Spotlight Stories
Apr 08, 2025
Developing Technical Expertise and Soft Skills for Future in Tech Industry
With a goal of becoming a software engineer, Yanyan Chen, MS’24, information systems, has developed technical expertise, completed a co-op at IpserLab, and became more resilient as a Northeastern graduate student.
Apr 08, 2025
Co-op at Mass General Brigham Solidifies Plans for AI in Healthcare Career
After working for more than two years in the technology industry, Shikhar Patel, MS’25, information systems, began his pursuit of a graduate degree at Northeastern that would help him develop expertise in AI and large language models.
Apr 08, 2025
Supporting Future Generations of Chemical Engineers
After their own accomplished engineering careers and having raised two children who are now making their mark in the chemical engineering and chemistry fields, Bill and Deb Koppes decided it was time to help future students experience similar success.
Apr 07, 2025
Industry-Aligned Curriculum and Co-op Create a Path to Career Success
Rigorous academics, multiple coding opportunities, and a co-op at First Help Financial have led Ruchika Shashidhara, MS’25, software engineering systems, on a path to career success.
Apr 07, 2025
Personalized Curriculum and Co-op Help Launch Cloud Computing Career
With a passion for cloud computing, Gauri Basutkar, MS’24, information systems, was able to personalize a curriculum and gain experience on co-op as a DevOps engineer intern at Omnic and a summer internship at Waters to support her career goals.
Apr 07, 2025
ChE PhD Student Featured as BPS Spotlight Student
Natesan Mani, PhD’26, chemical engineering, who works in ChE/COS Assistant Professor Srirupa Chakraborty’s lab, received a travel award to attend the Biophysical Society 2025 Annual Meeting where he presented a talk and poster. The organization also featured Mani in a student spotlight on its website.
Apr 04, 2025
A Journey of Interdisciplinary Research Experiences
Matthew Coughlin, E’25, mechanical engineering, gained extensive research experience in thermofluids in a lab at Northeastern, with three summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates, and on co-op. He was nominated for the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholarship and received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award.
Mar 20, 2025
Exploring Career Paths With Co-op Experiences
Joshua Piatok, E’25, bioengineering, with a minor in music performance, used his three co-ops to explore research fields in industry and academia. He also applied for a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his research interests overseas.