Spotlight Stories
Jun 26, 2020
Giving Back and Forward
When it comes to supporting his alma mater, Bob Maddock, E’72, is proud to follow the example set by his father Tom, a 1942 Northeastern graduate who, like his son, earned a chemical engineering degree, achieved professional success, and went on to give back to the university through generous financial support.
Jun 26, 2020
Hard Work Pays Off
No one knows the value of hard work more than David House, MS’69, electrical engineering. Growing up in Muskegon, Michigan, where nearly everyone worked in a factory, House had an […]
Jun 11, 2020
Her Engineering Degree Was the Launchpad for a Wide-Ranging Career
Michele Lezama, E’88, arrived at Northeastern on a scholarship for Black engineering students and now is President and CEO of the organization that made her education possible.
May 28, 2020
Students & Alumni Help Create Masks for Front Line Workers
Mechanical engineering student Max Seidel, E’24, and alum Amine El Aymani, E’16, MS’19, have risen to the occasion during the COVID-19 crisis to help create masks for frontline workers.
Apr 10, 2020
Providing Face Masks to Front Line COVID-19 Workers
Mechanical Engineering alumni Mostafa Lotfi and his two cousins who co-founded Lacerta Group Inc., have converted the focus of their company that normally manufactures plastic packaging into making face masks to help the front line workers of COVID-19.
Apr 07, 2020
Benjamin Gincley Awarded 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Interdisciplinary Engineering PhD student Benjamin Gincley received a prestigious and highly competitive 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP).
Mar 24, 2020
Medical Inventor with a Sense of Purpose
MIE Alum Bob Rioux, E’85, has used his mechanical engineering knowledge to develop 110 patents for medical devices to help solve difficult medical problems.
Mar 23, 2020
Working with the Peace Corps to Develop Sustainable Practices in Senegal
After he graduated, MIE Alum Tavish Fenbert, E’18, joined the Peace Corps to help people in Senegal as an agroforestry volunteer.