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Feb 01, 2024
Faculty and Staff Awards 2024
The College of Engineering recognized faculty and staff at the annual faculty and staff awards event and thanked everyone for their hard work and dedication in support of our students, college, and university during the 2023-2024 academic year. View award recipients and photo gallery.
Dec 08, 2023
Securing the Digital World
Renuka Huddar, MS’24, information systems, provided cybersecurity advancements while on co-op at the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.
Dec 08, 2023
Leading Amazon Project With Passion and Drive
While working on co-op as a software development engineer at Amazon, Raksha Kagadalu, MS’23, information systems, led a project to migrate the checkout process to a modern Spring Java-based framework.
Dec 01, 2023
Cyber Physical Systems Program Rounds Out Student’s Education
After working for a start-up and receiving a patent in gesture recognition technology, Pragnya Kondrakunta, MS’23, cyber physical systems, advanced her education at Northeastern. She conducted real-world project-based coursework, selected flexible electives to map to her career goals, and gained experience on co-op as a software engineer at Lake Homes Realty.
Nov 20, 2023
Redefining an Engineering Career With an MS in Cyber Physical Systems
Jeffrey Machyo, MS’23, cyber physical systems, decided to shift gears to the embedded systems field when he was working as an electrical engineer at an electric power company in Kenya. At Northeastern, he completed a co-op at Desktop Metal, which gave him hands-on experience with programable devices and set him up for a successful career change.
Nov 14, 2023
Students Partner With Walmart Canada To Implement AI Solutions
Students at Northeastern Toronto, including MS information systems students, participated in a hackathon with Walmart Canada to use AI to develop tools to help the retailer determine what products to stock and sell amid space constraints. Winning teams were accepted into a four-week incubator program to refine and implement their ideas.
Nov 08, 2023
Alumnus Heads CDC’s Inaugural Platforms Division
Alumnus Jorge Calzada, MS in information systems, was appointed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to head machine learning and artificial intelligence and direct the CDC’s inaugural platforms division, which is responsible for creating new platforms and standards for health data. The goal is to improve processes for tracking health trends and threats, as well as to assist disease forecasting centers.
Oct 04, 2023
AI Impact: Claims It Could Lead to Shorter Work Week, Extended Lifespan
Ram Hariharan, an associate teaching professor and associate director of program management in Seattle, was featured in The National Desk article “AI Impact: Claims It Could Lead to Shorter Work […]