First Year Engineering News
Apr 16, 2024
Hertz Receives University Excellence in Teaching Award
First-Year Engineering Teaching Professor Joshua Hertz received the 2024 University Excellence in Teaching Award. Nominations are made by students, who consider several criteria, including depth of knowledge in the subject, the rigor of course content, and the ability to provide effective links among course content, research, and experiential learning.
Mar 28, 2024
Global Scholars Finetune STEM Project for Young Learners at Oakland Campus
Global scholars at the Northeastern’s Oakland campus are completing their Cornerstone of Engineering II semester-long project, which is focused on STEM toys and has been enhanced by collaboration with the nearby Mills Children’s School
Jan 17, 2024
First-Year Engineering Faculty Receive Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program Award
FYE Assistant Teaching Professors Angelina Jay, Andrew Gillen, Nicole Batrouny, and Adetoun Yeaman received a Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program (M2AP) Award for 2024-2025 from Northeastern’s Advance Office of Faculty Development.
Jan 10, 2024
Pop-Up STEAM Museum With First-Year Students a Success
A STEAM club partnership between Northeastern University and a Beachmont elementary school brings elementary kids and college students together to explore STEM through hands-on engineering activities.
Dec 12, 2023
Oakland Students Building Robots and Solving Challenges
First-year engineering students at Northeastern’s Oakland campus showcased their Cornerstone of Engineering projects by building and programming self-driving robots to navigate mazes.
Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Nicole Batrouny
Nicole Batrouny joins First-Year Engineering in August 2023 as an Assistant Teaching Professor.
Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Adetoun Yeaman
Adetoun Yeaman joins the First Year Engineering department in August 2023 as an Assistant Teaching Professor.
Dec 02, 2022
First-Year Engineering Expo – Fall 2022
The First-Year Engineering program’s mission is to inspire and motivate students to pursue an engineering education by providing them with a diverse and inclusive learning community centered around the First-Year Engineering Learning and Innovation Center and the Cornerstone of Engineering 1- and 2-course sequence.