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May 14, 2025

Developing Data Management and AI Expertise for New Career Direction

After working as a data engineer, Sri Poojitha Mandali, MS’24, information systems, transformed her technology skill set with a focus on data management and the ethical and creative use of AI to move into a new phase of her career.

Software Engineering and Information Systems

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May 14, 2025

Patent for Origami-Inspired Morphing Wing Design

MIE Professor Moneesh Upmanyu was awarded a patent for “Variable morphing wing using surface actuated origami folds.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

May 14, 2025

VHB Launches Scholarship Program for Northeastern CEE Undergraduates

VHB established a $1 million endowed scholarship fund in the name of founders William “Bill” Roache and the late John Kennedy, both Northeastern alumni, to support undergraduate academic excellence in civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, continuing a long history of collaboration between the department and the company.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 14, 2025

Mechanical Engineering Student Named Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Matthew Coughlin, E’25, mechanical engineering, has been named a Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University, becoming the fifth Husky to receive the prestigious fully-funded graduate scholarship.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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May 14, 2025

Think of a Place on Earth, or Even in Your Own Body. ‘We Find Plastics There.’

MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins was featured in the WGBH article “Think of a Place on Earth, or Even in Your Own Body. ‘We Find Plastics There.’“

Civil & Environmental Engineering

May 14, 2025

Zheng Receives 2025 Top Ten Chinese American Outstanding Youth Award

MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was a recipient of the 2025 Top Ten Chinese American Outstanding Youth Award by the Los Angeles Post and the All-America Chinese Youth Federation in Los Angeles.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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May 14, 2025

Students Win First Place at UK National Unibots Competition

The London Northeastern Robotics Club secured first place in the 2025 National Unibots Competition held at the University of Cambridge, besting 10 other teams with its robot that incorporated a vacuum motor, which gave it an edge against its competitors. 

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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May 13, 2025

Lunabotics Team Builds Lunar Robot for Collegiate Space Mining Competition

Northeastern’s Lunabotics team will present its lunar robot this month at the Iowa State Collegiate Space Mining Competition. The team launched last fall to expand the reach of the university’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).

Electrical & Computer Engineering