Alumni News

May 28, 2020
Students & Alumni Help Create Masks for Front Line Workers
Mechanical engineering student Max Seidel, E’24, and alum Amine El Aymani, E’16, MS’19, have risen to the occasion during the COVID-19 crisis to help create masks for frontline workers.

Apr 10, 2020
Providing Face Masks to Front Line COVID-19 Workers
Mechanical Engineering alumni Mostafa Lotfi and his two cousins who co-founded Lacerta Group Inc., have converted the focus of their company that normally manufactures plastic packaging into making face masks to help the front line workers of COVID-19.

Mar 24, 2020
Medical Inventor with a Sense of Purpose
MIE Alum Bob Rioux, E’85, has used his mechanical engineering knowledge to develop 110 patents for medical devices to help solve difficult medical problems.

Mar 23, 2020
Working with the Peace Corps to Develop Sustainable Practices in Senegal
After he graduated, MIE Alum Tavish Fenbert, E’18, joined the Peace Corps to help people in Senegal as an agroforestry volunteer.

May 02, 2019
One to Watch
Carlos Fuentes, BS Mechanical Engineering and Physics 2018, balances a job at Amazon with a startup born of his passion for vintage timepieces For his sixteenth birthday, Carlos Fuentes, E’18, […]

Oct 16, 2018
Two Northeastern Startups Win MassChallenge Boston
The startups Boston Materials and Mobile Pixels, both started by members of the COE community, both won the MassChallenge Boston, which is a global business accelerator program for companies in the early stages of development.

Jul 19, 2018
Growing a Business from the Ground Up
Do you know where your leafy greens come from? If you’re dining at a restaurant in Boston, there’s a good chance the salad greens you’re eating have been grown by […]

Jul 19, 2018
Energy Systems Alumni Suchart Klaikaew Panelist at 2018 Sensors Expo
Suchart Klaikaew, a 2018 gradaute of the MS Energy Systems program and PhD candidate in the MIE department, joined the “Future of Engineering Education” panel session with Roger Grace, or Roger Grace Associates, at the 2018 Sensors Expo at the San Jose Convention Center on June 26-28.