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Aditi Purandare

May 05, 2022

Research Experiences Lead to Fulbright-Canada Globalink Mitacs Award

Aditi Purandare, E‘23, electrical and computer engineering, had three reasons for deciding to attend Northeastern. “I chose Northeastern because of the co-op program, the location, and the opportunities available to […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 24, 2022

Global Co-op Program Selected by NASFA for Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization

Northeastern University’s global cooperative education program has been selected by NASFA: Association of International Educators to receive a 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Northeastern is one of […]

Sep 17, 2021

A Dialogue of Civilizations Led to Friendship and Joint Research

After a Dialogue of Civilizations course with ECE Associate Professor Charles DiMarzio, a group of students teamed up to research a better method of visualizing collagen monomer orientations, and their research has been published in The Journal of Biomedical Optics.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

May 04, 2021

One Program, Two PhDs, Two Continents

Northeastern’s new international doctorate program—the Global Experiential PhD—provides students with an opportunity to earn separate PhDs from two universities in two continents while dramatically expanding the breadth of their research. As an added benefit, the program also expands the international job opportunities for graduates.

Kerry Eller

Mar 29, 2021

Eller Receives Prestigious Hodgkinson Award

Kerry Eller, E’21, bioengineering, received the Harold D. Hodgkinson Achievement Award for her distinguished scholastic achievement as well as character, personality, qualities of leadership, cooperative work experience, and service in […]

Bioengineering

screen shot of virtual class

Jul 21, 2020

The 2020 Virtual Dialogue of Civilizations Program on Climate Change Science and Policy

While CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was unable to travel with his Dialogue of Civilizations students to Tanzania, he was able to provide a unique and interdisciplinary experience for his students, one quite unlike a typical virtual course.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

photo of innovative respiratory device

Jun 25, 2020

Bioengineers Develop Innovative Respiratory-Assist Device as Alternative to Ventilator

BioE alumnus Craig Smallwood, PhD’18, invented a respiratory-assist device as an alternative to a ventilator for low-resource environments. BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski, in collaboration with physicians at Korle Bu Hospital in Ghana, has made the first few of these devices available for use on patients suffering from respiratory distress.

Bioengineering

students working in lab in Ethiopia

May 21, 2020

Students Traveled to Ethiopia to Design Low-Cost Medical Equipment

Students from the Innovators for Global Health student group spent their spring break in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia helping the second largest hospital in the country design low-cost medical devices that could be made and maintained with locally sources parts.

Bioengineering