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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 study something related to medicine, but not surgical. Through her courses, she found that she liked the biology side of her field but wasn’t as […]

Bioengineering

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Apr 23, 2019

Journey to Medical School

Aanie Phillips, BS Bioengineering 2019, a pre-med bioengineering student with a concentration in cell and tissue engineering, chose her field based on her love of math and science and the possibility of becoming a physician. “In the back of my head, I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor, so I chose bioengineering […]

Bioengineering

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Apr 12, 2019

Michael Tormey Wins 2019 Northeastern President’s Award

As one of 10 students with the highest GPA, Michael Tormey received Northeastern’s President’s Award.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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Apr 03, 2019

Co-op at SeLux

Written by Noah Miller, a fourth year bioengineering student. About Noah Miller is a 4th year bioengineering major with a concentration in biomedical devices and a minor in computer science. He is currently on co-op at SeLux Diagnostics for the second time. Co-op at SeLux SeLux is a Diagnostic Device Start-up with a focus in Antibiotic […]

Bioengineering

student smiling next to research poster on display

Mar 27, 2019

2019 AAAS Student E-Poster Competition Experience

Written by Ada Vernet-Crua, a first-year PhD student. About Ada Vernet-Crua Ada is working in the Nanomedicine lab investigating novel materials for biomedical applications – such as antibacterial and anticancer – utilizing different eco-friendly and cost-effective approaches to produce metallic nanoparticles. Before starting at Northeastern, Ada completed her BS in Chemistry at Rovira I Virgili […]

Chemical Engineering

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Mar 13, 2019

Discovering My Path with Co-op and Study Abroad

Written by Taylor Duckworth, BS in Bioengineering student. About Taylor Duckworth is a 4th year Bioengineering student with a concentration in medical devices, currently on co-op at Sage Product Development. This is her third and final co-op. The first two were at Liberating Technologies, Inc. (LTI), and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, respectively. […]

Bioengineering

Mar 08, 2019

Galante Success Story: Matt Sawicki

Matt Sawicki joined the inaugural Galante cohort and used his engineering and business skills to become an engineering leader.

Mar 07, 2019

Galante Success Story: Adam Perruzzi

Adam Perruzzi joined the inaugural Galante cohort and used his engineering and business skills to become an engineering leader. Learn how the Galante Engineering Business Program gave Adam crucial skills that helped him land his current role as a Business Transformation Consultant with IBM.