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student in tall building looking out window with Boston buildings below

Nov 19, 2019

From the Classroom to the CEO’s Office

When Hardik Mody came to Northeastern University in the fall of 2018 he thought he would mostly be studying cloud domain and would hopefully finish with the ability to code […]

Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Northeastern student Alex Bender works on a Dell laptop in the sunlit offices of Boom Supersonic.

Oct 16, 2019

Supersonic Air Travel is on the Verge of a Comeback, and He’s in the Middle of It

Industrial engineering student Alex Bender, E’20, wanted to pursue the idea of high-speed travel, so he reached out to a company and convinced them to hire him as a co-op.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

putting liquid in testing tube working in lab

Apr 23, 2019

Flexible Programs, Hands-On Experience

After completing her bachelor’s in bioengineering in Singapore, Nikitha Jayachandran, MS in Bioengineering 2018, was unsure of her future in the field. She originally chose bioengineering because she wanted to […]

Bioengineering

Jan 17, 2019

The Long Road to Happiness

Seattle—The journey of 6,000 miles began in Taiwan where Ching-Chi “Amanda” Chang, MS information systems 2018, was launching her career as a TV reporter. She realized, with discouraging alacrity, that […]

Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Jan 09, 2019

Journey Leads to Facebook

Qifei “Rose” Lu, MS’18, information systems, was leading her guests on a tour of Facebook. The cafeteria and its neighboring amphitheater. The snack stand. The espresso bar. The common work […]

Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Jan 09, 2019

A Super Great Experience

“I think that at the beginning it is kind of hard for everyone if you have never been to the United States. Once you get an understanding of how things […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Nov 15, 2018

Dream Co-op to Full Time Job

“I’m using my undergrad experience and my graduate experience that I built upon for my professional experience,” said Vineel Kondiboyina, MS, Bioengineering 2018. For many students, it is a dream […]

Bioengineering

Nov 09, 2018

A Powerful Combination

Ankita Pradeep, MS Data Analytics Engineering 2019, got her undergraduate industrial engineering degree in India. Back at home, she worked in the logistics industry for two years. There, she gained […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering