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Paper Towels That Pack A Punch Against Bacteria

Professor Thomas Webster decided to apply his work developing anti-microbial medical devices to paper towels. He and his team coated paper towel fragments with nanoparticles of selenium, a non-metallic element.
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Co-op Mixer, Sp’13

The Chemical Engineering Co-op Mixer hosted by AIChE for CHME undergraduates will take place at the Varsity Club, Matthews Arena, Annex Entrance, 238 St. Botolph Street, Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at 11:45 a.m.
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AIChE Student Co-op Panel, Sp’13

The co-op student panel will take place on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in room 108 West Village H.
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Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy Vice-Chairman of Electrodeposition Division

Professor Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy is serving as vice-chairman of the Electrodeposition Division of The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ.
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Chemical Engineering Research Mixer, Sp’13

The Department of Chemical Engineering and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Student Chapter will host a Faculty and Undergraduate Research Mixer on Wednesday February 6, 2013 at 6 pm in the Snell Engineering Lobby, 1st floor.
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PhD Bioengineering Graduate Won Best Presentation Award

Qi Wang, a Ph.D. Bioengineering graduate student working in Prof. Thomas Webster’s Nanomedicine Laboratory, won the “Best Presentation” award at the AIChE Meeting held in Pittsburgh last October, 2012. The paper entitled “The synthesis of selenium nanoparticles via a simple fast reaction and its antibacterial application”, presented by Qi Wang at the Annual AIChE Meeting, [...]
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Professor Rebecca Carrier Featured in Society for Biomaterials Spotlight News Video

Professor Rebecca Carrier of NU Department of Chemical Engineering has been featured in the Society for Biomaterials Members’ Spotlight Video.
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Professor Thomas Webster Participated in First Ever Virtual Conference hosted by Materials Today

Professor Thomas Webster, Department of Chemical Engineering Chair, participated in the first ever Virtual Conference hosted by Materials Today.
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ChE Professor Develops Micro- and Nanoscale Analytical Devices to Study Bacteria

DiP­i­etro assis­tant pro­fessor of chem­ical engi­neering Edgar Goluch has devel­oped an elec­tro­chem­ical sensor that could some day make these so-​​called “smart ban­dages” a reality. Read more…
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NU Gains Biomedical Engineering Society Student Chapter

Northeastern University’s latest addition to campus life is a student chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).
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