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May 19, 2026
Engineering a Greener Future, One Protein at a Time
JiaJia Fu, E’26, is a bioengineering student whose research spans modeling the HIV glycan shield at Northeastern’s SymBioSys Lab to engineering plastic-degrading enzymes as a research co-op at the Harvard Wyss Institute. After graduation, she plans to pursue a PhD at the intersection of sustainability and biotechnology, bringing a rare blend of computational and wet lab expertise—and a deep conviction that bioengineering can help solve the planet’s most pressing ecological problems.
May 18, 2026
Trust the Process: How Juliana Castro Turned Uncertainty into Direction
Juliana Castro, BS’26, industrial engineering, completed three co-ops during her time at Northeastern. With a background in engineering and passion for making complex systems more accessible, she hopes to one day launch her own venture—built on the experience, perspective, and drive she developed along the way.
May 18, 2026
Built for the Outdoors: How Aidan Kane Found His Direction
Aidan Kane, E’26, graduated this spring with a degree in chemical engineering. During his time at Northeastern, he gained extensive co-op experience and served as Project Lead for an initiative at the Sherman Center.
May 18, 2026
Translating a Building Operations Pilot with Fullbright Scholar
CEE Associate Professor Michael Kane helped build a 14-hour building operators training certification pilot, that he is now going to take to Argentina as a Fullbright Scholar, and translate the program into Spanish.
May 14, 2026
Maheswaran Selected as ASEE Fellow
COE Distinguished Teaching Professor Bala Maheswaran was selected as a Fellow Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Society.
May 13, 2026
Zheng Selected as 2026 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng was selected as a 2026 NASA Glenn Faculty Fellow, a 10-week residential research program, to work on advanced energy and power systems for space applications.
May 13, 2026
Building on Strength A Decade of Progress in Flexible Electronics
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya published an editorial titled “Building on strength: a decade of progress in flexible electronics” to mark the 10th anniversary of npj Flexible Electronics, in which he is one of the editors-in-chief.
May 13, 2026
How Regional Climate Patterns Prevent Large Scale Global Droughts
Danish Mansoor, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, published his research on “Regional responses to oceanic variability constrain global drought synchrony” in Communications Earth & Environment.