Spotlight Stories
Jun 17, 2024
How This NSF GRFP Recipient’s Co-op Blossomed Into a Full-Time Career
Jonathan Gray, E’16, mechanical engineering, is the recipient of the 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which will contribute to his PhD in aerospace engineering at UCLA. Since 2016, he has worked as a project engineer at ATA Engineering, where he completed his first co-op.
Jun 12, 2024
Co-op to Career Position
Jennifer Dueñas López, MS’23, civil engineering, completed a bachelor’s degree in transportation and highway engineering in her home country of Colombia before moving to the Boston area. After graduating from Northeastern with a master’s degree in 2023, she returned to her co-op at HDR to work full-time.
Jun 05, 2024
Three Engineering Co-ops and an MBA Lead to Executive Success
Timothy Williams, E’06, mechanical engineering, had success as an engineer in the aerospace industry, which he attributes to a series of three co-ops as a Northeastern undergraduate. He also got an MBA from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and is now COO at Innofiber.
May 15, 2024
Personalizing a Path With Civil Engineering Co-ops and a Scholarship
Sebastian Lojano, E’24, civil engineering, had co-ops at Bond Brothers, DN Tanks, and Barletta Heavy Construction, which helped him determine his career plans. He was awarded a scholarship from The Moles, a national fraternal organization, for his demonstrated interest in the heavy construction industry.
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.