Spotlight Stories
Sep 28, 2018
Endless Opportunities
When Rohan Naik, MS’19, information systems, graduated from Mumbai University (MU) in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he knew his career goal was to work as either […]
Aug 15, 2018
Strong Female Role Models Contributed to Their Success
Jennifer Morales, PhD Bioengineering, comes from a place where feminist role models are rare and detainees are prevalent. She’s from Mission, Texas, a city in Hidalgo County—one of the immigration […]
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 […]
Mar 24, 2018
MS in Information Systems Student Perspective
He chose the MS in Information Systems program because of the cutting-edge course work like cloud computing and Big Data, as well as Northeastern’s experience with industry which ensures that the program is aligned with market needs, helping him to reach his career goal to work in the field of artificial intelligence.
Dec 14, 2017
Invested in Success
In early 2016, Parth Gargava, MS’18, information systems, was working as a software engineer at the Center for Development of Advanced Computing in his native India. A recent graduate of […]
Nov 24, 2017
MS in Computer Systems Engineering Student Perspective
Harshal Neelkamal, an MS in computer systems engineering student at Northeastern, shares his journey to and in the program. View the video story to learn about his experience.
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 20, 2017
Human-Robot Friendship
Murphy Wonsick, PhD’20—Doctoral student Murphy Wonsick envisions a world where humans and robots coexist as friends. She spends her days trying to figure out how astronauts and robots can work together to complete dangerous tasks in space. In fact, she’s working on one of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots to exist—Northeastern’s NASA robot Valkyrie—under the direction of Taskin Padir, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern.