Spotlight Stories

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Mark Schanfein

Feb 01, 2022

Alum Mark Schanfein Can’t Sit Still

Curiosity has taken him around the world, including behind the walls of North Korea’s nuclear program Growing up on Long Island, Mark Schanfein, E’72, mechanical engineering, couldn’t wait for his […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 27, 2022

Student Donor Spotlight: Nicolas Maciel, E’22

Nicolas Maciel, E’22, mechanical engineering, has always had a passion for engineering. Since beginning his academic career at Northeastern, he set out to immerse himself in learning the ins and […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Dec 07, 2021

Featured Galante Fellow: Heather Gerstley

Heather Gerstley is a fifth-year student at Northeastern University graduating this December with a Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management. Gerstley knew that she wanted […]

Bioengineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Carrie Tam.

Dec 06, 2021

Interdisciplinary Meets International

Carrie Tam, E’22, was always interested in buildings. It seemed perfect that she discovered Northeastern’s Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and Architectural Studies, a combined major of the […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Rodrigo Blanco Bravo

Dec 02, 2021

Desire for Well-Rounded and Global Experiences Leads to Fulbright Nomination

Some people spend their entire lives living, studying and working in the same city or town. For Rodrigo Blanco Bravo, E’22, bioengineering, this was not an option. “I wanted to […]

Bioengineering

Nov 23, 2021

Helping to Bring Families Closer Together

Data analytics engineering student Ravalika Kurumilla, MS’22, has been working on co-op at Ancestry.com to create algorithms to help customers find their family connections.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Nov 18, 2021

Moderna by the Molecule

Ella Strzegowski, E’23, bioengineering, is spending her co-op working at Moderna on quality control measures to examine the molecules in the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine solution.

Bioengineering

Haroon Bukhari

Nov 10, 2021

Working Toward Better Electric Vehicles With Battery Materials on Co-op

As electric vehicles become more prominent, accessible, and convenient, it is imperative that research continues to push the reliability of their batteries further. That’s what Haroon Bukhari, a chemical engineering master’s student, explores each day as an employee on co-op at Rogers Corporation which is based onsite on Northeastern’s Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Chemical Engineering