identified for the first time and found to be stabilized by Bi using operando extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and post-mortem selected area electron diffraction (SAED). Furthermore, irreversible Mn₃O₄ formation is proven not to occur in Bi-modified alkaline MnO₂ electrodes using in-situ Raman spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD). An alternative degradation mechanism is investigated through characterization of Bi-doped MnO₂. Finally, a cell with decoupled catholyte and anolyte is designed to prevent zinc poisoning of the MnO₂ cathode.

Eric Zimmerer is a member of the Analysis of Complex Electrochemical Systems (ACES) lab led by advisor Professor Joshua Gallaway. In February 2026, Eric will defend his Ph.D. thesis on the development of low-cost and sustainable batteries for grid-scale energy storage. While at Northeastern, Eric served as lab safety officer, treasurer for the Graduate Student Council, and a mentor for undergraduate researchers. During his time at Northeastern, Eric specialized in the development and characterization of aqueous battery chemistries. Specifically, he used synchrotron characterization techniques, performed at Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratories to characterize disordered structures present during battery cycling and to characterize the materials inside of sealed batteries under compression. After graduating, Eric hopes to work in battery research in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Crafting Data Visuals to Tell a Scientific Story: CommLab Drop-In Hours
2026-02-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-02-10 10:00 - 11:00 | https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/99770601100?pwd=[REDACTED]
Looking to illustrate your data? Join our Data Visualization Drop-In sessions Tuesdays from 10-11am on Zoom to discuss strategies or receive feedback on your data visualization process.

CV/LinkedIn/Resume CommLab Drop-In Hours
2026-02-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | https://northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEof-quqzwiGNCi3nAuNVzIyX1jgXA03KYO
Graduate students, do you need to increase your on-line presence or update your CV or Resume? Join the CommLab’s LinkedIn, CV, and Resume drop-in hours any Tuesday from 11 am to 12 pm ET. This collaborative space offers valuable advice and peer feedback to enhance your online profile and professional presence. Join this drop-in workshop in person in room 334 CSC or through Zoom.

Getting Started with Zotero
2026-02-03 13:00 - 14:00
Learn how to use Zotero to increase your efficiency. Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool that lets you quickly create bibliographies and in-text citations in your chosen reference style. This online session will cover: how to install Zotero, how to export references from a database to Zotero, how to create groups to organize your research information, how to create an online account, and how to use Zotero with Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
Registration required.
You will receive the Zoom link for this webinar via email one hour before the event.
Related LibGuide: Zotero

INSI Industry Forum Virtual Fireside Chat
2026-02-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems Industry Forum
Date: February 3, 2026
Time: 2:00–3:00 PM EST (11:00 AM–12:00 PM PST)
Format: Virtual Fireside Chat
Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/4xEKEjNvz5A?feature=share
Speaker:
Greg Waters
CEO & Co-Founder, MatrixSpace
Host:
Ted Werth
Executive in Residence, Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems
Northeastern University
About the Event
Join the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems for an engaging Industry Forum fireside chat with Greg Waters, CEO and Co-Founder of MatrixSpace. Greg will share his journey from advanced technical research to launching a successful technology company, offering candid insights into commercialization, entrepreneurship, and translating innovation into real-world impact.
Designed for researchers working in Wireless IoT and intelligent networked systems—including faculty, postdoctoral scholars, PhD students, and graduate researchers—this session will explore what it takes to move ideas from the lab to the marketplace. Attendees will gain practical perspectives on spinouts, industry engagement, and the challenges and opportunities of building companies around deep technology.
Who Should Attend:
Researchers, students, and innovators interested in entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and industry pathways for intelligent networked systems research.

Chemical Engineering Spring Seminar Series: Wilson Wong
2026-02-04 12:00 - 13:00
Engineering Vaccines, Cell and Gene Therapies Using Synthetic Biology
Location: 300 Richards Hall
Abstract: In this seminar, I will share with you some of the work that my trainees and colleagues have done on using synthetic biology in various areas, such as foundational circuit engineering, cellular immunotherapy, and vaccines. I will discuss our work on improving the specificity and safety of CART cell therapy against cancer using synthetic biology and biomaterials. I will also share our recent discovery on engineering self-amplifying RNA with reduced innate immune response and improved protein expression, leading to a highly potent COVID-19 vaccine as demonstrated in a lethal live virus challenge in mice.

