Alumni News
Jul 03, 2018
SDS Lab PhD student Thomas Vandal accepts position as NASA scientist
Sustainability and Data Science Laboratory (SDS Lab) PhD student Thomas J. (“TJ”) Vandal has accepted a position as a NASA scientist at their Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. He will […]
Jun 06, 2018
ME Alum Josh Levin Breaks Record for Salmon Ladder Ascent
ME Alum Josh Levin, E’17, was featured in the Olympic Channels video “How well do you know sport climbing?” and on American Ninja All-Stars for breaking the all-time record for fastest salmon ladder ascent.
Apr 05, 2018
ME Alum Josh Levin Featured on Olympic Channel
ME Alum Josh Levin, E’17, was featured in the Olympic Channels video “Meet Josh Levin – the NASA Intern Reaching for the Stars” for his rock climbing expertise and his co-op at NASA’s JPL Laboratory in California.
Mar 27, 2018
Engineering Alumnus Revolutionizes Ice Skate Sharpening
MIE Alum Russell Layton, E’98, created the company Sparx and developed an at-home sharpening system for ice skates that is now used by thousands of hockey players in the U.S. […]
Mar 23, 2018
Lean Six Sigma – Continuous Improvement Training
Boston Children’s Hospital is now offering Lean Six Sigma White and Yellow Belt Trainings. Visit bostonchildrens.cloud-cme.com to look-up and register for upcoming courses.
Nov 05, 2017
Professors Jung, Kar, and MIE Alumnus Win Gold at the MassChallenge and $550K CASIS-Boeing Research Grant
MIE Professor Yung Joon Jung, COS Associate Professor Swastik Kar, and ME Alumnus Dan Esposito, E’08, were awarded the $50K gold medal at the 2017 MassChallenge, for their start-up company, Guardion, which uses nanotechnology to create highly sensitive, low-cost, networked detectors of radioactivity and nuclear radiation.
Oct 27, 2017
A Startup That’s Making Waves
Mechanical engineering alumnus Ben Kneppers, E’07 (middle) and his friends developed the company Bureo to recycle old fishing nets into products like skateboards and sunglasses to help prevent ocean pollution. […]
Oct 25, 2017
A Startup That’s Making Waves
Mechanical alum Ben Kneppers, E’07 and his friends developed the company Bureo to recycle old fishing nets into products like skateboards and sunglasses to help prevent ocean pollution. Source: Northeastern […]