Student Research News
Aug 28, 2026
From PhD Student to Professor: Dian Indrawati to Join UNJANI Faculty as Professor in Climate Science and Hydrology
A future doctor turned engineer, Dian Indrawati just defended her PhD at Northeastern and is heading home to Indonesia as a tenured professor — using AI to help the flood- and drought-prone archipelago build climate resilience.
Aug 11, 2026
Environmental Engineering Student Uses Global Co-Op to Protect Coastal Groundwater in Australia
During her co-op at the University of Western Australia, Emma Collins, E, environmental engineering, analyzed decades of environmental data to help protect coastal groundwater systems from climate change.
Aug 11, 2026
Data Analytics Engineering Student Develops AI Tools to Automate Hospital Workflows
Sai Anish Sreeramagiri, MS, data analytics engineering, developed artificial intelligence tools during his co-op to automate administrative tasks like insurance authorizations, giving doctors and nurses more time to care for patients.
Aug 10, 2026
ChE Research Featured on Cover of ACS ES&T Engineering
Research conducted by chemical engineering students Sana Heydarian, PhD, and Lawrence Ajayi, PhD ’27, on “Electrochemical Nutrient Recovery for the Food–Energy–Water Nexus at Municipal Wastewater Facilities: Multivariate Analyses of Seasonal Sampling and Reactor Performance” was featured on the cover of ACS ES&T Engineering.
Aug 07, 2026
Opportunities and Avenues: Colin Gallagher’s Path Through Chemical Engineering
Colin Gallagher, PhD ’27, chemical engineering, works in the Qing Zhao Lab using computer modeling to better understand how certain materials can accelerate or improve chemical reactions. With the support of Northeastern faculty and resources—and his own dedication—Gallagher is well positioned to make a lasting contribution to the field in whatever role he pursues after completing his PhD.
Aug 04, 2026
Industrial Engineering Student Builds AI Agent to Repair Chemical Plant Blueprints
Sierre Ternoey, E, industrial engineering, developed an agentic AI tool during a research co-op in Germany that reads error reports and automatically fixes chemical plant process flow sheets.
Jul 30, 2026
MIE PhD Wins ASME SHTC HTD K-9 Best Presentation Award
Xuguang Zhang, MS’22, PhD, mechanical engineering, advised by MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng, received the ASME SHTC HTD K-9 Best Presentation Award at the ASME 2026 Summer Heat Transfer Conference for his presentation, “Additively Manufactured Hybrid Cooling Designs for High Performance Li-Ion Pouch Cell Thermal Management,” which details battery safety research developed through an ongoing collaboration with the NASA Glenn Research Center.
Jul 30, 2026
New All Terrain Robot Snuffs Out Wildfires With Liquid Nitrogen
MIE Professor Yiannis Levendis and a team of students have developed an all-terrain, mobile prototype robot that utilizes a residue-free cryogenic spray to safely suppress and smother dangerous wildfire hotspots before they expand out of control.