Spotlight Stories
Aug 23, 2018
Try New Things and Make the Most Out of Your Experience
Written by Nicolas Binford, BS Computer Engineering, 2018. He was able to turn his experiences while on co-op in Germany into a full-time job with the company. My Experience Throughout my […]
Jul 19, 2018
Growing a Business from the Ground Up
Do you know where your leafy greens come from? If you’re dining at a restaurant in Boston, there’s a good chance the salad greens you’re eating have been grown by […]
Jun 04, 2018
Vacation Time Leads to New Business
Christopher Kenyon, BS, Computer Engineering/Computer Science, 2017 andDouglas Franklin, BS, Computer Engineering, 2016—When Kevin Corliss, Christopher Kenyon, and Douglas Franklin entered their first professional careers, they each encountered the same […]
May 15, 2018
‘Autonomous’ Choices
Antonio Rufo’s, BS Computer Engineering 2014 and MS Computer Engineering 2017, College of Engineering journey at Northeastern began when he was in high school as part of Northeastern’s FIRST Robotics […]
Feb 22, 2018
Making World-Changing Progress through Cancer Immunology Research
Jordan Harris, BS, Chemical Engineering, 2017—Jordan Harris’ goal was simple: Take advantage of Northeastern’s College of Engineering education and experience to gain access to a graduate program to render his […]
Nov 02, 2017
Scholarship Supports Global Co-op Opportunities
Taylor Wilde, BS Chemical Engineering 2019, was the recipient of a Fung Scholarship, which allowed him to work on co-op at a research lab at École Normale Supérieure, a university […]
Oct 27, 2017
A New Way to Fight ‘Superbugs’
Ben Geilich, PhD, Chemical Engineering, 2016, is using nanoparticles to improve an antibiotics ability to treat infections. Northeastern doctoral graduate Ben Geilich cheerfully admits that he loves studying bacteria—tiny, resourceful […]
Oct 27, 2017
A Startup That’s Making Waves
Mechanical engineering alumnus Ben Kneppers, E’07 (middle) and his friends developed the company Bureo to recycle old fishing nets into products like skateboards and sunglasses to help prevent ocean pollution. […]