Student Research News
Jul 09, 2025
Graduate’s Innovative Use of Artificial Intelligence Makes a Powerful Impact
Srivarini Mandali, MS’25, information systems, integrated her passion for technology and social change to develop innovative projects during her time at Northeastern.
Jul 09, 2025
Graduate Uses Technology as a Tool for Meaningful Change
Deshna Ashok Shah, MS’25, information systems, achieves her dream of learning how to use technology in a way to positively impact humanity through powerful curriculum and vigorous research opportunities.
Jun 30, 2025
Flexible, Interdisciplinary, and Industry-Aligned Sustainable Building Systems Program
Jose Velazquez, MS’24, sustainable building systems, worked full time while completing his master’s degree at Northeastern. Velazquez applied the knowledge he gained in class directly to his position at C&W Services.
Jun 12, 2025
SDS Lab Research Featured at Congressional Testimony
A written statement on research conducted by the Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory at Northeastern University (SDS Lab) led by Auroop Ganguly, CEE distinguished professor, was featured at the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs, as part of a Congressional testimony presented on June 10, 2025.
Jun 10, 2025
Real-World Applications of Theoretical Knowledge Lead to Industry Success
Keshab Siddhant, MS’24, engineering management, valued the program’s combination of theoretical curriculum and real-world application through a co-op at Tesla, faculty mentorship, and student organizations.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: John Moody, PhD’25, Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Moody, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering, focused his research on improving the maintenance of urban rail systems, designing strategies to increase available time for maintenance activities and frameworks to quantify and act on the trade-offs between maintenance and revenue of passenger-carrying service.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Turner Jennings, PhD’25, Mechanical Engineering
Turner Jennings, PhD’25, mechanical engineering, authored a dissertation on improving helmet impact response that focused on using granular materials instead of polymeric foams to absorb impact energy. Following graduation, Jennings joined Northeastern as a postdoctoral research associate.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Lluvia “Weijia” Jing, PhD’25, Industrial Engineering
Lluvia “Weijia” Jing, PhD’25, industrial engineering, focused on optimizing global humanitarian supply chains. As part of a multi-year collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Jing led the development of advanced models to support decision-making for both pre- and post-disaster planning strategies in regions affected by food insecurity.