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Yuqi Fang

Oct 18, 2021

Pivoting to Tech Leads to Co-op and Full-Time Job at Facebook

Yuqi Fang, MS’21, information systems, wanted to pivot her career from psychology to information technology. She joined the information systems program at Northeastern’s Silicon Valley campus, and focused in web development and design. One of Fang’s notable endeavors was a Facebook hackathon, where participants build projects using Facebook programs. She did a co-op with Facebook’s privacy team, and is now a full time software engineer there.

Software Engineering and Information Systems

Kristen Dorsey

Oct 14, 2021

50 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About 2021

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day (international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM), ECE/Bouve Associate Professor Kris Dorsey was featured in Robohub’s 2021 edition of “50 women in robotics you need to know about.” 

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Miriam Morales

Oct 12, 2021

Coffee with a Purpose

Industrial engineering alumna Miriam Morales started the coffee shop Recreo in Boston as a true farm-to-cup experience that gives back to the community that she came from. How Recreo brings […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Herbert Levine

Oct 12, 2021

Creating a Global Network to Explore Living Systems

University Distinguished Professor Herbert Levine, physics and bioengineering, in collaboration with Princeton University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, William Marsh Rice University, and Yale University, is leading a $5.5M NSF grant for “International Physics of Living Systems Graduate Research Network.”

Bioengineering

Oct 12, 2021

Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awardees for Undergrad Research

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Fall 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards from Northeastern’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 12, 2021

Koppes Awarded $1.96M Early-Stage Investigator Grant from NIH

ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes received a $1.96M NIH R35 MIRA (Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award) for Early Stage Investigators for “Engineering Multifaceted 3D Human Organ Platforms for Toxicity Testing.” This research will help to develop human organs-on-a-chip to improve drug toxicity testing.

Chemical Engineering

Oct 12, 2021

Cooling Paper

MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was interviewed by the host of the “Top of Mind with Julie Rose”, Julie Rose, the Gracie Award recipient,  and her team for his cooling […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 12, 2021

Climate Challenge: Latinos disproportionately impacted by wildfires

CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly’s risQ climate startup, with CEO Even Kodra, PhD’14, interdisciplinary engineering, and a former member of Ganguly’s SDS Lab, was featured in an NBC news article on […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering