Inherently Interdisciplinary
At the interface of engineering and medicine, bioengineering is an inherently interdisciplinary field with societal impact. With a focus on development of an entirely new classes of products, instrumentation, and implants, the field of bioengineering is poised for growth with the impact to human health extraordinary.
Innovative Education and Research
Experiential Learning
Experiential learning is the heart of a Northeastern education. From project based coursework and teaching labs to research opportunities and co-op there is a range of opportunities to apply classroom learning to the real world.
BS, MS, and PhD Degrees
Innovative Research
Students work alongside highly accomplished faculty conducting research in state-of-the-art labs designed for interdisciplinary and collaborative research in areas that encompass the entire breadth of biological and biomedical engineering.
Research Areas
Capstone Collaborative Makerspace
With a 3000 square foot makerspace including 18 tables and state-of-the-art equipment, undergraduate students have the space, capabilities, and environment to work and innovate together on capstone, research, and teaching projects.
Capstone DesignSpotlight Stories
ASME Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal
MIE/BioE Professor Francis Loth received the 2026 ASME Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal, which recognizes an individual who has translated meritorious bioengineering science to clinical practice through research, education, professional development, and with service to the bioengineering community.
Engineering In Action
World-Renown Co-op Program
Ella Strzegowski, BS, bioengineering, embarked on a co-op at Moderna just as the company was applying for its biologics license and COVID-19’s Omicron variant was tearing through the population. Her experience placed her at the epicenter of Covid-related research even as the virus—and the world’s response to it—changed by the day.
PhD Research for Impact
Lauren Cole, PhD, bioengineering, has dedicated her Northeastern research to understanding the medicinal properties of certain plants, especially in the production of chemotherapy drugs. Shedding light on how plants can be engineered to produce these beneficial molecules, she’s shared her research in published journal articles and an award-winning conference presentation.
World-Renown Experiential Learning
Originally from Nigeria, OluwaFemi Koledoye, MS, bioengineering, pursued a cell and tissue concentration at Northeastern—hoping to return home with the training to bring change to healthcare in West Africa. His hands-on experience of the biopharmaceutical industry, including a co-op, gave him the tools to realize his ambitions.
World-Renowned Cooperative Education
Kritika Singh, BS, bioengineering, is on her first co-op at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Center for Systems Biology and she is also working on a malaria project to express a difficult to express protein. Her ambition is to be a physician scientist and says co-op will definitely help her achieve that.
World-Renowned Cooperative Education
Aanie Phillips, BS, bioengineering, says co-op puts into perspective what you learn in the classroom providing an immersive learning experience. She did two co-ops, a clinical one at a doctor’s office, and the other as a mechanical and operations engineer at Virtudent, a teledentistry startup. Aaanie is off to medical school with a full scholarship from her top-choice school.
Recent News
BioE PhD Student Wins Best Poster Presentation at Gordon Research Conference for Optics and Photonics
Kelvin Amakye (above left), a second-year bioengineering PhD candidate in Assistant Professor Christa Haase’s lab, won Best Poster for his project “A Custom Three-Photon Microscope for Intravital Imaging of Axolotl Regeneration” at the Gordon Research Conference for Optics and Photonics in Medicine and Biology 2026.
Unlocking Plant Secrets for Safer Medicine and Resilient Crops
COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Weng, director of the Institute for Plant-Human Interface, is studying natural plant processes to discover safer cancer treatments, develop a potential peanut allergy vaccine, and breed resilient crops capable of advancing global health and sustainability.
Expanding Proteome Diversity Through Alternate RNA Decoding
BioE Professor Nikolai Slavov’s laboratory published research on “Alternate RNA decoding results in stable and abundant proteins in mammals” in Nature.
BioE PhD Student wins Best Oral Presentation at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting
Sahana Gangadharan, a fourth-year BioE PhD candidate in Associate Professor Vivek Venkatachalam’s lab, won the “Best Oral Presentation” award at the 2026 C. elegans Neuroscience Meeting (CeNeuro).