News
Apr 13, 2026
ECE Student Receives 2026 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research
Nicolas Casilli, E’21, MS’21, PhD’26, electrical engineering, is the recipient of an Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research, which recognizes those who have shown an exceptional ability to conduct high-level research and make contributions to the scholarly literature in their fields.
Apr 13, 2026
FYELIC Student Worker Wins Critical Thinking Award
Mechanical engineering student Caroline Vooss, a FYELIC Technical Operations Co-op and “Red Vest” student leader, has received the 2026 Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year award for Critical Thinking.
Apr 13, 2026
Meeting Students Where They Are: Laurent Lessard Given University Excellence in Teaching Award
MIE Associate Professor Laurent Lessard was given the University Excellence in Teaching Award for his engaging teaching initiatives, using online tools and systems to better help his students understand often challenging content.
Apr 13, 2026
2026 NSF GRFP Recipients
Current students and alumni were recipients of the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards. This prestigious program recognizes outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers early in their careers.
Apr 09, 2026
The Connection Between the Urban Heat Island Effect and Highway Construction
Recent research from CSSH/CEE Associate Professor Serena Alexander explains the impact of highway construction on urban “heat islands” and proposes initiatives to mitigate the consequential uptick in temperature from these projects.
Apr 09, 2026
2026 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2026 were awarded to more than 50 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.
Apr 09, 2026
New AI Tool to Keep India’s Transportation Running in Monsoon Season Made by Northeastern Graduate and Professor
CEE PhD alumni, Udit Bhatia, PhD’18, and COE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly, have co-founded a startup company based on a tool called AIResQ, an AI tool that predicts the magnitude and impact of flooding in Indian cities, especially helpful during monsoon season.
Apr 08, 2026
Two Engineering Students Help Address Community Problems in Roxbury and Dorchester
Northeastern students Ruifeng Song, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, and Kriish Hate, MS’26, mechanical engineering, are a part of a project called Common SENSES–an initiative aimed at giving community members hard data through sensors and an interactive map to back up claims of pollution problems in the area.