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Department of Chemical Engineering
313 Snell Engineering Center
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000Tel: (617) 373-2989
Fax: (617) 373-2209
Department of Chemical Engineering
313 Snell Engineering Center
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000
Tel: (617) 373-2989
Fax: (617) 373-2209
Faculty + Staff
The Chemical Engineering program offers students a broad education that stresses the fundamentals of science, technology, and engineering and incorporates state-of-the-art computer-aided design and management of chemical production processes.
Chairperson
Dr. Thomas J. Webster
Chair & Professor
The focus of our research is the design, synthesis, and evaluation of nanomaterials for various medical applications. This includes self-assembled chemistries, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanostructured surfaces…more »
Faculty
Dr. Anand Asthagiri
Associate Professor
The Asthagiri lab elucidates design principles for engineering living cells and tissues. These design principles provide a foundation for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine…more »
Dr. Rebecca L. Carrier
Associate Professor
The overall theme of my research interests is the interaction between biological systems and materials, with specific applications in drug delivery and regenerative medicine…more »
Assistant Professor
The primary focus of our research is in demonstrating innovative processing strategies for nanostructured materials and functional hybrids engineered for…more »
Dr. Edgar D. Goluch
DiPietro Assistant Professor
Dr. Goluch’s research focuses on detection of biomolecules at the nanoscale. Research areas include micro/nano fluidic systems for systems biology applications, analytical chemistry, BioMEMS…more »
Dr. Carolyn W. T. Lee-Parsons
Associate Professor
My main research focus is the production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds from plant cell cultures, specifically the production of important anti-cancer drug molecules from cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus…more »
Dr. Laura H. Lewis
Cabot Professor
Current research is devoted to understanding magnetostructural transitions, which comprise simultaneous magnetic and structural phase changes. These transitions are attracting new attention…more »
Dr. Shashi Murthy
Associate Professor
Dr. Murthy’s research areas include microfluidic isolation of stem and progenitor cells, point-of-care diagnostics, and cell surface phenomena during microfluidic flow…more »
Dr. Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy
Professor
Our group aims to understand, discover, and develop novel electrodeposited nanomaterials. Current projects include electrodeposited, multilayered nanowires and nanotubes, nanostructured metal matrix composites…more »
Dr. Richard West
Assistant Professor
The primary focus of my research is the development of detailed microkinetic models for complex reacting systems. Our approach is to automate the discovery of reaction pathways, and the calculation…more »
Dr. Ronald J. Willey
Professor
Prof. Willey maintains a research laboratory of 600 ft2 at Northeastern University. The laboratory has the capability to synthesize single and mixed oxide aerogels materials…more »
Dr. Katherine S. Ziemer
Associate Professor
Dr. Ziemer’s research involves engineering surfaces in order to integrate wide bandgap semiconductors with functional and multi-functional oxides, organic molecules, and/or biomaterials…more »
Faculty with Secondary Appointments
Assistant Professor
Dr. Matthew Eckelman is an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a secondary appointment in Chemical Engineering…more »
Dr. Andrew Gouldstone
Assistant Professor
My name is Andrew Gouldstone. I was born in Smithtown, NY in June 1975, the first of my entire English family tree to be born in the USA. I am the 2nd oldest of four brothers. The other three are all way smarter than I am…more »
Dr. Vincent Harris
Professor
Professor Vincent Harris has had a distinguished career as an engineer, scientist, inventor, entrepreneur and leader of engineers and scientists for more than 20 years….more »
Dr. Jeffrey Ruberti
Associate Professor
Dr. Ruberti is the director of the EMERL. He has extensive industry experience having worked on helicopters at Sikorsky Aircraft, the International Space Station life support system at Hamilton Sunstrand…more »
Faculty with Affiliated Appointments
Dr. Mansoor M. Amiji
Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Synthesis of novel polymeric materials for medical and pharmaceutical applications, surface modification of cationic polymers by the complexation-interpenetration method to develop biocompatible materials….more »
Dr. Heather A. Clark
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Our research focuses on the development of fluorescent nanosensors for in vitro and in vivo analyte detection. We have developed novel nanosensors, including an Ion-Selective Quantum Dot (ISQD) and a glucose -sensitive “tattoo”…more »
Dr. Barry L. Karger
James A. Waters Professor of Analytical Chemistry
Prof. Karger’s research focuses on the development and application of microscale separations and MS analysis to problems of biological relevance…more »
Dr. Srinivas Sridhar
Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, Physics
Srinivas Sridhar is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, and Visiting Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School…more »
Academic Specialist Faculty
Dr. Paul DiMilla
Interdisciplinary Academic Specialist (Associate Level)
Dr. Paul DiMilla has a new joint appointment position of Interdisciplinary Academic Specialist (Associate Level) to facilitate educational activities between the Chemical Engineering Department…more »
Dr. Lucas Landherr
Assistant Academic Specialist
Dr. Lucas Landherr received his Bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in 2005 with an honors thesis studying drag-reducing polymers…more »
Dr. Courtney Pfluger
Assistant Academic Specialist
Dr. Courtney Pfluger received her Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2004. She then went to work in the Biotechnology Industry, where she worked on process development of recombinant proteins…more »
Co-Op Faculty
Mr. John L. Gabriel, Jr.
