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Sep 04, 2024

Leading Successful Energy Companies Focused on Smart Building Technology

Stephen Lynch, E’89, electrical engineering, has successfully led companies that produce technologies to efficiently manage and distribute energy across networks of power sources, including devices on the edge. Both the technical expertise and people skills he learned while on co-op have contributed to his success.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 29, 2024

Creating a Device To Detect Epileptic Seizures

In collaboration with ECE Distinguished Professor Nian Sun, Mukki Gill, E’25, mechanical engineering and history, is developing Zor, a portable device that can predict when its user is about to have an epileptic seizure. She received a second place Women Who Empower Award from Northeastern in the Powering a Healthy Tomorrow Award category, and an honorable mention in the undergraduate category.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 29, 2024

Co-ops Helped Alumnus Reach Top Tier of Computer Industry

Quincy Allen, E’82, electrical engineering, attributes his three co-ops to setting him apart from others when he graduated and landed a job at Xerox Corp., where he eventually became president of its Production Systems Group. Today, he continues to support technology companies as a board member.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 29, 2024

Using Co-op To Find an Ideal Career Path

Co-ops at GE Aviation, Harvard Apparatus, and Te.sla Motors helped Clare Cashen, E’16, mechanical engineering, discover her career interests and aspirations. Today, she is a product assurance engineer at Rolls Royce, while pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Purdue University.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 27, 2024

Empowering People Through Financial Accessibility

Kojo Addaquay, MS’23, information systems, was featured in Northeastern’s Spotify episode “The Code to Financial Accessibility” where he used his co-op experience in graduate school to develop a career that […]

Aug 27, 2024

Finding a Fulfilling Career in the Power Industry Through Co-op

Peter Kushkowski, E’58, mechanical engineering, was introduced to the power industry while on co-op at the New England Power Company. He had a highly successful career, working on innovative technological projects in an industry vital to the common good.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Aug 27, 2024

Becoming an Industry Leader in Flow Management and Control

David Wyatt, E’88, electrical engineering, was featured in Northeastern’s Spotify episode “Shoot for the Stars, Land on the Moon feat” where he discusses his journey from co-op to starting Wyatt […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Aug 26, 2024

PhD Student Reflects on the Sustainable Transportation Dialogue of Civilizations in Holland

Nathan David Obeng-Amoako, PhD, civil and environmental engineering, advised by CEE Professor Peter Furth, shares his experience joining Furth’s Dialogue of Civilizations course in the Netherlands, which explored themes of sustainability in transportation. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering