Posts by Nicolas Fuchs

REU-PATHWAYS 2024 – Open for Ap...

This summer we will be running our third year of this REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) site: Pathways for community college students to enrich their education and careers (REU-PATHWAYS). This 10 week summer research site will run from May 28 to August 1 and will involve research in various fields of engineering with College of […]

Building Bridges – Fall 2023

Building Bridges – Fall 2023

Last Friday, (December 8, 2023) the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern University, with the College of Engineering/Admissions, hosted the fall 2023 edition of our Building Bridges event. 134 students from 40 different schools in 7 states came to learn about various engineering topics with Northeastern faculty and PhD students (see list of sessions below). […]

A Summer of Research and Discovery

This summer nine students from four Greater Boston Community Colleges were selected to participate in the 10-week REU-PATHWAY (NSF#2150417 P.I. I.Zeid, C.Duggan Co-PI) program.  Program implementation is supported by The Center for STEM Education enhancing research placements with daily homerooms, lunchtime sessions, field trips, professional development, and Arduino workshops. This REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) […]

REU-PATHWAYS – Community Colleg...

Are you a local community college student? Interested in conducting research at Northeastern University this summer? We are running an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program this summer -> REU-PATHWAYS: Pathways for community college students to enrich their education and careers. REU programs support active research participation by undergraduate students in STEM fields that are […]

March 18th – NEPTUN SPLASH for High S...

Splash offers the opportunity for high school students to take fun and informative workshops offered by Northeastern undergraduates. This day-long event is entirely free, running from 8:45am – 6:40pm on Saturday, March 18th at Northeastern University’s Boston Campus. Come for as many sessions as you want throughout the day! Workshops cover a wide variety of […]

Chittick School – STEM Field Trip (12...

Last Friday, 12/9/2022, we had our penultimate field trip of the semester, wherein the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes from the Chittick Elementary School came to learn about natural disasters and preparedness. Thank you to NEU volunteers for making this day possible: Maya, Erika, Munin, and Courtney The day focused on learning about natural […]

Engineering for Everyone Expo –...

We would like to invite you to join us at our Engineering for Everyone Expo on Friday, February 24th from 10:00am-12:00pm at Northeastern University. This expo is open to the public and we encourage K-12 students and their parents to attend. During this time, Northeastern student organizations and volunteers will present hands-on tabletop activities/demos about various science, technology, engineering, and math […]

Building Bridges – Fall 2022

Last Friday, December 2, 2022 the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern University, in collaboration with the College of Engineering/Admissions, hosted the Fall edition of our Building Bridges event. 93 students from 36 different schools in 3 states came to learn all about engineering. Students picked from 14 different sessions, wherein students learned about various […]

Higginson-Lewis – Reverse Field...

On Monday December 5, three members from NUCLEUS (Northeastern University Community Liaisons for Education Using STEM) partnered with the Center for STEM Education to visit the Higginson/Lewis K-8 School. They visited the fourth grade classroom, working with 35 students. Katie, Haley, and Mikey started off the day by discussing engineering as a field and as […]

Edison K-8 – STEM Field Trip (11.18.2...

On Friday, November 18th  we hosted a special field trip, titled “What’s Engineering?”. On this day, sixty fifth-grade students from the Edison K-8 school classes came in to learn more about physics: Catapults and Egg Drop. After a quick introduction to Northeastern and the Center for STEM Education, we opened the floor to Nicolas Fuchs, […]

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