Northeastern University College of Engineering

Chemical Engineering 2026 Annual Awards Ceremony
2026-04-03 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Alumni Center, 716 Columbus Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, 02120, United States
This is the annual event for our community to celebrate the department, College, University, and external awards and achievements given over the past year.
**Parking is available for a fee at Gainsborough and Renaissance Park Garages. There are also meters on Columbus Ave. Lyft and Uber are also suggested. MBTA commuters can take the Orange Line to the Ruggles stop.**

MathWorks Day 2026: Making Renewables Resilient: Models, Methods, and Real-World Impact
2026-03-19 13:00 - 15:30
Join us for MathWorks Day 2026, featuring a discussion panel, product demonstrations, and an interactive poster session.
MathWorks Day 2026 explores “Making Renewables Resilient: Models, Methods, and Real-World Impact” through a collaborative event between Northeastern University and MathWorks. The program features a panel discussion and Q&A session on the topic of renewable energy and the modern renewable grid. The panel will be led by speakers Dr. Bradley Lehman from Northeastern University’s College of Engineering and Dr. Graham Dudgeon, Senior Principal Product Manager for Electrical Technology at MathWorks, with panelists Dr. Luca Caracoglia from Northeastern University’s College of Engineering and Dr. Mehdi Vahab, Academic Manager for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at MathWorks.
After the panel, demonstrations by MathWorkers will showcase the breadth of MATLAB and Simulink applications across engineering domains, including:

bioreactor modeling and optimization with AI-assisted development;
digital twin technology for fault detection in electric aircraft propulsion systems;
advanced control design using real bi-copter hardware; and
autonomous underwater vehicle simulation built on Unreal Engine 5.3.

The event concludes with a poster session where participants can engage with current research and projects.
MathWorks Day 2026 will take place on the 6th Floor of Columbus Place, which is located at 716 Columbus Avenue in Boston. We hope to see you there!

Chemical Engineering Annual Awards Ceremony
2025-04-09 17:00 - 19:00

MathWorks Day: Enhancing Computational Workflows with GenAI and MATLAB
2025-03-18 12:30 - 16:00
Join MathWorks for an afternoon of learning and connecting. Keynote speaker Neha Sardesai, Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks, will share her expertise on the capabilities and risks of GenAI in an educational setting. She will highlight its impact on academic integrity and its role as a productivity tool. Afterwards, students will share research project poster boards and MathWorks employees will provide product demos to students. Stop by for some pizza, networking, and an opportunity to learn more about GenAI and productivity!
Alumni Center, 6th floor of 716 Columbus Ave., Boston
View more details and reserve your spot by registering here!

INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S TWO-SPIRIT SYMPOSIUM: CURATING OUR WAY INTO THE FUTURE
2024-05-30 12:30 - 16:00
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Virtual 1 pm – 3 pm EST
In-person 12:30 pm – 4 pm EST (lunch 12:30pm – 1 pm; networking 3pm – 4pm)

Northeastern University Alumni Center; 716 Columbus Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA

Keynote
Tess Lukey (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
The Trustees of Reservations, Associate Curator of Native American Art
Moderator
Sháńdíín Brown (Dine‘)
Assistant Curator, Native American Art, RISD
Panelists include:
Leah Hopkins (Narragansett)
Manager of Museum Education and Programs, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University
Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Educator& Writer; Producer of “Our Story: 400 Years of Wampanoag History”, on exhibit at Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

Mary Amanda McNeil, PhD (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Assistant Professor, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, Tufts University
Jean-Luc Pierite (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana)
MLK Visiting Scholar at MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, President of the NAICOB, and the founder of InDigiFab
Registration
Indigenous Women’s & 2-Spirit Symposium – Events – Universe

