Interdisciplinary at its core, the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern focuses on optimizing and solving real world global challenges such as healthcare systems, energy systems, and resilience systems. Through a holistic thinking approach and partnerships with industry, our faculty and students are creating solutions to an ever changing world.
Spotlight Stories
New MS in Robotics Degree
A new Master of Science in Robotics degree program offers an interdisciplinary, technically challenging, and hands-on learning experience, providing students a comprehensive understanding of the algorithms, sensors, control systems, and mechanisms used in robotics to help you stand out in the field and make transformative impact on society.
Engineering in Action
Co-op Leads to Career Position at SpaceX
Ethan Flynn, BS, mechanical engineering, says co-op sets you up for the future. He completed three co-ops in his 4.5 years at Northeastern: Sikorsky working on Black Hawk helicopters, NASA JPL working on the Mars Rover 2020, and at SpaceX, which he converted to a full time position!
From Co-op to Full Time Job Offer—Before Graduation
Sharon Melul Steinfeld, BS, industrial engineering and MS, Engineering Management, completed co-ops at Hasbro as a project engineer on the Transformer toy line, and at PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant for company mergers. Sharon got a full time job offer 18 months before graduating and contributes this to her co-op opportunities.
Recent News
2021 Graduate Commencement Student Speaker
Engineering management student Gagan Dep Prabhu, MS’21, will serve as the student speaker during the graduate commencement ceremony on May 9, 2021.
2021 COE Co-op Awardees
The COE Departmental Co-op Team was proud to mark the 8th Annual COE Co-op Awards virtually with our recipients this year. These awards celebrate the exemplary work of a select group of undergraduate and graduate students who have shown great promise and intellectual fortitude throughout their co-op experience. This year’s recipients are: Julia Spada, Bioengineering […]
3 COE Students Selected as Fulbright Recipients
Congratulations to Tyler Gogal, Jacob Kaplan, and Sagi Ravid for earning Fulbright US Student Awards.
Annual Graduate Student Awardees
Congratulations to the graduate students who won the Outstanding Graduate Research, Outstanding Graduate Teaching, and Outstanding MS Student Leadership Awards.