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Experiential learning is the heart of a Northeastern education--in the classroom, in the lab, and in the real-world while on co-op.
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Pursue your path alongside highly accomplished faculty across eight research areas and 10-plus ECE-led interdisciplinary research centers and institutes, including some of the most innovative facilities in the nation.
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Join a welcoming and engaged community in the hub of innovation with industry at your fingertips, including the top hospitals in the world, as well as a range of student organizations, and a network of faculty, alumni, and industry professionals.
Student Groups and MoreSpotlight Stories
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member
University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, ECE/BioE, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his career that has made breakthroughs in the mathematics of nonlinear and complex systems, with repercussions for biomedicine, systems biology, and neural networks.
NSF CAREER Award to Design a Platform for Ultra-Compact Signal Processing
ECE Assistant Professor Siddhartha Ghosh received a $540,082 NSF CAREER Award to design a “Semiconductor on Nitride PhoXonic Integrated Circuit (SONIC) Platform for Chip-Scale RF and Optical Signal Processing.” He also received a DARPA Young Faculty Award.
Engineering in Action
Making Notable Advancements in Neuro-Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering student Spencer Lake Jacobs-Skolik shares his experience leading research, becoming a published author, and earning a Goldwater Scholarship – all as an undergraduate. Learn how Northeastern University’s College of Engineering provides research opportunities you can’t find anywhere else, and how those experiences prepare passionate students for successful careers.
Co-op for a Wireless World
Sara Garcia Sanchez (PhD in Electrical Engineering) came to Northeastern University from Spain to study wireless communications in a high-level international environment. In addition to cutting-edge research, her experimental work brought her to a co-op with IBM, studying the use of the extremely high-frequency Millimeter Wave Band for sensing and communication.
World Renowned Co-op Program
Sofia Vanessa Benitez Quevedo, BS, electrical engineering, completed three co-ops near and far including iRobot as a systems engineer, Flex in California working on emerging tech on the internet of things, and Starry, a start up in Boston using cutting-edge technology for the next generation.
Getting a Competitive Edge on Co-op
Noah Lichtenstein, BS, computer engineering and computer science, says the integrated way of learning and experience with co-op will allow him to jump in to a job when he graduates. So far he’s had a co-op at Starry, an internet startup, and Amazon Robotics as a firmware engineer, and feels this experience will give him a decent leg up.
Recent News
Closas Elected Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
The IEEE AESS Board of Governors selected ECE Associate Professor Pau Closas to serve as the Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine from July 2024 to June 2027.
Leading the Charge in Building the Next Generation of Wireless Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia oversees the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University. With a specific focus on wireless network technologies like 5G and 6G, he is helping Northeastern lead wireless communications into the future.
Enhancing Educational Research With AI and Cloud Infrastructure Training
ECE Associate Professor Ningfang Mi, in collaboration with Yu Wang and Chiu C Tan from Temple University, Lishan Yang from George Mason University, and Chuang Wang from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is leading a $999,969 NSF grant for “AI4EDU: Cloud Infrastructure-Enabled Training for AI in Educational Research and Assessment.”
Discovery Highlights ‘Critical Oversight’ in Perceived Security of Wireless Networks
Sherif Badran, PhD’26, electrical engineering, and ECE Professor Josep Jornet were featured in the Rice University article “Discovery Highlights ‘Critical Oversight’ in Perceived Security of Wireless Networks.”