September 11, 2023
Amanda Ferrante wins ASCENT AWARD at Huskies Tackle Exciting PEAK Projects for Fall of 2023
Amanda Ferrante COE’26, “Elucidating the Effects of Cholesterol on the Function of Surfactant Protein C using Atomistic Molecular Dynamics”
September 11, 2023
Ann Titus wins the BASE CAMP AWARDS at Huskies Tackle Exciting PEAK Projects for Fall of 2023
Ann Titus COE’26, “Loading of Paclitaxel in the Lamellar Phase of a Nonionic Surfactant and Drug Delivery Applications: Monte Carlo Simulation”
August 23, 2023
Deng Li presented his research titled "Computational modeling of the binding mechanisms of surfactant protein D (SP-D) with glycans" as an invited poster at 2023 Chemistry Spotlight @Pfizer
Deng Li presented his research titled "Computational modeling of the binding mechanisms of surfactant protein D (SP-D) with glycans" as an invited poster at 2023 Chemistry Spotlight @Pfizer
June 16, 2023
Aastha Mahapatra wins Northeastern Bioengineering Research Symposium Award for her research titled "Molecular docking studies of surfactant protein A (SP-A) with surface glycans on pathogens"
Aastha Mahapatra wins Northeastern Bioengineering Research Symposium Award
March 10, 2023
We Need People with Different Perspectives to Solve Problems
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara speech at the United Nations about the need for blind people in the field of science earned her a standing ovation
March 02, 2023
Deng Li's Bioengineering Conference Travel Award from Northeastern University was approved
Deng Li's Bioengineering Conference Travel Award from Northeastern University was approved
March 01, 2023
Celebrating National Engineers Week 2023
The College of Engineering celebrated National Engineers Week with events including a ‘Break the Mold’ Fireside Chat with award-winning engineer and commentator Dr. Shini Somara and Dean Gregory Abowd; Cookies with the Dean event, which included snacks, photo and video booths, COE swag and a lot of COE pride; Breakout sessions with Shini Somara with select students and faculty showing our progressive engineering program, research, and community; and an Engineering for Everyone Expo hosted by the Center for STEM Education.
February 16, 2023
Students With Blindness Empowered to Explore Chemistry Through SEPA Project
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was featured in the NIH Biomedical Beat article “Students With Blindness Empowered to Explore Chemistry Through SEPA Project.”
January 07, 2023
Deng Li's Ph.D. Network Travel Funding from Northeastern University was approved
Deng Li's Ph.D. Network Travel Funding from Northeastern University was approved. The Bioengineering Conference Travel Award is a competitive award for BIOE PhD students who have shown outstanding contributions to their lab and the Department by sharing their research through an oral presentation or poster at a conference. Each Bioengineering student is eligible to apply for a $500 travel stipend twice per calendar year to a conference where they are presenting an oral presentation or poster.
October 07, 2022
Announcing Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards. This extraordinary group of students is taking on a range of exciting projects, from exploring axolotl limb regeneration to building a snake-inspired robot to understanding accessibility on Broadway. ASCENT AWARDS Justin Almendral COE’24, “Wearable Art” Mentor: […]
October 04, 2022
Deng Li wins ACCESS Credits that can access the computational resources
Deng Li wins ACCESS Credits that can access the computational resources from several High Performance Computing Centers including NCSA Delta GPU and NCSA Delta CPU
August 22, 2022
This Technology Makes Data Accessible to Blind and Visually Impaired People
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was featured in the NPR podcast “This technology makes data accessible to blind and visually impaired people.”
July 13, 2022
BioE Alum Wins 2022 Innovator Award
Bioengineering alumna Samantha Johnson, E’21, ME’21, was the first place winner of the 2022 Innovator Awards given out by Northeastern’s Women Who Empower in the young alumnae graduate category, which she will use to develop a robotic arm that can sign in ASL.
June 07, 2021
Catherine Zhou wins Base Camp Award of Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award
Catherine Zhou wins Base Camp Award of Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award
June 07, 2021
Tyler Locke wins Ascent Award of Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award
Congratulations! Tyler Locke on winning the Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award.
June 07, 2021
Zachary Tamweber wins Ascent Award of Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award
Congratulations! Zachary Tamweber on winning Ascent Award of the Summer 2021 PEAK Experiences Award.
June 01, 2020
Jake Duffy wins Summer 2020 PEAK Experiences Award
Congratulations! Jake Duffy on winning the Summer 2020 PEAK Experiences Award.
May 20, 2020
REU Award for Modeling SARS-CoV-2 Proteins
BioE Affiliated Faculty Mary Jo Ondrechen, Assistant Professor Mona Minkara, and COS Assistant Professor Steven Lopez were awarded a $73K NSF RAPID grant for “Undergraduate Research in Modeling and Computation for Discovery of Molecular Probes for SARS-CoV-2 Proteins.”
February 19, 2020
Carmen Graham wins Spring 2020 PEAK Experiences Award
Congratulations! Carmen Graham on winning Spring 2020 PEAK Experiences Award
February 19, 2020
INCLUSIVITY FOR ALL: HOW TO MAKE YOUR RESEARCH GROUP ACCESSIBLE
I'm thrilled to have been featured in this AAAS Science article alongside Sara Lewthwaite, Jesse Shanahan, Meg O'Connell, and Amy-Charlotte Devitz written by Alaina Levine. This article highlights issues of accessibility in research and I hope that it helps propel the scientific community to be more inclusive to people with disabilities.
August 29, 2019
New Faculty Spotlight: Mona Minkara
Mona Minkara joins the Bioengineering department in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor. She earned her PhD at University of Florida Gainesville. Her research interests include theoretical physical chemistry; computational biochemistry and interfacial chemistry; biological physics; novel studies of surfactants using Monte Carlo algorithms.