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student standing next to Oak Ridge National Lab sign while on co-op

Aug 26, 2020

Industrial Engineering Grad Set to Use Data Analysis on Real-World Issues

Varun Senthil, MS’20, industrial engineering, completed a co-op at Oak Ridge National Labs and co-wrote a soon-to-be-published paper.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

portrait of student outside with dramatic lighting

Aug 14, 2020

Supporting Her Homeland of Lebanon

Engineering and Public Policy student Karen Fayad, E’19, MS’21, has been working with the Jobs for Lebanon charity to raise money to provide food and reconstruction support to help her home country of Lebanon.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

charles river research collage of photos

Jul 20, 2020

Floating Wetlands: Cleaning Up the Charles River

CEE PhD student Max Rome, his advisor Professor Ed Beighley, and the Charles River Conservancy created about 700 square feet of man-made wetland floats near the Longfellow Bridge to provide shelter to algae-eating zooplankton which can prevent algae bloom.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

student working in lab on monitor

Jun 11, 2020

Making Her Mark

Her research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She also had an internship at Sanofi and is part of the Experiential PhD program.

Benjamin Gincley with Dr. Cochrane

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).

Bioengineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering

student working on computer with Amazon stick on the back of laptop

Feb 26, 2020

Co-op to Full-Time Job at Amazon

Vaishali Tripathi, a second-year MS in information systems student, completed a co-op at Amazon in December 2019 and was extended a full-time offer upon graduation. The co-op lasted six months […]

Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Vatsal Prakash, ME’20, MS in engineering management, in the Level 2 Technical Support lab while on co-op at Schneider Electric in India.

Feb 26, 2020

MS Student Lands Co-op at Schneider Electric in India

Picture caption: Vatsal Prakash, MS’20, MS in engineering management, in the Level 2 Technical Support lab while on co-op at Schneider Electric in India. After coming to a new country […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

two students sit on couch on co-op at Philips

Feb 26, 2020

Defining Experiences on Co-op at Philips

Picture caption: Left to right: Jie Dai, MS’19, electrical and computer engineering, and Wangbo Jia, MS’19, electrical and computer engineering. Co-op can be a defining experience for students, and for […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering