Spotlight Stories
Oct 16, 2026
Building Hull-Cleaning Robots During a High-Tech Co-Op
During his co-op at Fleet Robotics, Northeastern mechanical engineering student and marine science minor Timothy Wong helped develop and test an autonomous, magnet-equipped robot designed to clean biofouling and invasive species off ship hulls at sea.
Oct 16, 2026
How This Alum Built the “Amazon” of the Medical Device World
Northeastern mechanical engineering alum Katie Karmelek, E’06, MS’08, a Women Who Empower Innovator Award Fellow, co-founded Chamfr, an online marketplace known as the “Amazon for medical device R&D components,” to help engineers quickly source vital parts for prototyping and manufacturing.
Oct 14, 2026
For the Love of The Game: A Student’s Journey in Bioengineering Research
Matteo Couto Frignani, E’25, combined bioengineering and biochemistry, graduated last year and is now pursuing a PhD in bioengineering at Princeton University. He discovered his love for research at Northeastern and uses the skills he learned from his experience to continue asking new and impactful questions in the bioengineering field.
Oct 07, 2026
Sending Microchips to the Stars Through a Student Co-op
During her co-op at Besxar Space Industries, mechanical engineering and bioengineering student Rhea Dharia, E’27, helped design equipment to test semiconductor manufacturing in the vacuum of outer space.
Oct 05, 2026
Building a Career Between Management and Engineering: Raseswari Das’ Path to Innovation
Raseswari Das, MS Information Systems ’18, blended management and engineering to build a career as a self-described “jack of all trades”—from developing a smart syringe for diabetes care to her current role as a Solutions Architect at Bluerock TMS. The mentorship and community she found through the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership continue to shape her life and career today.
Sep 25, 2026
Sustainability and Efficiency Through Electrochemistry in Chemical Engineering
Ruth Benyo, E’25, chemical engineering, graduated last year with her bachelor’s degree. After two co-ops and lab experiences, Benyo hopes to pursue an industry role in the electrochemical field, with a passion to make a more efficient and sustainable world.
Sep 16, 2026
Empowered by Service: Teaching Boston’s Kids to Think Like Engineers
Catherine Connolly, E’28, chemical engineering, serves as the president of Roxbury Robotics, an engineering service-learning club. As she navigates structural and logistic changes to the club, she highlights their recent successes, and the reasons why she is devoted to the cause.
Sep 14, 2026
Understanding the Body: Lucas McCauley’s Pursuit of Better Human Health
Lucas McCauley, E’26, bioengineering and biochemistry, has a constant curiosity of the limits of the human body combined with engineering. With a motivation to help other people through research, McCauley has been awarded the Fulbright RCSI PhD Award and will pursue his PhD at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, researching novel ways to model and treat chronic lung disease.