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Feb 24, 2026
Building Reliable Systems Through Experience
Shreya Wanisha, MS’26, software engineering systems, leveraged Northeastern’s co-op program to gain hands-on experience in large-scale backend development at Labcorp, where she worked on systems processing over 70 million healthcare records daily—experience that’s shaping her path toward cloud computing and distributed systems engineering.
Feb 24, 2026
Building from Scratch: A PhD Journey in Bio-inspired Robotics
Bibek Gupta, PhD ’27, computer engineering, is developing morphing-wing robots at the Silicon Synapse Lab. From building bat-inspired systems from scratch, he’s mastered the modeling, control, and deployment skills needed to create robots that solve real-world problems—expertise he’ll bring to industry after graduation.
Feb 20, 2026
Using Mobile Data to Map Real Time Pollution Risks
CEE Associate Professor Qi “Ryan” Wang and Distinguished Professor Yang Zhang published their research on “Integrating mobility data into air pollution research for public health” in Nature Health.
Feb 20, 2026
His Team Devised Ways to Keep World Cup Crowds Safe
Robert D. Black ECE Distinguished Professor Michael B. Silevitch was featured in the NY Times article “His Team Devised Ways to Keep World Cup Crowds Safe.”
Feb 19, 2026
Improving the Durability of Wearable Health Monitors and Flexible Displays
MIE Assistant Professor Ruobing Bai published his research on “Prevalent Low Interfacial Fatigue Threshold in Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives” in the Journal of Applied Mechanics.
Feb 19, 2026
Becoming Intentional at Dennis Lab with Warisha Tahir
Warisha Tahir, PhD’27, chemical engineering, currently works at Dennis Lab under Professor Alison Dennis. With a focus on positive human impact, Tahir will use her skills and experience to develop new innovations in the public health realm.
Feb 19, 2026
COE Donates $10,000 to BPS Science Fair in Honor of National Engineers Week
Earlier this month, the College of Engineering welcomed high schoolers from Boston Latin and O’Bryant School of Math and Science for a STEM field trip, and presented the Boston Public Schools Science Fair with a $10,000 gift — a contribution the college is spotlighting as we honor National Engineers Week.
Feb 19, 2026
Minkara Wins 2026 Sloan Fellowship for Pulmonary Protein Research
Assistant Professor Mona Minkara, bioengineering, was given the 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for her research at Northeastern. She is studying a protein called collectins within the pulmonary surfactant, hoping to model its functions to enhance innate immunity from the lungs.