Student Research News
Jan 28, 2025
First Cohort of NSF NRT Student Trainees Share Value of Interdisciplinary Research
The first cohort of trainees of the NSF NRT Platforms for Exchange and Allocation of Resources grant share the value of the program’s interdisciplinary research, stipends, curriculum, seminars, and faculty mentorship. Applications are now open to be a trainee for the fall 2025 semester.
Jan 21, 2025
ChE PhD Student Wins Best Poster Award at NECS
Chengyu Zhou, PhD’28, chemical engineering, who is advised by Qing Zhao, assistant professor of chemical engineering, won first place for the Best Poster Award at the New England Catalysis Symposium (NECS) for his poster “Computational Insights into Lithium-Mediated Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction for Sustainable Ammonia Production.”
Jan 17, 2025
Undergraduate Student Focusing on AI and Fairness Nominated for Prestigious Awards
Maya De Los Santos, E’25, electrical and computer engineering, who has served as president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, conducted research, and completed a co-op at Philips, received the highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and was nominated for the prestigious Rhodes, Marshall, Knight-Hennessy, and Churchill Scholarships.
Jan 14, 2025
Spring 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars
Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.
Jan 13, 2025
PhD Student Receives Best Paper Finalist Award at 2025 AIAA SciTech
Negar Asadi, PhD ’26, interdisciplinary engineering, under the supervision of CEE/Khoury Assistant Professor Fatemeh Ghoreishi, received the Best Paper Finalist Award at the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum.
Jan 08, 2025
Hashmi’s Research Featured on Cover of Physics of Fluids
The research paper co-authored by Barrett Smith, PhD’24, chemical engineering, and ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi on “Diffusion-Driven Deposition Model Suggests Stiffer Gels Deposit More Efficiently in Microchannel Flows” was featured on the cover of Physics of Fluids.
Dec 10, 2024
Making the Most of Research Opportunities
Madeline Szoo, E’25, chemical engineering and biochemistry, earned numerous accolades, including the Harold D. Hodgkinson Achievement Award for 2025, one of the highest honors a senior can receive, and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Nov 27, 2024
Using Exoskeletons To Increase Mobility
Bouvé/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd is leading a team of graduate students, including Fatima Tourk, PhD’27, mechanical engineering, to create a battery-powered exoskeleton that is intended to assist people with mobility issues and enable complex movements without causing discomfort. He co-authored research published in Nature on a new lower-limb exoskeleton.