Dr. Wilson Wong is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and an Allen Distinguished Investigator at Boston University. He is an expert in immune cell engineering and synthetic biology for therapeutic applications. Dr. Wong’s research has been published in numerous high-impact journals, including Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Cell, and PNAS. Dr. Wong has been recognized with multiple academic career awards, including membership in the AIMBE, NIH New Innovator Award, the ACS Synthetic Biology Young Investigator Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the Allen Distinguished Investigator Award. He has co-founded three companies, with one in the clinical stage. Dr. Wong has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Wong completed his postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Wendell Lim at the University of California, San Francisco.

Getting Started with RefWorks
2026-02-05 13:00 - 14:00
Are you tired of losing track of your research sources? Need help adding citations to your research papers? Attend this webinar to learn how to get started with RefWorks, an online citation management program that will allow you to collect and organize references and help you cite them in your papers. This session will cover:

how to create a RefWorks account
how to add references to your RefWorks library
how to organize and edit your library of references
how to add RefWorks citations to Word documents and Google Docs

Registration required.
You will receive the Zoom link for this webinar via email one hour before the event.
Related LibGuide: RefWorks

Love Data Week
2026-02-09 - 2026-02-13
Love Data Week is our annual university-wide event focused on building data & AI literacy across all disciplines and roles. This year’s event runs February 9-13, 2026, with the theme “Where’s the Data?”
Event Highlights:

Keynote: Ben Jones (Data Literacy LLC) presenting “Building Data & AI Literacy” on Monday, February 9, 1-2 PM EST
Two concurrent tracks of sessions daily (from approximately 10 AM – 5 PM EST)
Presentations and workshops on a wide range of topics including data visualization, research methods, AI applications, data management, evidence-based decision making, and much more
Content designed for all experience levels and disciplines
Interactive formats emphasizing active participation
New Data & AI Literacy in Action digital badge available for participants who attend sessions and contribute to our community of practice

While the official theme focuses on finding and accessing data, our 39 sessions cover the full spectrum of data & AI literacy topics relevant to faculty and staff across all departments.
Registration details and the full schedule

Data Rescue Hackathon | Love Data Week
2026-02-09 17:00 - 18:00
Help save disappearing government data in this hackathon, in which you will learn how to identify, capture, and preserve federal data that is at risk for deletion or alteration. Attendees of all skill levels are invited to join us in capturing, describing, uploading, and preserving at-risk federal data. You can learn more about efforts to preserve government data in this guide.
This is a hybrid event. Attend online via Teams or in person at Snell Library 215.

Northeastern Research Supplier Expo
2026-02-10 08:00 - 17:00 | CSC Ballroom, 360 Huntington Ave, 2nd fl CSC, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
The Procure-to-Pay (P2P) department is excited to announce our second annual Research Supplier EXPO which is scheduled on Wednesday, MARCH 11. Over 30 suppliers supporting Northeastern’s research enterprise will be participating to showcase their latest products and services, including equipment demos and samples.
Where and When?

Wednesday, MARCH 11 2026
Boston Campus, Curry Student Center from 11-1pm ET

Who Should Attend?

Any PI/faculty/staff member, or student, responsible for lab/scientific/medical-related purchasing

Why Attend?

Meet supplier representatives dedicated to Northeastern – networking! (Scroll down for exhibitors).
Learn about the latest and innovative products and services offered by NU’s top suppliers supporting scientific research.
Talk to the P2P team about category management, ordering and purchasing.
Sample and demo new products and equipment
FREE lunch, promo items, and giveaways

Register
Exhibitors:
ABclonal Technology
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
Airgas
Avantor
BECKMAN COULTER
Bio-Rad
Bio-Techne
Boston BioProducts
Cambridge Scientific
Corning Life Sciences
E&I Cooperative Services
Eppendorf
Eurofins Genomics
Fisher Scientific
GENEWIZ
Henry Schein
Inotiv
Integrated DNA Technologies
LabRepCo
Labviva
MedChemExpress LLC
Medical-Technical Gases, Inc.
Middlesex Gases
NEB
NETA Scientific
Novogene Corporation Inc.
STEMCELL technologies
Thomas Scientific
Twist Bioscience
USA Scientific
WESTNET

