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Jan 06, 2025

Alumna Develops Award-Winning E-Commerce Platform and Lands Job at Google

Fatema Janahi, E’22, computer engineering, MS’22, engineering management and Galante engineering business certificate, developed Palm, a fashion e-commerce platform in the Middle East and North Africa, received a 2024 Women Who Empower Innovator Award from Northeastern, and is working as a technical program manager at Google.

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Nov 05, 2024

Co-ops Lead to 46-Year Career With No Signs of Stopping

Co-ops at the Ciba-Geigy chemical plant allowed Michael Feldman, E’77, mechanical engineering, to financially support himself through his Northeastern education and introduced him to the contact who gave him an opportunity at Hart Engineering, a company he still works for 46 years later as a vice president.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 29, 2024

Co-op Employer Partner Program Contributes to Entrepreneur’s Success

Chet Kanojia, MS’93, mechanical engineering, is a communications industry entrepreneur who launched and led several ventures. He considers the co-op employer partner program central to their success.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 23, 2024

Co-op in Germany at Hegenscheidt Improves Technical and Global Knowledge

Teresa Schmeiszer, E’26, mechanical engineering, advanced her technical skills while working on large-scale milling machines during her co-op at rail industry manufacturer Hegenscheidt in Germany. Growing up speaking German at home, the co-op also deepened her understanding of the language.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 23, 2024

Building a Formula One Racetrack in Singapore on Co-op

Industrial engineering student Fernando Alfaro, E’26, is completing a co-op in Singapore with the engineering firm AtkinsRealis, where he serves as a project manager for the construction and dismantling of the Formula 1 racetrack used in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Oct 08, 2024

Creating a Career To Support Underrepresented Communities 

Sergio Marrero, E’07, industrial engineering, blended his love for entrepreneurship, passion for helping disadvantaged communities, lessons from co-ops at Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter & Gamble, and an MBA, to make a successful career supporting startups that are helping underrepresented people.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Sep 26, 2024

Founder Creates a Co-op Program Based on His Rewarding Experiences

Ryan Blair, E’05, mechanical engineering, is building a successful co-op program at NuWave Energy Solutions, which he founded in 2019, that draws from the rewarding co-op experiences he had at General Dynamics and Bluestone Energy Services more than 20 years ago.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Sep 25, 2024

Co-ops Help Grow Specialty Medical Device Engineering Firm

With a limited supply of subject matter experts specializing in catheter design on the East Coast, AGILE Product Development, a division of Resonetics, is growing its own talent pool through Northeastern’s co-op program.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering