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Aug 04, 2026
Industrial Engineering Student Builds AI Agent to Repair Chemical Plant Blueprints
Sierre Ternoey, E, industrial engineering, developed an agentic AI tool during a research co-op in Germany that reads error reports and automatically fixes chemical plant process flow sheets.
Aug 04, 2026
New Agentic AI Framework Promises Faster Development of Next Generation Wireless Networks
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems developed GENESIS, an agentic AI framework led by College of Engineering Professor Tommaso Melodia that autonomously writes, tests, and debugs code to dramatically accelerate the development of next-generation telecommunications systems like 6G.
Aug 04, 2026
Student Startup Creates Hands On STEM Toy to Inspire Young Engineers
Mechanical engineering students Nicolas Bejar and Mason Kim co-founded NextTile, a patent-pending student startup supported by the IDEA venture accelerator that creates modular, magnetic building block toys to provide hands-on STEM education for elementary students.
Aug 04, 2026
The Power of Mentorship: How Northeastern’s Young Scholars Program Elevates Faculty and Graduate Roles
At Northeastern University’s Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education, a six-week summer program is quietly transforming the way faculty and graduate students think about mentorship—and […]
Aug 03, 2026
Jennifer Nelson Receives Northeastern’s Innovation Across the Network Award
Jennifer Nelson, Associate Director of Academic Operations for the College of Engineering, has been named a recipient of Northeastern University’s 2026 Innovation Across the Network Award, part of the university’s Staff Excellence Awards recognizing staff whose work has significantly advanced the Northeastern community.
Jul 31, 2026
Robotics Student Helps Maritime Startup Map Unexplored Ocean Environments
Shalini Agrawal, MS, robotics, completed a co-op at maritime startup Orpheus Ocean, developing critical camera integration and navigation software to enable low-cost autonomous underwater vehicles to map unexplored deep-sea environments.
Jul 31, 2026
Translating Data Rigor into Business Relevance
Tianyu Yang, PhD, industrial engineering, used Northeastern’s LEADERs program and an industry fellowship at AmeriLife to connect his academic data research with real-world business challenges, focusing on how to translate complex analytics into clear, actionable advice for decision-makers.
Jul 31, 2026
Advanced Coastal and Ocean Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen, in collaboration with Stanford University and Texas A&M University, is leading a $1.1M NSF grant titled “Transforming Understanding and Prediction of Nearshore Processes via AI-Powered Simultaneous Mapping of Bathymetry, Waves, and Currents” to revolutionize the prediction of coastal environments using artificial intelligence.