Student Research News
Apr 16, 2025
ECE Student Receives Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research
Ruyi Ding, PhD’25, computer engineering, is the recipient of an Outstanding PhD Student Award in Research, which recognizes those who have shown an exceptional ability to conduct high-level research and make contributions to the scholarly literature in their fields.
Apr 15, 2025
BioE PhD Receives Outstanding PhD Student Award in Leadership
Deng Li, PhD’25, bioengineering, received the Outstanding PhD Student Award in Leadership, which recognizes graduate students who have demonstrated significant leadership and a deep commitment to giving back to members of Northeastern’s community or surrounding neighborhoods.
Apr 15, 2025
CEE Student Receives GEM Engineering Fellowship
Nazira Cisse, E’24, environmental engineering, received a Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) PhD Engineering Fellowship, which funds graduate studies in science and engineering for outstanding students from underrepresented communities.
Apr 10, 2025
Investigating RNA Dynamics and Modifications
Working in BioE Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard’s lab, Keqing Nian, PhD’25, bioengineering, and Oleksandra Fanari, PhD’27, bioengineering, are developing novel tools to study the dynamic nature of RNA and gene expression in live cells.
Apr 10, 2025
Unlocking Ultra-Broadband Satellite Connectivity With 6G Technology
Sergi Aliaga, PhD’27, and Hussam Abdellatif, PhD’25, both electrical engineering majors, are pioneering ultra-high-frequency communications for 6G satellite systems to revolutionize ultra-broadband space connectivity by enhancing data speeds and bandwidth efficiency. They received a patent for one of their ideas.
Apr 09, 2025
RoboTwin Wins Best Demo Award at ACM HotMobile 2025
RoboTwin, technology that could enable human workers to seamlessly collaborate in real time with robotic systems from anywhere in the world over non-specialized networks, earned the Best Demo Award at HotMobile 2025.
Apr 08, 2025
ChE Student Receives 2025 Condit Award
Dhwani Bhatt, E’27, chemical engineering, won the Sears B. Condit Award, which is awarded annually to one student from each of Northeastern’s undergraduate day colleges and is one of the highest honors that a junior or senior at Northeastern University can receive.
Apr 08, 2025
Co-op at Mass General Brigham Solidifies Plans for AI in Healthcare Career
After working for more than two years in the technology industry, Shikhar Patel, MS’25, information systems, began his pursuit of a graduate degree at Northeastern that would help him develop expertise in AI and large language models.