Co-op News
Sep 26, 2018
SDS Lab PhD students Kate Duffy and Udit Bhatia excel at NASA and in Big Data
Sustainability & Data Sciences Lab (SDS) PhD students Kate Duffy and Udit Bhatia spent the summer working at a NASA Ames internship on atmospheric correction of images and working on Big Data research, respectively.
Sep 20, 2018
Co-op Leads to Dream Job
Nicolas Binford, BS Computer Engineering 2018, landed his dream job one month after he graduated from Northeastern in May—and he credited his co-op experience with helping him get it. Binford works at Avira, a software security company, where he helps to recruit clients and write software for them. “One of the first things my manager […]
Sep 14, 2018
‘Experience Abroad Was Invaluable’
Written by Emma Boutcher, a senior BS student in bioengineering. Emma Boutcher, a senior BS student in bioengineering, remembers New Student Orientation like it was yesterday. I remember my anticipation for what lay ahead, the possibilities promised by Northeastern’s Co-op Program. I remember leaning over to my friend Rosie as we sat in Ell Hall […]
Sep 04, 2018
Civil Engineering Student Receives Amtrak Engineering Scholarship
Ariella Liebman, BSCE 2020, was one of only five students to win a 2018 Amtrak Academic Scholarship.
Aug 29, 2018
Studying the Deep-Sea Rocks from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Harry Brodsky, who will be graduating with a BS in mechanical engineering as well as a combined geology & physics BS degree next spring, spent part of his summer 3,300 meters beneath the ocean’s surface in the submarine Alvin studying deep-sea rocks.
Aug 23, 2018
Try New Things and Make the Most Out of Your Experience
Written by Nicolas Binford, BS Computer Engineering, 2018. He was able to turn his experiences while on co-op in Germany into a full-time job with the company. My Experience Throughout my time in college, I often felt less technically inclined than many of my Computer Engineering peers. While many of them saw computer hardware and software […]
Aug 07, 2018
Bringing Solar Power to Tanzania While Dealing with a Whole New Culture
Erin acknowledges that she initially felt anxious about her first global co-op, working for a company that brings solar power to Tanzania, but ultimately she flourished at Sikubora Limited.
Jul 03, 2018
SDS Lab PhD student Thomas Vandal accepts position as NASA scientist
Sustainability and Data Science Laboratory (SDS Lab) PhD student Thomas J. (“TJ”) Vandal has accepted a position as a NASA scientist at their Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. He will work on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Earth Sciences, and closely with the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) team. TJ interned with NASA during his PhD, and completed his dissertation based on […]