Spotlight Stories

New 1-Year Experiential Master's Degrees in Data Analytics Engineering and Engineering Management
These new master's degrees provide an opportunity for students to earn a master's degree in an in-demand field in an accelerated one year time frame through a combination of credit-bearing experiential coursework, independent study, industry projects, and co-op.

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.