Spotlight Stories

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Subash Rajaseelan headshot

Jun 17, 2025

Aspiring Product Manager Club and Co-op Create a Path for Startup Success

Subash Rajaseelan, MS’23, engineering management, founded the Aspiring Product Manager Club to share the skills he gained through his eight-month industry co-op and through his interdisciplinary coursework with other students, enabling them to become successful leaders in the industry.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 10, 2025

Real-World Applications of Theoretical Knowledge Lead to Industry Success

Keshab Siddhant, MS’24, engineering management, valued the program’s combination of theoretical curriculum and real-world application through a co-op at Tesla, faculty mentorship, and student organizations.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 10, 2025

PhD Spotlight: Lluvia “Weijia” Jing, PhD’25, Industrial Engineering

Lluvia “Weijia” Jing, PhD’25, industrial engineering, focused on optimizing global humanitarian supply chains. As part of a multi-year collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Jing led the development of advanced models to support decision-making for both pre- and post-disaster planning strategies in regions affected by food insecurity.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 10, 2025

PhD Spotlight: Joseph Rodriguez, PhD’25, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Joseph Rodriguez, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering, conducted research funded by the Department of Energy on developing AI-based control strategies to improve transit reliability and efficiency. The proposed strategies and technologies have the potential to transform how frontline transit staff deliver service.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 10, 2025

PhD Spotlight: Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, Bioengineering

Narges Yazdani, PhD’24, bioengineering, focused her research on integrin-mediated mechanotransduction and its effects on neural stem cell behavior. Her work contributed to peer-reviewed publications and presentations at conferences and had a co-op at AbbVie Bioresearch Center.

Bioengineering

Sowdamini Ponnada headshot

Jun 05, 2025

Architecture Graduate Finds Sustainable Career Path

Sowdamini Ponnada, MS’25, sustainable building systems, leveraged Northeastern’s experiential learning opportunities and comprehensive curriculum to transform her passion for sustainability into a technical skill she could utilize in her architecture career. Upon graduation, she is joining her co-op employer full time as an early career sustainability consultant.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Pattala headshot/ graduation picture

Jun 02, 2025

Student Builds Robotics Career Through Hands-On Learning

Srinidhi Pattala, MS’25, robotics, gained confidence in robotics through Northeastern’s hands-on curriculum, industry co-op, and mentorship, preparing her for a career in autonomous systems.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

female student in bioengineering lab with fish-tank-like experiment

May 29, 2025

Pursuing a Career as a Bioengineering Researcher One Step at a Time

Through a range of experiential learning opportunities and project-based coursework, Poulami Mondal, MS’23, PhD’28, bioengineering, not only earned her master’s degree but also found her career path and is continuing her studies for a PhD.

Bioengineering