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UPLIFT: Undergraduate Program for Leaders In Future Transformation
The UPLIFT program is an academic year research program for Northeastern University engineering (COE) students interested in learning more about and trying research for the first time.
In the fall, students are invited to attend a series of research seminars hosted by faculty. In the spring, selected UPLIFT Students engage directly with NEU Faculty members to conduct research, ~3-5 hours each week. Participants complete weekly status reports and present out their research at the end of the semester.
Students are encouraged to continue research in their labs after the semester ends, as well as to apply for an REU experience in the summer (REU Search | ETAPS REU). Additional support (office hours, monthly networking meetings, and research support) is provided by the Center for STEM Education.
Interested in participating in the 2026-2027 UPLIFT Program: Let us know here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UPLIFT-INTEREST
Research Seminars:
Fall 2026:
Tu 9/22: Josep Jornet [ECE]: Terahertz Integrated Sensing and Communications:
From the Near Field to Space (and the Sea)
Tu 9/29: Richard West [ChE]: Teaching Computers Chemistry
Tu 10/6: Luke Landherr [ChE]: Drawn to STEM: Using Comics to Promote Engagement, Confidence, and Understanding in Students
W 10/7: Eno Ebong [ChE/BioE]: How Engineers Study the Cells That Keep Our Blood Vessels Healthy
Tu 10/20: Joshua Gallaway [ChE]: Alternating current analysis of batteries: EIS and DRT of Li-ion batteries
W 10/21: Max Shepherd [MIE]: Developing Prosthesis Prescription Tools to Leverage User Preferences
Tu 10/27: Xufeng Zhang [ECE]: Integrated Magnonics: A Tutorial on Spin Wave Technologies
Tu 11/3: Srirupa Chakraborty [ChE]: A Computational Toolbox for Modeling the Viral Glycan Shield
Tu 11/10: TBD
Tu 11/17: Jackie Griffin [MIE] (Virtual): Decision Making During Shortages within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Fall 2025:
All past seminars are available to watch.
11.12.25: Sunil Mittal [ECE]: Topological Quantum Photonics
11.4.25: Francesco Restuccia [ECE]: Toward Resilient, Effective and Efficient AI
10.29.25: Sandra Shefelbine [BioE/MIE]: Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Mechanobiology
10.21.25: Ozan Ozdemir [MIE]: Cold Spray and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
10.15.25: Alireza Ramezani [ECE]: Morphing Robots
10.7.25: Damilola Daramola [ChemE]: Critical Materials from Waste Solids (and Liquids)
10.1.25: Joshua Gallaway [ChemE]: Operando Raman Spectroscopy of Battery Electrodes
9.23.25: Marco Colangelo [ECE]: Superconducting Structures for Quantum Applications
Winter/Spring Placements:
2027: TBD!
2026: 49 students in 29 lab placements: BioE (5), CEE (1), ChemE (6), ECE (6), MIE (7), Non-COE (4)
2025: 41 students in 23 lab placements
2024: 27 students in 18 lab placements
