Spotlight Stories
Aug 26, 2020
Industrial Engineering Grad Set to Use Data Analysis on Real-World Issues
Varun Senthil, ME’20, industrial engineering, completed a co-op at Oak Ridge National Labs and co-wrote a soon-to-be-published paper.
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.
May 28, 2020
Industrial Engineering Grad Balances STEM with Pro Cheerleading
Main Photo: Nia Jones, E’20, industrial engineering, part of the first cohort of S-POWER Scholars, achieved the Huntington 100 and will be going to graduate school at the University of California- Berkeley and conducting research as part of the Energy Resources Group. Whoever said, “You can’t do it all,” never met recent Industrial Engineering graduate […]
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.
Feb 26, 2020
MS Student Lands Co-op at Schneider Electric in India
Picture caption: Vatsal Prakash, ME’20, MS in engineering management, in the Level 2 Technical Support lab while on co-op at Schneider Electric in India. After coming to a new country halfway around the world for school, MS in Engineering Management student Vatsal Prakash, ME’20, went back home for a co-op opportunity at a Fortune 500 […]
Oct 16, 2019
Supersonic Air Travel is on the Verge of a Comeback, and He’s in the Middle of It
Industrial engineering student Alex Bender, E’20, wanted to pursue the idea of high-speed travel, so he reached out to a company and convinced them to hire him as a co-op.