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two students working on competition project on laptops

Jun 10, 2021

Northeastern Team Selected as a Finalist in the 2021 RASC-AL Competition

The Northeastern University team has been selected as a finalist in NASA’s 2021 RASC-AL Competition, which stands for Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage. They will showcase their aerospace concepts via a virtual platform during the 2021 RASC-AL Forum, scheduled June 15 – 17, 2021. Specifically, the Northeastern team will present to NASA and aerospace industry […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

student works on NURover project

Jun 09, 2021

Getting a Rover Ready to Compete

Engineering students on the NURover team designed a new rover to compete in The Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge. Thirteen teams from five countries competed June 3-6, 2021. View video archives of the livestreamed virtual event at: http://urc.marssociety.org/home/urc-news Students have developed a rover to explore Mars. But first, it has to roam on campus. Main […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

A student uses a laser to fabricate a race car.

May 20, 2021

Helping to Make Student Dreams a Reality

In addition to helping students in the mechanical and industrial engineering capstone lab, Professor Andrew Gouldstone advises five engineering student groups to help bring their technical visions to reality.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

two male students working on drone project

Apr 20, 2021

Building a Fleet of Drones

As part of the Aerospace NU student club, mechanical engineering student Noah Ossanna, E’22, and electrical engineering student John Buczek, E’22, are working on building a fleet of autonomous drones that could be used in search-and-rescue missions.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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 voluntary organizations and activities. The award is one of Northeastern University’s highest honors for graduating seniors. Colleges nominate their top students on the basis of […]

Bioengineering

building design concept for solar

Mar 18, 2021

Northeastern Team Named Finalists of DOE Solar Decathlon Competition

A team of Northeastern University students was named Finalists in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2021 Design Challenge. The students, guided by faculty advisor Associate Professor David Fannon of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Architecture, will compete virtually before industry-recognized judges at the Solar Decathlon Competition event in […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Malith Jayaweera

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”.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

chemical engineering students in lab posing for photo

Dec 01, 2020

Chemical Engineering Students Compete in National AIChE ChemE Car Competition

At the national American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) virtual conference in November, the Northeastern student chapter took part in the ChemE Car competition by developing a car that runs on a chemical reaction that must carry a certain weight, and travel a specific distance. 

Chemical Engineering