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Mar 10, 2021
Co-op at Qualcomm Opens New Doors
As a master’s student in electrical and computer engineering, Nagulan Manivelan, MS’21, had to act quickly. A week before he was slated to begin his co-op with a Boston technology startup, the company had to cancel the position due to COVID. What Nagulan did next, embodies the Northeastern ethos of personal and professional resiliency.
Mar 09, 2021
Broad Experience Made the Difference
Aravind Uthaman, MS’19, civil engineering, was crawling on his hands and knees for more than 300 feet into a water conduit tunnel. It was certainly not a position he expected […]
Mar 07, 2021
From Pitch to Product
For Laura Bilal, E’21, and Meghan Quon, E’22, bioengineering, their third-place finish in the 2020 Husky Startup Challenge, taking home $1,000 in funding to pursue their venture, was inspired by […]
Mar 03, 2021
ECE PhD Student Wins 1st Place at CGO 2021
Computer Engineering PhD student Malith Jayaweera won First Place in the student research competition at the International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (CGO) 2021 for his research on “Data vs Instructions: Runtime Code Generation for Convolutions”.
Mar 03, 2021
Investigating the Defense-Related Responses of Plants
ChE/COS Associate Professor Carolyn Lee-Parsons and BioE Affiliated Faculty member Erin Cram were awarded an $800K NSF grant for creating ” A Novel CRISPR SynBio Tool for Investigating and Reprogramming the Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus.”
Mar 02, 2021
Atmospheric Modeling Expertise With an Urban Engineering Focus
Joining the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2020 as a Distinguished Fellow, Professor Yang Zhang is focused on atmospheric/climate modeling and air quality forecasting. She brings years of […]
Mar 02, 2021
The ‘Triple Husky’ Experience
Sarah Brown is a true Northeastern success story: a ‘triple Husky’ who earned her bachelor’s in electrical engineering, E’11, master’s in electrical and computer engineering, MS’14, and a doctorate in […]
Mar 02, 2021
A World of Difference
Diego Rivera, E’21, mechanical engineering, aims to find engineering solutions that meet the pressing challenges of climate change While growing up in South Florida, Diego Rivera, E’21, was always drawn […]