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Apr 14, 2026
2026 Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Recipients
Tristan Bernard, E’27, mechanical engineering, and Ian Rocha, E’25, chemical engineering, are recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, which enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to our national security and economic prosperity.
Apr 14, 2026
2026 Fulbright Scholarship Semi-finalists
Juliana Castro, E’26, industrial engineering, Lucas McCauley, E’26, bioengineering and biochemistry, and Sasha Pavlov, E’26, civil engineering and architecture, are semi-finalists for the 2026 Fulbright Scholarship, which is awarded to exceptional students to research, study, or teach English abroad, in order to foster diplomacy and mutual understanding between the U.S. and other countries.
Apr 13, 2026
Civil PhD Receives 2026 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Humanics
Maharshi Pathak, PhD’26, civil engineering, was the recipient of the 2026 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Humanics, which recognizes graduate students who, through their education, have integrated human literacy with data and technology in their learning or research.
Apr 13, 2026
Interdisciplinary Engineering Student Receives 2026 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Experiential Learning
Aayushi Mishra, PhD’27, interdisciplinary engineering, received the 2026 Outstanding PhD Student Award in Experiential Learning, which recognizes graduate students who have shown an extraordinary capacity to integrate academics and professional work and establish themselves as emerging leaders in their field.
Apr 13, 2026
2026 NSF GRFP Recipients
Current students and alumni were recipients of the 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards. This prestigious program recognizes outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers early in their careers.
Apr 09, 2026
The Connection Between the Urban Heat Island Effect and Highway Construction
Recent research from CSSH/CEE Associate Professor Serena Alexander explains the impact of highway construction on urban “heat islands” and proposes initiatives to mitigate the consequential uptick in temperature from these projects.
Apr 09, 2026
2026 COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards
The COE Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for 2026 were awarded to more than 50 graduate students across the Northeastern global campus for their exceptional achievements in research, teaching, leadership, and service.
Apr 09, 2026
New AI Tool to Keep India’s Transportation Running in Monsoon Season Made by Northeastern Graduate and Professor
CEE PhD alumni, Udit Bhatia, PhD’18, and COE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly, have co-founded a startup company based on a tool called AIResQ, an AI tool that predicts the magnitude and impact of flooding in Indian cities, especially helpful during monsoon season.