Lorraine Mountain

Assistant Dean & Senior Co-op Coordinator,  Cooperative Education

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Research Focus

Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.

About

Lorraine Mountain is the Assistant Dean of Cooperative Education for the Northeastern University College of Engineering, overseeing the college’s undergraduate and departmental graduate co-op programs.  She has served as a leader in College of Engineering co-op since 2013, facilitating team efforts in curriculum and teaching, job development, and faculty/staff hiring.  As Senior Faculty Cooperative Education Coordinator in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, Lorraine has enjoyed advising and teaching students and connecting with employers in the field since 2001. In 2019 Lorraine was awarded the ASEE Borman Award at the CIEC Conference for her sustained, honorable, and meritorious contributions to the promotion of the philosophy and practice of cooperative education in engineering. Prior to Northeastern, Lorraine worked in industry at General Electric Aviation in Engineering Design and as a Six Sigma Blackbelt and Instructor, and at Gateway, Inc. as a Program Manager.  She earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University.

Research Overview

Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.

Faculty

Feb 01, 2024

Faculty and Staff Awards 2024

The College of Engineering recognized faculty and staff at the annual faculty and staff awards event and thanked everyone for their hard work and dedication in support of our students, college, and university during the 2023-2024 academic year. View award recipients and photo gallery.

Faculty

Sep 10, 2020

Faculty and Staff Awards 2020

Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2019-2020 academic school year.

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Mar 12, 2020

Taking Graduate Experience-Powered Learning to the Next Level

Northeastern has been building its worldwide network of co-op partners for more than a century and in 2020 was ranked No. 1 in the nation for co-ops/internships by U.S. News and World Report. Graduate students at Northeastern’s College of Engineering are gaining real-world experiences on co-op in industry and research, locally and globally, and also through our innovative Experiential PhD program.

Jan 09, 2019

Lorraine Mountain Receives ASEE Borman Award

Assistant Dean & Senior Co-op Coordinator Lorraine Mountain was selected as the Alvah K. Borman Award recipient for 2019 by ASEE for her significant contributions to the advancement of Engineering Cooperative Education.

Apr 29, 2014

Congratulations COE Award Winners

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s College of Engineering Faculty and Staff awards. Outstanding teachers of First Year Engineering students: Richard Whalen, Engineering; Robert Lupi, Mathematics; Enrique Moreno, Physics. […]

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