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Apr 08, 2026
Anika Ruberti: Turning Co-op Experience into a Biotech Career
Anika Ruberti, MS ’25, a recent Northeastern University bioengineering graduate, leveraged the school’s Co-op and PlusOne programs to turn a placement at biotech startup Asimov into a full-time role as Research Associate II. She credits her hands-on industry experience and the support of her professors for her success—and has her sights set on eventually becoming a patent lawyer in the biotech space.
Apr 02, 2026
From Co-op to Full-Time: How Northeastern Launched Malaviya’s Career in Cybersecurity
Jainil Malaviya is a current student in the MS in Information Systems program. With a bachelor’s degree in computer science, where he built a strong foundation in programming, data structures, algorithms, and software development, he shares how Northeastern’s co-op program, hands-on coursework, and dedicated mentors helped him land a full-time role as a Security Engineer at Nokia Canada Inc.—before even graduating.
Mar 13, 2026
Simpler, Faster, More Human: Shweta Shinde’s Path to Product Management
Shweta Shinde, MS’25, is an engineering management graduate from Northeastern whose technical background and hands-on industry experience have shaped her into a product manager focused on one core goal: making the user’s experience simpler, faster, and more human.
Mar 10, 2026
From Technical Foundations to Product Leadership
Vaishnavi Anand Kulkarni, MS’26, is an Information Systems student at Northeastern whose co-op at Google-backed startup Evenness put her at the center of a real product launch, coordinating cross-functional teams and navigating high-stakes decisions firsthand. With a background in computer science and machine learning and a consistent user-first mindset, she is now pursuing full-time product management roles where she can continue building technology that creates meaningful impact.
Feb 26, 2026
Shalini Agrawal’s Journey in Robotics from “Scratch”
Shalini Agrawal, MS’26, robotics, works as a robotics software engineer co-op at Orpheus Ocean, where she’s applying the state estimation and sensor integration skills she developed at Northeastern’s Field Robotics Lab. After graduation, she plans to bring her hands-on experience to industry, advancing autonomous robotics systems at scale.
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 09, 2026
New and Knowledgeable Experiences Through LEADERs
Elifnur Sunger, MS’25, PhD ’26, electrical engineering, reflects on her internship at Sanofi-blending machine learning and biology-as well as crucial lessons from the LEADERs Program.
Feb 09, 2026
Motivation to Innovation: Passion for Improving Lives
Shaghayegh Mesforoush, PhD ’26, electrical and computer engineering, is a graduate researcher at eSOIL at Northeastern. Shaqo values hand-on experiences and uses her passion for positive impact to pioneer innovative research in the medical field.