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Feb 09, 2024

ChE Alum Guiding Companies to a Sustainable Future

Chemical Engineering alum Abhijeet Parvatker, PhD’21, is using the expertise he gained while in Northeastern’s LEADERS fellowship program to guide companies towards complying with a new federal rule that will require companies to disclose the chemical emissions for every product sold.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 05, 2024

Research on Youth Homelessness Featured in ISE Magazine

MIE Assistant Professor Kayse Lee Maass and Alumna Yaren Bilge Kaya, PhD’23, (currently faculty at Columbia University) were featured in the February 2024 issue of ISE Magazine for their research on improving access to housing and support services for runaway and homeless youth.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 02, 2024

Revolutionizing Thermoformable Ceramics

MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb and Jason Hoffman-Bice, PhD’22, mechanical engineering, are working on commercializing thermoformable ceramic matrix composites through their spinout, Fourier. Their work has the potential to transform heat dissipation in electronics. They received a Spark Fund award from the Center for Research Innovation at Northeastern for this work.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 02, 2024

Living Life in Co-ops: An Alumnus’ Advice

After three vastly different co-op experiences and working as chief of staff at a Series A company, alumnus Alex Bender, E’20, industrial engineering, MS’20, engineering management, has realized he wants to live his life in co-ops. The next big step? Starting his own non-profit.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 01, 2024

Celebrating Bioengineering at Northeastern: Visions for the Future

The Department of Bioengineering hosted a 10 year anniversary celebration to commemorate what the department has accomplished and showcase its plans for the future.

Bioengineering

Jan 24, 2024

Alumna Named ASEM President

Annmarie Uliano, E’15, MS’17, who holds a BS in industrial engineering, MS in engineering management, and a Galante Engineering Business Certificate, was inducted as the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) president for 2023-2024 at their annual conference.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 17, 2024

Reintroducing Bee-like Species To Collapsing Ecosystems

CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly and Assistant Professor Tarik Gouhier conclude that honeybees are the simplest and most effective species to reintroduce to ecosystems collapsing from climate change. Their research was published in the journal Communications Biology.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Dec 22, 2023

Reviving Ecosystems: Maximizing Biodiversity Recovery Through Network-Based Restoration Strategies

Alumnus Udit Bhatia, PhD’18, civil and environmental engineering, and Auroop Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of CEE, were two of the co-authors of the paper “Network-based Restoration Strategies Maximize Ecosystem Recovery” published in Communications Biology. The paper discusses how global biodiversity loss demands predictive frameworks for ecosystem collapse and effective restoration strategies.

Civil & Environmental Engineering