Spotlight Stories

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student on hike with backpack on top of mountain

Nov 03, 2020

A Natural Problem Solver

Haley Weinstein, E’21 and MS’21, electrical engineering, has always had an innate curiosity about topics outside her range of expertise ― along with the work ethic needed to figure them out.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Oct 29, 2020

Securing a Successful Future

A computer engineering major, Rubens Lacouture, E’21, quickly identified software development as his passion and is focused on improving computational performance and algorithm efficiency, including software security.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

student posing with Boston skyline in background

Oct 28, 2020

Results-Oriented

As an undergraduate major in Industrial Engineering and a masters student in Engineering Management, Lianna Schuele is focused on studying business processes to make them as time- and cost-efficient as possible ― while still delivering high levels of customer service.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

aerospace club group photo holding NU banner

Oct 22, 2020

From Drone Racing to Autonomous Swarms: How Northeastern’s Aerospace Club is Developing Aerial Robotics

In Fall 2017, then-freshman engineering students John Buczek, Noah Ossanna, Blake McHale, Joshua Field, Michael Tang and Ryan Lung were eager to take the combination of their personal interests and […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

student posing with Boston skyline in background

Oct 13, 2020

Student’s Knack for Building Leads to Founding of the Solar Decathlon Club

Braintree, Massachusetts native and third-year combined civil engineering and architectural studies student Carrie Tam, E‘22, also a mathematics minor, came to Northeastern two years ago with a passion for building […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering

student on co-op posing with Mr. Potato Head at Hasbro

Oct 09, 2020

Hasbro Encouraged My Personal Growth

Co-oping at Hasbro provided electrical engineering undergraduate student Jamie Wong great personal and professional growth. “For my co-op, I got the job through the Northeastern system and I think this […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

student at NASA sitting in plane

Oct 09, 2020

Incredible Co-op, Research, and Global Experiences Make Dreams a Reality

Picture caption: Elizabeth Wig, E’20, electrical engineering, and MS’20, electrical and computer engineering, had a co-op experience at the NASA working at both the Armstrong Flight Research Center and the […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Setareh Ariafar

Oct 02, 2020

PhD Spotlight: Setareh Ariafar, PhD’20 – Electrical Engineering

Advised by College of Engineering Professors Jennifer Dy and Dana Brooks, Electrical and Computer Engineering Setareh Ariafar joined the Machine Learning Lab and the Bio-Medical Imaging and Signal Processing Lab […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering