Spotlight Stories

Mar 07, 2021
From Pitch to Product
For Laura Bilal, E’21, and Meghan Quon, E’22, bioengineering, their third-place finish in the 2020 Husky Startup Challenge, taking home $1,000 in funding to pursue their venture, was inspired by […]

Jan 19, 2021
COE Alumnus, Now Professor Focuses in the Interdisciplinary Fields of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
Rouzbeh Amini, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, first came to Northeastern in the early 2000s pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He recalls […]

Dec 02, 2020
Finding Her Path
In sports, they say, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Roshani A. Patil, MS’19, bioengineering, took that statement to heart when she decided to get a graduate degree.

Nov 06, 2020
Think, Ask, Solve, Repeat
Blog by Saba Saidi, E’21, a bioengineering and biochemistry student. Learning through experiments was one of my favorite parts of seventh-grade science. Whether it was from running Eggsperiments or learning […]

Nov 03, 2020
The Magic of Engineering
Blog by Samantha Johnson, E’21 and MS’21, bioengineering Have you ever seen a magic trick? Not an elaborate show where a man with a rabbit in his hat cuts a […]

Oct 02, 2020
PhD Spotlight: Morris Vanegas, PhD’21 – Bioengineering
I finished my PhD in bioengineering with a concentration in medical imaging. For my dissertation, I designed, built, and characterized three diffuse optical imaging systems—a smartphone-based oxygen saturation sensor, a modular brain imaging system, and a diffuse optical mammography instrument.

Jun 11, 2020
Distinctive Excellence: Our 2020 Rhodes Scholar
Kritika Singh, E’20, receives Rhodes Scholar, NIH OxCam Scholar, and Harold D. Hodgkinson Achievement Award.

Oct 31, 2019
Invaluable Research Experience on Co-op at the University of Oxford
Michael Fitzgerald, E’20, or Fitz as he is known, is from San Diego, Calif. and is pursuing a BS in Bioengineering with a concentration in cell and tissue engineering and a minor in ethics. He is currently on co-op at the University of Oxford in England conducting neurodegenerative disease research.