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Mar 28, 2024

Northeastern Mars Rover Team Secures First Place Win in Winter Canadian International Challenge

Undergraduate students Brooke Chalmers and Jason Kobrin detail the improvements made on the Watney, Mark V which helped Northeastern’s Mars Rover team take first place in the inaugural Winter Canadian International Rover Challenge.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 05, 2024

Northeastern Mars Rover Team Places First at the Winter Canadian International Rover Challenge

The Northeastern Mars Rover Team competed in the inaugural Winter Canadian International Rover Challenge, where they took home the gold, placing first and securing their first-ever competition win. Taking place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Northeastern competed against teams from McMaster University, the University of Toronto, and York University. The competition included four challenges spread across two days.

Jan 09, 2024

Creating an Engineering Club from an Idea

Isabela Castillo, E’25, bioengineering, came to Northeastern University with an idea to create prosthetic hands and led to her starting Give a Hand, a club developing low-cost, 3D-printed prosthetic hands.

Bioengineering

Dec 20, 2023

Celebrating 25 years of ChemE Car

Cheers to a quarter-century of ChemE Car excellence at Northeastern University!

Chemical Engineering

Dec 15, 2023

Northeastern Team Places Third at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Industrial Engineering Case Competition

Daunte Pean, E’25, Karim Kane, E’25, and Lucas Kirma, E’25, industrial engineering, won third place at Disney’s national Industrial Engineering Case Competition. As part of the case study competition, the team took on the role as outside consultants for the city of Dallas and gave their recommendation on what form of entertainment should be built.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 12, 2023

Enabling Engineering Makes Play Accessible

Paired with external clients, students in Northeastern University’s Enabling Engineering class developed apps and devices this semester to empower individuals with disabilities to participate in activities they enjoy. Examples include a virtual reality app that helps people practice their public speaking skills, and an accessible, switch-activated beanbag launcher for cornhole.

Aug 23, 2023

High School Students Participate in Enabling Engineering Project

High school students participating in an Enabling Engineering internship program designed a training tool to identify and treat femoral hematomas and improved a wheelchair camera mount.

Aug 22, 2023

Northeastern’s Underwater Robotics Team Takes 8th at First Competition

Northeastern Underwater Robotics Team designed and built an underwater robot that placed 8th at the MATE World Championships.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering