Spotlight Stories
Jul 19, 2017
No Limits
Erin Provost, BS Bioengineering, 2019—Third-year bioengineering student Erin Provost (E’19) has been an avid runner since fifth grade, and she’s always had an interest in the workings of the human body. In her freshman year of high school, she acquired an interest in helping people with disabilities when she volunteered to help at a local […]
Jul 19, 2017
Inspiring Women Engineers
Students Sarada M. Symonds, E’19, computer engineering and computer science, and Elizabeth Wig, E’20, electrical engineering, were each recently awarded $5,000 scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Symonds received the 2017 Ada I. Pressman Memorial Scholarship, her second SWE scholarship in the past two years. Wig, a Dean’s […]
Jul 19, 2017
Figuring Out Industrial Engineering
About Me Keith Fleming is a fifth year Industrial Engineering student who is also pursuing his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. While at Northeastern, Keith has completed two co-ops; at Textron Systems and Sanofi Genzyme. He is also a member of IISE and Tau Beta Pi. He shares his experience in his own words. Figuring […]
Jul 14, 2017
Engineering, Business, and Leadership: A Potent Formula
How the program prepared him as a business transformation consultant at IBM.
Jul 12, 2017
First a Passion for Legos; Now a Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Adrienne Clark, BS/MS, Mechanics 2011—Growing up in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Adrienne Clark, BS/MS’11 with a major in mechanical engineering, was fascinated by her older brothers’ Lego and K’NEX toys. “I’ve always been drawn to architecture, math, science, and doing mechanical things with my hands,” says Clark. This early passion was supported by her mother’s efforts […]
Jul 12, 2017
Mechanical Engineering Students to Snowboard Creators
Written by Josh Filgate and Jesse Kuhn, mechanical engineering alumni 2008. About Me Josh Filgate and Jesse Kuhn are NU Mechanical Engineering Alums from the class of 2008. They’ve both worked in product development since graduating and have a side business called “Filgate and Kuhn Fabrications” based out of Josh’s barn in Lyndeborough, NH. You […]
Jul 08, 2017
From Capstone to MassChallenge Finalist
Co-founders of Power Assist Solutions, Martin Bujwid and Louise Katzovitz, both BS Mechanical Engineering 2017, made the 2017 MassChallenge Boston accelerator program for their power assist invention for wheelchairs! Two Northeastern graduates have launched a startup that offers a technological solution to easing the physical burden placed upon nurses and other caregivers working at hospitals […]
Jul 05, 2017
Studying the Science and Politics of Climate Change in Singapore, Jakarta, and Bali
Written by Tyler Gogal, a rising second year engineering student. About Me Tyler Gogal has an interest in using the power of engineering and other sciences to address environmental problems. He came to Boston from his hometown of Falls Church, Virginia, and here at Northeastern has been a volunteer in Science Squad and SquashBusters. Studying […]