Co-op News
May 10, 2023
Inside this Northeastern Student’s Co-op with NASA
Electrical engineering student Jonah Saunders, E’24, completed a co-op at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, gaining valuable experience and contributing to their ongoing projects in space exploration.
May 08, 2023
Community of Support in the MSIS-Bridge Program
Prior to enrolling in the MS in Information Systems-Bridge (MSIS-Bridge) program, Bhavin Bhatia was working in India as an HR administrator in corporate functions. He always wanted to pursue his master’s degree and the field of computer science. He is now on co-op at Siemen’s working in software testing.
May 04, 2023
2023 Engineering Departmental Co-op Awardees
The 10th Annual Departmental Co-op Awards were held on May 8, 2023, to celebrate the exemplary work of a select group of undergraduate and graduate students who have shown great promise and intellectual fortitude throughout their co-op experience.
Apr 24, 2023
Finding a Community of Peers with MSIS-Bridge in Silicon Valley
With a bachelor’s degree in linguistics, Yang Jiang joined the MSIS-Bridge program in Silicon Valley after working in Japan as a technology consultant and program manager at Accenture. She wanted to change her career to a software engineer to understand how the software is developed rather only implement the technology solutions.
Apr 24, 2023
Career Change from Paralegal to Data Analyst with MSIS-Bridge
Kaleigh Sieczkowski, a student of the MS in Information Systems-Bridge (MSIS-Bridge) program, made a career pivot when she realized her passion for solving problems using technology. She studied international relations at Michigan State University, subsequently working as a paralegal. She plans to become a business intelligence analyst after graduating.
Apr 18, 2023
Alumni Spotlight: Alex Silverman, MS’21
Like many, Alexandra Silverman was first introduced to science in middle school in the form of a frog dissection. However, instead of the impending nausea many experience at the sight of internal organs, Silverman became enraptured by the beauty and intricacy of science.
Apr 18, 2023
Building Skills to Last a Lifetime
Archit Nigam completed his co-op as a software engineer at Bracebridge Capital, LLC. He believes the MS in information systems program has helped him evolve into a more intuitive, dynamic software engineer with a customer-centric approach to software development.
Apr 18, 2023
Goldwater Scholar Works at the Intersection of Computers, Data, and Medicine
Siddharth Simon, E’24, computer engineering and computer science, is a pre-med student driven to use computer software and data engineering to make an impact in medicine, improving access to care as well as patient outcomes. This, along with his near-constant involvement in research, helped earn him a 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarship.