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Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Justin Hayes, PhD’25, Chemical Engineering
Justin Hayes, PhD’25, chemical engineering, focuses on understanding how gut microbial metabolism impacts human health. He is an inventor on the pending patent and founder and CEO of Concordance Therapeutics Inc. He was awarded the Northeastern University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Student Innovation Impact Award.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Kyla Drewry, PhD’25, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kyla Drewry, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering, researched access to safe drinking water supplied by private wells. She presented at various conferences, was published in Environmental Science and Technology, and is starting a full time position in fall 2025 as a water resources engineer.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, Bioengineering
Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, bioengineering, focused her research on integrin-mediated mechanotransduction and its effects on neural stem cell behavior. Her work contributed to peer-reviewed publications and presentations at conferences and had a co-op at AbbVie Bioresearch Center.
May 21, 2025
AI Tool To Prevent Electronic Health Record Outages During Blackouts
Isaac Premkumar, MS’26, data analytics engineering, and Ishan Chaudhary, MS’26, data analytics engineering, received a Microsoft Open Source AI Hackathon judge’s choice award for MedQGraph, an AI-integrated tool to store and analyze medical records so they can be retrieved even when electronic health record systems are down.
May 21, 2025
Northeastern Students Create VR Controls for NASA’s SUIT Competition
Northeastern’s SEDS club developed a mixed reality system for controlling lunar rovers as part of NASA’s SUITS competition. Collaborating with a University of Michigan team, they created VR interfaces that could enable efficient remote operation of robots for future moon settlements.
May 20, 2025
Developing Blockchain Expertise for FinTech Industry Success
Revan Somshekhar Chonnad, MS’26, information systems, is gaining blockchain technology experience through rigorous coursework, a leadership role in a student-led blockchain group, and award-winning participation in industry hackathons. Next up: A co-op that will lead to a career in fintech
May 20, 2025
Building a Foundation for a Career in Project and Product Management
Through a combination of a personalized curriculum, a challenging co-op, and student opportunities like hackathons, Rakshita Jaiswal, MS’25, information systems, is prepared to pursue a career as a technical project manager with an emphasis on product strategy in the technology industry.
May 16, 2025
Developing a Global Mindset for Energy Systems Career
For Diego Tosar Rovira, MS’25, energy systems, a combination of strong experiential academics and student engagement opportunities at Northeastern gave him a holistic education that emphasized a global perspective on energy systems challenges, while providing opportunities to build specialized skills.