QMSI Special SEMINAR - “Symmetry Control of the Anomalous Hall Effect in Altermagnetic MnTe”
2026-02-11 11:00 - 12:00
“Symmetry Control of the Anomalous Hall Effect in Altermagnetic MnTe”
Prof. Alberto De la Torre Duran
Northeastern University
Feb 11, 2026, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: Elliott Hall – Room 130C
147 South Bedford St, Burlington, MA
The seminar is both in person and online
Abstract:
Altermagnetism is a recently identified magnetic phase that unites the spin-polarized electronic bands of ferromagnets with the compensated magnetic order of antiferromagnets via unconventional symmetry operations. Controlling the Anomalous Hall Effect in altermagnets is fundamental for spintronic devices. In strained MnTe/GaAs films, the magnitude and polarity of the AHE were unexpectedly tuned by field-cooling (FC). Here, we present a combined X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), circular dichroism resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (CD-RIXS), photoemission, and Raman study in thin films of the altermagnetic α-MnTe [1]. Our combined spectroscopy study reveals a symmetry reduction in MnTe/GaAs, allowing a non-zero Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction while maintaining the spin-split electronic and magnetic structure. We interpret the tunability of the AHE in terms of a novel term in the Landau theory enabled by magnetostriction. Altogether, our data demonstrates that substrate strain and symmetry engineering open a pathway toward next generation of magnonic and spintronic devices based on altermagnets
Special SEMINAR hosted by Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute (QMSI)

MGEN Industry Speaker Series - AI in Practice at Intel - In-Person!
2026-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 140 ISEC, 360 Huntington Ave, 140 ISEC, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
MGEN invites you to join us for our Industry Speaker Series! Our first session will take place ON-GROUND in Boston this Wednesday, February 11th!
📌 Event Overview
Title: From Graduate Study to Industry: AI in Practice at Intel
Speaker: Anas Nizami, Silicon Design Engineer, Intel
Date & Time: February 11th at 12:00 PM ET
Location: ISEC 140, Boston Campus
SWAG and Snacks will be provided!!
This session will highlight how graduate-level training translates into real-world AI and hardware systems at scale. Students will gain insight into industry expectations, applied AI work, and career pathways from graduate school into industry.
Anas Nizami is a Silicon Design Engineer at Intel, where he works on hardware design and verification for advanced semiconductor technologies for Server and AI needs. He moved to Boston in 2019 and graduated from NEU in 2021 with MS in Computers Systems Engineering – IoT. He has since been actively engaged in both the tech and local community. Alongside his professional role, he brings over four years of volunteering with Ngo’s and local mosque ISBCC, Roxbury.
We look forward to your participation!

The Gordon Institute: Virtual Information Session
2026-02-11 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
Learn how you can earn a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership through The Gordon Institute as a stand-alone certificate or in combination with one of 25+ Master of Science degrees offered through Northeastern University College of Engineering, Northeastern University College of Science, or Khoury College of Computer Sciences.
You will have the opportunity to hear from alumni about how The Gordon Institute propelled their engineering careers, speak with program professors about the curriculum, and ask the director of admissions your application questions for fall 2026.
Upcoming Information Session Dates:

January 14, 2026 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
February 11, 2026 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
March 18, 2026 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Gordon Institute also offers one-on-one info calls with admissions representatives. If you are interested in scheduling a call, please contact Amy Manley at a.manley@northeastern.edu.

Patents: Relationship Status- It's Complicated | Love Data Week
2026-02-12 17:00 - 18:00
Patents can be an important source of research data, often the only place some technologies are detailed. They form a network of technical knowledge that shows the history of invention and can be a springboard for new technologies and innovation.
As an introduction to patent data, in this workshop students will learn:

Where to look for patents
Tips and tricks for searching for patents
How to follow patent citation networks to see how technologies evolve and connect

We’ll close with a Mystery Patent Reveal game using real patent diagrams and descriptions of high tech, ridiculous, and unexpected patents!
This is a hybrid event. Attend online via Teams or in person at Snell Library 215.
