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
NSF CAREER Award for Causal Inference in Large-Scale Studies
Assistant Professor Md. Noor E Alam, mechanical and industrial engineering, received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. This project will utilize the power of Big Data to infer causality in large-scale observational studies and will develop tractable computational approaches to facilitate better policy decision-making.
Aerospace NU Club
As part of the Aerospace NU student club, mechanical engineering student Noah Ossanna, E’22, and electrical engineering student John Buczek, E’22, are working on building a fleet of autonomous drones that could be used in search-and-rescue missions. The MIE department offers a minor in Aerospace.
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
Using Spark Fund Award to Design New Machine Learning Techniques for Fluid Dynamics
MIE Assistant Professor Safa Jamali is using the Spark Funds he received earlier this year to create a machine learning program for fluid mechanics. Simplifying Old Fluid Dynamics Through New Machine Learning Photo by Joshua Brown For even the most knowledgeable of engineers, fluid dynamics can be a tricky topic to tackle. When it comes […]
Announcing Summer 2022 PEAK Experiences Awardees
Several engineering students and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s Summer 2022 PEAK Experiences Awards.
Creating Ion-Doped 2D Nanomaterials
MIE Professor Yung Joon Jung and affiliated Physics Associate Professor Swastik Kar were awarded a patent for “Ion-doped two-dimensional nanomaterials.”
Smyser Gives “Last Lecture” to Graduates
MIE Teaching Professor Bridget Smyser spoke to the graduating class during the “Last Lecture” series on the importance of doing what works for them and that it is not always a straight path. What do horror movies have to do with mechanical engineering? Main photo: Bridget Smyser gives the Last Lecture to graduating seniors in […]