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May 02, 2023

NUESS Teams Win DOE Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition

Two teams from the Northeastern University Energy Systems Society won their division competitions, with one team also winning the overall pitch at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Apr 06, 2023

How Do You Start a Robotics Club From Scratch? Northeastern London Students Found the Winning Formula

As a current first-year engineering student at Northeastern’s London campus, Aidan Carrier helped to create a new robotics club that has already developed a talented robot that won the Unibots UK robotics competition.

Apr 05, 2023

Alternative Spring Break Led Engineering Undergraduates Overseas

Innovators for Global Health (IGH), a student organization consisting of undergraduate engineering students, traveled to Ghana during spring break to help build relationships with local medical facilities to determine medical device needs.

Bioengineering

Mar 31, 2023

Intro to Rocketry Program Lifts Off

The Intro to Rocketry – Airframe program successfully designed, built, tested, and launched five 6-8 foot L2 rockets in March, with some reaching heights as high as 3,600 feet. The launch was the culmination of two semesters of work by about 20 students plus five student mentors as part of Northeastern’s AerospaceNU club.

Feb 24, 2023

US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help NASA Explore the Moon

A Northeastern University student team, who won the 2022 NASA BIG IDEA Competition for their COBRA robot, was featured in the VOA News article “US Students’ ‘Big Idea’ Could Help […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 16, 2023

Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time To Send a Snakebot to Space

A Northeastern University student team, who won the 2022 NASA BIG IDEA Competition, was featured in the Wired article “Rovers Are So Yesterday. It’s Time To Send a Snakebot to […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dec 20, 2022

Rover Team Prepares for Next Competition

After competing at the global Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge earlier this year, the Northeastern Mars Rover Team, advised by MIE Assistant Professor Peter Whitney, is gearing up for next year’s competition.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dec 15, 2022

‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join Our Lunar Mission.

The engineering students that created the snake-like robot, Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA), were featured in the National Geographic article “‘Snakes’ on the Moon? These Helpers Could Soon Join […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering