Department of Chemical Engineering

June Newsletter

Chemical Engineering — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:44:17 +0000

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Engineering Students Win Entrepreneurs Club Prize with Novel Toothbrush

Chemical Engineering — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:58:21 +0000

Engineers for the Greater Good (EGG) was a weekend long competition hosted by the Entrepreneurs Club of Northeastern University. Participants were encouraged to come up with ideas and worked in teams to pitch their idea to a panel of judges in order to receive grant money to further pursue the idea.

One team consisting of Ameya Mehendale (Chemical Engineering), Jeff Kent (Chemical Engineering), Esfandiar Keikhosrowzadeh (Chemical Engineering), Samuel Levine (Mechanical Engineering), Getao Li (Industrial Engineering) and Dan Shores (Mechanical Engineering) won the competition based on an idea involving a smart toothbrush that could detect the presence of plaque and bacteria on teeth, giving a visual indication if and when they were removed – effectively making the teeth clean. The idea sprung out based on the fact that most people generally have no idea or have arbitrary time limits concerning the duration when one should stop brushing. The toothpaste includes a fluorescent dye activated by a low emission LED light. The toothbrush would house the light source, and would have a photo resistor which would perceive the emitted fluorescence and provide input to a micro controller which would trigger a visual medium as to whether the targeted area is clean or not.

The team won a grant of $1,500 to further develop the product.

How Nanotechnology Could Keep Your Heart Healthy

Chemical Engineering — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:51:14 +0000

Professor Thomas Webster Wins Dove Press Outstanding Editor’s Award

Chemical Engineering — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:21:29 +0000

Due to his exceptional leadership as the founder and current editor of the International Journal of Nanomedicine, Prof. Thomas Webster (Chair and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University) is this year’s recipient of the Dove Press Outstanding Editor’s Award. Prof. Webster was the founding editor of the International Journal of Nanomedicine in 2006. Since that time, the journal has published 1320 articles (with over 4.75 million downloads) maintaining a five year impact factor of 4.424, establishing the journal as a must read in the nanomedicine community.

Chemical Engineering Department Holds Awards Ceremony

Chemical Engineering — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:41:31 +0000

On April 17th, the Department of Chemical Engineering held its Annual Awards Ceremony with over 100 students, faculty, staff and Industrial Advisory Board members in attendance. Congratulations to all award winners!

Sean Kevlahan and Adam Hatch Compete in Rice University Business Plan Competition

Chemical Engineering — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:32:35 +0000

Sean Kevlahan and Adam Hatch, Northeastern University Chemical Engineering graduate students and co-founders of Quad Technologies, LLC , were chosen out of 700 applicants to be 1 of the 42 teams invited to compete in the prestigious Rice University Business plan competition (RBPC) April 11-13th 2013. The RBPC hosts hundreds of judges from all over the globe, ranging from executives to wealthy investors. Quad Technologies LLC pitched their unique hydrogel chemistry coupled with magnetic beads to enable large-scale biologics purification. Their pitch took 1^st place in the Shark Tank competition round where teams had to present short presentations and field challenging questions from the judges, earning a $1,000 cash prize. The Quad team also generated significant interest with prospective customers.

Christopher Cogswell Wins College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award

Chemical Engineering — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:26:28 +0000

Christopher Cogswell, a graduate student in Professor Sunho Choi’s lab group, was selected for a 2013 College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions as a teaching assistant. The award will be given at the Graduating Graduate Student Reception on May 2. Congratulations Chris!

Benjamin Mahler Geilich wins Society for Biomaterials STAR Award

chemicalengineering — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:03:34 +0000

Benjamin Mahler Geilich, a graduate student in Professor Thomas Webster’s lab, won the Society for Biomaterials STAR Award from the Society for Biomaterials based on his work “Reduced Adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus to ZnO/PVC Nanocomposites”.

Congratulations Ben from the Department of Chemical Engineering!

Professor Laura H. Lewis Participated in Royal Society International Scientific Seminar

chemicalengineering — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:03:18 +0000

Professor Laura H. Lewis was one of 16 international invited participants in the Royal Society International Scientific Seminar on “Magnetoelastic Coupling in Functional Materials” held February 18 – 19, 2013, at Chicheley Hall, London, home of the Royal Society Kavli International Centre.

The aim of the interdisciplinary seminar was to discuss magnetoelastic coupling in materials from a broad range of perspectives.

Chicheley Hall, London

ChE Awards Ceremony, Sp’13

chemicalengineering — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:43:17 +0000

The Department of Chemical Engineering will be hosting its Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at the Raytheon Amphitheater, 240 Egan Center.

The ceremony is to honor and recognize the accomplishments of students and faculty in academic year 2012-2013.