ECE Alumni News
Nov 10, 2023
Co-op and Research Puts Student on Robotics Career Path
Xavier Hubbard, MS’23, robotics, completed a co-op at Venca Robotics and conducted research as part of his master’s project. Academics, combined with the experiential learning and job experience, helped him land a job as a robotics engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Nov 08, 2023
Alumnus Heads CDC’s Inaugural Platforms Division
Alumnus Jorge Calzada, MS in information systems, was appointed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to head machine learning and artificial intelligence and direct the CDC’s inaugural platforms division, which is responsible for creating new platforms and standards for health data. The goal is to improve processes for tracking health trends and threats, as well as to assist disease forecasting centers.
Mar 10, 2023
Shaping the Future of Education in Africa
ECE Alum Mohamed Kante, E’12, founded iNERDE is to inspire and empower African youth to learn the skills they will need to make discoveries, think critically, and prosper in an evolving world.
Feb 07, 2023
Schwarzman Scholarship and Named one of BostInno’s 25 Under 25.
Alex Marley, E’22, electrical engineering, was awarded the highly selective Schwarzman Scholarship and named one of BostInno’s 25 Under 25. Schwarzman Scholars supports up to 200 Scholars annually from the U.S., China, and around the world for a one-year master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
Jul 01, 2022
From Co-op Student to Co-op Sponsor—and Cheerleader
David Sequino, E’90, electrical engineering, is proud to say that every employee in the Boston office of his company, INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS), is not only a Northeastern graduate—but almost all were also former co-op students. As co-founder and chief executive officer of ISS, Sequino has been an enthusiastic supporter of Northeastern’s co-op program since the company was created in 2010.
Jun 08, 2022
DeepCharge Startup Transforms Surfaces into Universal Chargers
Main photo: DeepCharge, a startup spun out of a Northeastern College of Engineering lab, enables any surface to charge electronic devices. For every electronic device you own, there’s one more […]
Feb 08, 2022
Computer PhD Alum to Lead SAIL
Alumnus and Draper GEM Fellow Will Tomlinson, PhD’18, Computer Engineering, is named director of the Software and Application Innovation Lab (SAIL) at Boston University. Related News: Outstanding Graduate Student Award […]
Oct 12, 2021
Amirabadi Research Receives 2020 Second Place Prize Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
ECE alum Khalegh Mozaffari, PhD’19, and Associate Professor Mahshid Amirabadi received second place for the 2020 IEEE Power Electronics Society Transactions Prize Paper Award for their paper on “A Reduced-Switch-Count […]