Spotlight Stories
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Duschia Bodet, PhD’25, Electrical Engineering
Duschia Bodet, PhD’25, electrical engineering, conducts research at the forefront of wireless communications with a focus on modulation techniques and beam control for sub-terahertz, multiple antenna systems. In addition to being published, she won Best Paper Award at GLOBECOM and received the Paul Baran Young Scholar Award from the Marconi Society.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Justin Hayes, PhD’25, Chemical Engineering
Justin Hayes, PhD’25, chemical engineering, focuses on understanding how gut microbial metabolism impacts human health. He is an inventor on the pending patent and founder and CEO of Concordance Therapeutics Inc. He was awarded the Northeastern University chapter of the National Academy of Inventors Student Innovation Impact Award.
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.
Jun 10, 2025
PhD Spotlight: Kyla Drewry, PhD’25, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kyla Drewry, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering, researched access to safe drinking water supplied by private wells. She presented at various conferences, was published in Environmental Science and Technology, and is starting a full time position in fall 2025 as a water resources engineer.
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.
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.
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.
May 30, 2025
Bridging Technical Skills With Business Impact
Anjana Nandam, MS’25, information systems, built a vibrant career foundation at the intersection of product operations, user experience, and business process innovation, fueled by a passion for simplifying complex systems and driving meaningful change.