Spotlight Stories
Apr 01, 2016
Finding my Dream Job
Kelly O’Connell, BS, Civil Engineering, 2016—received national recognition when she was selected by the American Society of Engineering Educators as the Co-op Student of the Year for 2016. Her co-op career has been varied, including work as a general contractor, a water resources consultant, and an energy sustainability professional. Kelly forged an interdisciplinary engineering path […]
Feb 24, 2016
Co-op in Indonesia
Written by Maria George, a fifth year senior majoring in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Science. About Me Maria George is a fifth year senior majoring in Civil Engineering with a minor in Environmental Science. She’s spent her undergrad exploring opportunities in Environmental Engineering through co-op and seizing every opportunity she can to apply […]
Jan 30, 2016
First Rhodes Scholarship Winner
Logan Jackson, BS Civil Engineering, 2016, is the first Northeastern University student to win the Rhodes Scholarship, which is one of the most prestigious awards an undergraduate in the country can receive. Jackson has served in several roles with Northeastern’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, including president. She is also a violinist […]
Jan 02, 2016
Co-op in Beijing
Written by Neil Suttora, a junior in Electrical and Computer Engineering. About Me Neil Suttora is a Junior at NEU in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He decided to go to China for his 2nd co-op because he loves the language and culture. If you don’t know him by my name you probably have seen Neil unicycling around campus […]
Nov 20, 2015
Success Story: Maninder Singh Hunjan
Source: News @ Northeastern Recent graduate Maninder Singh Hunjan, TSM 2010, who was born in Pandher Kheri, a small village in Punjab, India, never planned on moving to a big city like Boston, let alone attending Northeastern University. But Hunjan, who graduated earlier this month with a master’s degree in telecommunication systems management, says he […]
Oct 22, 2015
Energy Systems Spotlight
Sejal Turakhia, DTZ-A UGL, MS Energy Systems, 2012—Sejal Turakhia has been working as an energy efficiency analyst at DTZ-A UGL, a global corporate real estate services & facilities management company, since her graduation from Northeastern in January 2012. Her work primarily focuses on a project at the Harvard Medical School, where her initiatives contribute to […]
Oct 22, 2015
Energy Systems Spotlight
Divyanshu Kamboj, Lumi-Solair, MSES 2013—In August of 2013, recent graduate Divyanshu Kamboj completed his co-op journey with Lumi•Solair LLC, a New York based company that manufactures off-grid renewable energy and lighting products. During his co-op experience, Kamboj was put in charge for the introduction of Lumi•Solair’s off-grid streetlight systems and initiated the introduction to Robert […]
Oct 22, 2015
Energy Systems Spotlight
After graduation, Kevin Johnson, MSES’12, was hired full-time as an energy efficiency analyst at EnerNOC’s corporate headquarters in Boston. Johnson is one of many Northeastern graduates who gained the necessary work experience and built the valuable network needed to land jobs post-graduation, often at the company in which they were employed while on co-op. While […]