Industry Partnerships
Partnership with Northeastern’s College of Engineering can occur in a variety of ways—most commonly, companies look for workforce development initiatives, student hiring in industry, and targeted research. Industry partners also sponsor student capstone and student club projects, entrepreneurship ventures, and more. The first step is a conversation to understand your real-world business needs.
View our College of Engineering talent portal, highlighting PhD candidates and postdocs seeking career opportunities in industry and academia.
In addition to traditional research-oriented graduate degrees, specialized Master of Science degrees and Graduate Certificates aligned with industry needs are offered. The Graduate School of Engineering is top ranked and offers flexible program structures, including full-time and part-time programs as well as courses offered online.
Our signature cooperative education program (co-op) is both good business and good for business. With talented young workers on staff on whom you can depend, your experienced employees can turn their attention to developing new strategic initiatives. By nurturing young talent, your company is laying the foundation for those who will guide the work in years to come. Co-op employers gain cost-effectiveness, support, a pipeline for future full-time talent, and the opportunity to engage with budding talents in the field.
Industry and government partner with Northeastern for basic and applied research. The reason is simple: they know that at Northeastern, our two guiding principles are interdisciplinary collaboration and engagement with the real world. These principles are reflected in our research programs, which are driven by critical issues in materials, processes, systems and infrastructure. Our research collaborations are a win-win-win: our partners receive knowledge and products tailored to their needs, our researchers validate and extend their work, and our students receive training and experience to become the next generation of effective technologists.
Our faculty are at the forefront of pioneering discoveries, inventing solutions to better the world. View patents awarded by year to faculty in the College of Engineering from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Each of our academic departments has an Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) to help faculty develop programs mapping to emerging and current industry needs. View current IAB members by department:
Capstone Projects – Sponsor a project and have senior-year students develop a creative solution to your engineering challenge.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contacts
krc@ece.northeastern.edu
Dynamic spectrum access; energy harvesting sensor networks; 5G technology; intra-body communication; protocol design for wireless; internet; wireless
l.mountain@northeastern.edu
Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.
Industry News
A Journey in Data Science and Analytics
A graduate student is succeeding as the senior management of data science and analytics at Walmart after completing the Master of Science in Information System program, which included research opportunities and a co-op at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Leveraging Technology to Solve Real-World Problems
Graduate student makes an impact in data analytics field after earning a master’s degree in information systems, a personalized and experiential learning experience that included a successful co-op experience at Peapod.