Spotlight Stories
Nov 10, 2023
Co-op and Research Puts Student on Robotics Career Path
Xavier Hubbard, M’23, robotics, completed a co-op at Venca Robotics and conducted research as part of his master’s project. Academics, combined with the experiential learning and job experience, helped him land a job as a robotics engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Oct 13, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Suzanne Stasiak, PhD’23, Bioengineering
Suzanne Stasiak earned a PhD in bioengineering with a research focus on airway smooth muscle mechanics and interactions with the extracellular matrix in the context of understanding the development of asthma.
Oct 13, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Yu Yin, PhD’23, Computer Engineering
Yu Yin began her PhD program in computer engineering at Northeastern in 2019, advised by distinguished professor Yun Raymond Fu. Having completed her PhD i n2023, she is now an assistant professor of computer and data sciences at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Engineering.
Oct 12, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Xiaoyu “Criss” Zhang, PhD’23, Mechanical Engineering
Xiaoyu “Criss” Zhang completed his PhD in mechanical engineering working with the Nanomagnetism research lab, and led a successful $10,000 seed-funding effort sponsored by the IEEE Magnetics Society.
Oct 12, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Razan Al Lawati, PhD’23, Industrial Engineering
Razan Al Lawati pursued her PhD in industrial engineering at Northeastern under the supervision of Professor Muhammad Noor E Alam and conducted research in the Decision Analytics Lab.
Oct 12, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Mireia Perera-González, PhD’23, Bioengineering
Mireia Perera-González, PhD ’23, began her PhD program in bioengineering in 2019 and her research focused on developing and optimizing dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for evaluating bioresponsive contrast agents.
Oct 12, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Jason Derks, PhD’22, Bioengineering
Jason Derks began pursuing his PhD in bioengineering in 2017, eager to lead a synthetic biology project with the skills he developed as a research technician in the years prior.
Oct 11, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Guillem Reus-Muns, PhD’23, Computer Engineering
Guillem Reus-Muns, PhD’23, Computer Engineering, led several projects while a student, including a National Science Foundation (NSF) project on applied machine learning for wireless computing