Assistant Co-op Coordinator
John Gabriel joined Northeastern University in April of 2006 as the Cooperative Education Faculty Coordinator for Chemical Engineering within the College of Engineering. He has over 30 years of Industrial Experience…more »
Ms. Janice Vanselow
Assistant Co-op Coordinator
Jan Vanselow joins Northeastern University as a Cooperative Education Faculty Coordinator for Chemical Engineering within the College of Engineering. She has 25 years of industrial experience…more »
Part-Time Instructor/Adjunct Professor
Dr. Gilda A. Barabino
Professor (Adjunct Appointment)
The hydrodynamic environment within the wavy-walled bioreactor provides a unique model for fundamental studies aimed at elucidating the relationship between the culture environment and engineered tissue properties…more »
Ms. Tracy Carter
Part-Time Lecturer
Tracy Carter joined the Chemical Engineering Department in January 2011. She received her M.S. and B.S. degrees in chemical engineering from Northeastern University…more »
Dr. Marco Dressler
Part-Time Lecturer
Marco Dressler has a double affiliation with the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (where he pursues his research program) and Northeastern University…more »
Dr. Behrooz (Barry) Satvat
CoE Director of Graduate Cooperative Education, Senior Lecturer of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Behrooz (Barry) Satvat currently serves as the Director of Cooperative Education for the College of Engineering and as…more »
Dr. Eric J. Thorgerson
Visiting Professor and Practitioner-in-Residence
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Department Staff
Mr. Robert Eagan
Sr. Engineering Technician/Department Safety Officer
Rob joined the College of Engineering in August 2007 as the Chemical Engineering Department’s new Senior Chemical Engineering Technician…more »
Lauren Machunis
Student Services Coordinator/ChE Academic Advisor
Email: l.machunis@neu.edu
220 Snell Engineering Center
617.373.2154
Patricia Rowe
Staff Assistant II
Email: p.rowe@neu.edu
313 Snell Engineering Center
617.373.2989
Jessica Smith-Japhet
Administrative Officer
Email: jes.smith@neu.edu
313B Snell Engineering Center
617.373.2988
Faculty Emeritus
Dr. Ralph Buonopane
Professor and Chair Emeritus
Professor Buonopane served as Departmental Chairman 1988 to 2001. He is presently living in Westwood, Massachusetts with his wife Irene, and is active in the Westwood Historical Society and Boston Latin Alumni Association…more »
Dr. Bernard Goodwin
Professor Emeritus
Prof. Goodwin continued teaching part time at Northeastern University, even after retirement, up to the Winter of 2005…more »
Professor Edgar B. Gutoff
Professor Emeritus
Since 1988, Professor Gutoff has been consulting in and giving seminars on the coating of continuous webs and the drying of these coatings…more »
Dr. Richard R. Stewart
Professor Emeritus
Professor Stewart retired in 1998 after 38 years on the faculty. During his tenure, he taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses…more »
In Memoriam
Dr. John Chon
Adjunct Professor
Dr. Chon was an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Chemical Engineering specializing in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering. He also served as an Engineering Track Advisor…more »
Ms. Patricia B. Leonard
Associate Co-op Coordinator
Patricia Leonard joined the Chemical Engineering Dept as an Associate Co-op Coordinator in June 2009. She brought to the position thirteen years experience in undergraduate cooperative education…more »