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Apr 11, 2024
Finding Natural Solutions To Protect Coastal Communities
Louiza Wise, E’21, environmental engineering, completed three co-ops that fueled her passion for tackling climate change threats with nature-based solutions. Those experiences helped her get a job at the NSF-funded Emerald Tutu project in Boston and helped her prepare for graduate school, the next step in her career.
Apr 08, 2024
Using Co-op as a Stepping Stone Toward a Full-Time Career
Magdalene Sexton Dwyer, E’23, civil engineering and architectural studies, found that her civil engineering ambitions were influenced by her architectural work on co-op and her service-based extracurriculars. By combining her academics with her personal goals, she decided to focus on affordable and sustainable housing.
Apr 08, 2024
Revealing the Origins of Northeastern Hillel and Its First Building Donated by 1925 Alumnus
The story of Julius Abrams, 1925 engineering graduate, and his contributions to Northeastern, were shared by his daughter, Fay Wilgoren, a 96-year-old senior center resident at Hebrew Senior Life. A founding member of NU Hillel in 1962, Abrams bought and donated its first building.
Apr 05, 2024
Expanding a Structural Engineering Co-op Into a Full-Time Position
Terenia Hankewycz, civil engineering, E’22, was able to go more in-depth with each co-op in the civil engineering industry. With a particular focus on structural engineering, she returned to one of her co-ops full-time after graduation.
Apr 05, 2024
Using Machine Learning To Revolutionize Drug Discovery
Xuezhu Cai, PhD’20, bioengineering, used her LEADERs fellowship with Merck to develop a new machine learning pipeline to ensure accurate data in drug discovery. She is now a senior scientist there.
Mar 14, 2024
Developing a Sustainability Career From a Mechanical Engineering Foundation
A master’s degree from Northeastern and a co-op at BR + A helped Tammy Ngo, MS’23, sustainable building systems, change her career trajectory from mechanical engineering to sustainable building design.
Mar 06, 2024
Northeastern Empowered Leading Saudi Arabian Data Scientist
Interdisciplinary Engineering alumna Kholoud Khateeb, PhD’15, is helping transform health care in Saudi Arabia as a female data scientist, and she says she owes her success to Northeastern.
Feb 28, 2024
Entrepreneur Invents Next-Generation Hydroelectric Power System
Entrepreneur Siddharth Pannir, MS’19, energy systems, and certificate in engineering leadership, hopes to launch by the end of 2024 an award-winning portable hydroelectric system that electrifies existing damns to help communities that have suffered from a weather disaster or do not have easy access to electricity.