Offshore Wind Tech Week Network Reception
2022-12-06 17:00 - 19:00
This event will celebrate #OffshoreWindTechWeek – comprised of the National Offshore Wind R&D Symposium December 5 & 6 and the International Offshore Wind Technical Conference (IOWTC) December 7 & 8.
This networking reception will close out the 2022 Symposium and introduce the IOWTC, happening the following days on December 7 & 8 at Northeastern University. All offshore wind industry professionals are welcome to attend, regardless of whether they are attending Symposium or IOWTC.
*Note – All in-person NOWRDC Symposium registrants are automatically registered for this networking reception.
Location: Alumni Center at Northeastern University, 716 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120
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Generate Showcase
2022-05-04 18:30 - 20:30
Generate is Northeastern’s student led design studio aimed at fostering entrepreneurial engineering on campus.
Showcase is Generate’s semester end event that celebrates our teams and their progress throughout the term. Stop by the Alumni Center on Wednesday, May 4th from 6:30-8:30 pm to listen in on presentations, hear from speakers, and take a look at all the hard work our teams have put in this semester. We hope to see you there!

4th Annual Multicultural Mixer: Keep the Dream Alive
2020-01-24 19:00 - 22:00
THE TIME HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!
The Graduate Student of Color Collective is proud to present: The 4th Annual Multicultural Mixer: Keep The Dream Alive. This is the opportunity for our students, faculty, staff, and alumni of color to come together for a networking opportunity to foster and build relations with one another. As part of the Northeastern 2025 plan, it outlines the importance of diversity and inclusion within the student body as well as among faculty and staff members.
When: January 24, 2020
Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: 716 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120
Northeastern University Alumni Center
We would like to take the opportunity to thank some of our current sponsors: the Graduate Student Government, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute, and the Office of Alumni Relations and many more to come. If you are interested in attending, fill out our RSVP form

Thoughts on Our Future Vision for Structural Engineering
2019-10-22 17:00 - 19:00
Thoughts on Our Future Vision for Structural Engineering
From the Structural Engineering Institute’s New President
Northeastern University Alumni Center, 6th Floor.
5PM – 7PM
Join us for this Northeastern University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Seminar, hosted by the Northeastern SEI Graduate Student Chapter.
Glenn Bell, the Structural Engineering Institute’s New President, will be delivering remarks at 6pm, following a 5pm reception.
ABSTRACT:
A future world where society is increasingly affected by massive population growth, changing demographics, scarce resources, and a planet damaged by human activity presents great opportunities for structural engineers. Simultaneously massive advances in technology promise to completely disrupt structural engineering as we know it today. In response to this, in 2013 the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) created and published A Vision for Structural Engineers and Structural Engineering: A Case for Change, and has embarked on programs to achieve ambitious goals to bring about exciting change in our profession. Since 2013 we have made gratifying advances in areas like promotion of performance-based design, globalization, and the engagement of the next generation of structural engineers.
In 2019 SEI updated its Vision and worked with the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations and the Council of American Structural Engineers to create and collaborate on a joint Vision. New or enhanced future goals include developing future structural engineers as leaders, resilience/sustainability, and achieving greater diversity in our profession. At the same time ASCE has embarked on an inspiring and thought-provoking Future World Vision to advance all of Civil Engineering. Glenn will report on SEI’s and ASCE’s ambitious plans and offer his own thoughts on initiatives he will stress as SEI’s President. These include engaging and empowering the next generation of structural engineers, strengthening the interaction between practice, research, and academia, and reform in structural engineering education.
Bio:
Glenn Bell’s term as SEI President commenced on 1 October 2019.
Glenn is a Senior Principal of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. He has worked his entire 45-year career at SGH, in creative structural design and in leading major investigations of structural distress and failure. He was SGH’s CEO from 1995 through 2016. Glenn is also Galletly-Dickson Visiting Scholar at the University of Bath in the UK.
Glenn is a Board Trustee of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) in the UK, a Director of The Charles Pankow Foundation, and a Director of the newly formed Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety in the US (CROSS-US). For his professional leadership Glenn received the 2018 SEI President’s Award and the 2019 SEI Tewksbury Award.
