Co-op News
Nov 28, 2022
A Confidence Boost To Succeed in the Telecommunications Industry
Varun Sachdev, MS’09, chose Northeastern to pursue a master’s in telecommunication networks because of its focus on industry experiences to complement the academic program. He focused on areas including 4G LTE, multimedia, and advanced networking, and well as management. He did a co-op at Qualcomm in San Diego.
Nov 04, 2022
Featured Galante Fellow: Marlena Stanton
Growing up, Marlena Stanton, BS chemical engineering, and MS in engineering management, 2023, always had an affinity for math and chemistry. Coupled with her interest in healthcare and cosmetic chemistry, […]
Nov 04, 2022
Featured Galante Fellow: Beatriz Feijóo Gómez
Beatriz Feijóo Gómez is a sixth-year student at Northeastern University, graduating December 2022 with an MS in engineering management and having previously received her BS in civil engineering in May […]
Oct 26, 2022
Securing Mobile Networks 4G to 5G and Beyond
Apoorva Jain, an alumnus of the MS in telecommunication networks program, gained valuable experience on an eight-month co-op at telecommunications company Ericsson, working on the systems integration team. Upon graduation he received a full time position at Ericsson in product development and validation. Now Jain is a senior product manager in cloud and network security at Palo Alto Networks.
Oct 26, 2022
Seeing Code in Real Life: A Co-op Journey Into Robotics
Joseph Berman, E’24, computer engineering, has taken advantage of Northeastern’s experiential learning opportunities. After completing a co-op at Amazon Robotics, he worked in the robotics lab of Associate Professor Taskin Padir, who is also director of the Institute of Experiential Robotics. He is now on co-op in Japan working at Mujin, a startup based in Tokyo with additional branches in Georgia and China.
Oct 13, 2022
Co-op to Full-Time Job to Career at Amazon Web Services
During her master’s program in information systems, Sonia Mahankali dove into a powerful co-op job at cybersecurity firm Appgate as a sales engineer, which led to a full time job offer. The experience she gained there set her up for her next career move to Amazon Web Services as a technical account manager.
Oct 04, 2022
What and Why, Not Just How: Journey From Software Engineer to Product Manager
Main photo: Shruti Kotian, MS’19, information systems, onsite on co-op at Copart where the company stores salvaged cars and trucks for online auction. She learned about the whole process of […]
Aug 12, 2022
Formula E Racing Can Lead to Future Innovations
Omkar Ligade, ME’23, mechanical engineering, fell in love with Formula E racing back in India which inspires him to build and improve the designs of the cars.