Spotlight Stories
May 23, 2019
He Left his Comfort Zone to Explore the Frontiers of Engineering and Culture
Recent graduate Conor Messer, BS Bioengineering 2019, has lived, worked, and studied in Boston, Germany, and Jordan. Now, supported by a Fulbright Scholarship, he’s headed to Abu Dhabi to design […]
May 23, 2019
From Paraguay to Northeastern University
When Ricardo Careaga, MS Energy Systems and Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, 2019, was a child growing up in Asuncion, Paraguay, he would frequently go to buy goods at a corner […]
May 13, 2019
From Yemen to Boston
Ahmed Ba Wazir, BS Civil Engineering, 2019—At Cairo Airport in December of 2014, two Yemeni parents bid farewell to their son on his journey to America to pursue higher education. […]
May 13, 2019
ChE Alumna Discusses Career Journey
Pik Leng Wong, MS, Chemical Engineering, 2001 and BS, Chemical Engineering, 1999—Pik Leng Wong graduated from the Chemical Engineering BS/MS program in 2001. Pik Leng recently recounted her BS/MS experience […]
May 05, 2019
The Full Experience—Local to Afar
Emily Chernich, BS Bioengineering 2019, always loved engineering and the medical field, but wasn’t sure how to combine them in her studies. She found the perfect program to pursue her […]
May 02, 2019
A Pioneering Invention on Co-op
During her first co-op at Bose Corp., Grace Carroll, E’20, electrical and computer engineering, presented to the research and development team. This led to her writing an invention disclosure for the prototype, working with Bose’s general counsel team, and then filing for a U.S. patent.
May 02, 2019
One to Watch
Carlos Fuentes, BS Mechanical Engineering and Physics 2018, balances a job at Amazon with a startup born of his passion for vintage timepieces For his sixteenth birthday, Carlos Fuentes, E’18, […]
May 01, 2019
From Research to Spinout and Much More
Three-time husky Anton Geiler, PhD 2009, electrical engineering, never could have guessed that his research in a Northeastern lab would contribute to creating rising product development company Metamagnetics, and that he would one day become its president.