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Jul 30, 2026
MIE PhD Wins ASME SHTC HTD K-9 Best Presentation Award
Xuguang Zhang, MS’22, PhD, mechanical engineering, advised by MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng, received the ASME SHTC HTD K-9 Best Presentation Award at the ASME 2026 Summer Heat Transfer Conference for his presentation, “Additively Manufactured Hybrid Cooling Designs for High Performance Li-Ion Pouch Cell Thermal Management,” which details battery safety research developed through an ongoing collaboration with the NASA Glenn Research Center.
Jul 16, 2026
Pantry Staple Science Helps Engineering Team Rethink the Laws of Physics
MIE Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Tang and graduate student Boqian Yan, MS’24, PhD, mechanical engineering, published research in Physical Review Fluids mapping five distinct behaviors of particle-heavy droplets—like oobleck—colliding with liquids, offering insights that could advance precision 3D printing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and environmental pesticide application.
Jul 01, 2026
Turning Industrial Wastewater Into a Sustainable Supply Chain for Green Energy
Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Damilola Daramola and PhD student Qudus Rafiu published a study in Joule revealing that extracting critical minerals like lithium and magnesium from industrial wastewater could cleanly power the green energy transition.
Jul 01, 2026
ECE PhD Earns Spot at Inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit
Computer engineering PhD student Amir Taherin has been accepted to present his research at the first annual ACM AI Leadership Summit Doctoral Consortium, which is a dedicated day of mentorship, networking, and career development for doctoral students.
Jun 15, 2026
Helping Others Through Innovations in Bioengineering
Hannah Carter, MS ’26, bioengineering, is deeply involved in research at Northeastern with a focus on the causes of neurodegenerative disease. After graduating, she plans to gain several years of research experience before applying to PhD programs.
Jun 11, 2026
Bioengineering Leader in the Making: Dylan Lasky’s Story at Northeastern
Dylan Lasky, MS ’26, bioengineering and engineering leadership, works full-time at Jana Care while completing his master’s degree. Planning to remain in industry, Lasky will bring the knowledge and leadership skills he has gained at Northeastern to the medical device field.
Jun 11, 2026
Sustainability at the Heart of Chemical Engineering Research
Lawrence Ajayi, PhD ’27, chemical engineering, is a doctoral researcher at the REPRODUCE Lab. Currently on co-op at Found Energy, Ajayi is gaining fast-paced industry experience that is expanding how he thinks and sharpening his adaptability.
Jun 08, 2026
Akcay Wins Best Paper Award at IISE Annual Conference
MIE Associate Professor Alp Akcay received the Best Paper Award from the Modeling & Simulation (MS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) for his paper on “Data-Driven Resource Aggregation for Scalable Digital Twin and Simulation Model Generation”.