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Apply for the UPLIFT Program
Eligibility:
• Students must be NEU engineering (COE) students
• Students do not need to be first-year students, but this must be your first time doing research at NEU (therefore: transfer students and students who spent their first year abroad ARE eligible)
• Only students who have attended (virtual, in-person, or asynch) UPLIFT seminars in the Fall are eligible to apply
• Must complete seminar attendance survey for each attended seminar
• Students at other campuses are eligible to apply, as we will have research placements at other campuses and virtually
• Students at Oakland must be or intend to be Electrical and/or Computer Engineering majors
Application Process:
• Attend at least 4 UPLIFT seminars (in-person, virtual, or asynch)
• Complete Seminar Attendance Survey at minimum 4 times
• Complete online application survey by deadline: Applications are closed.
• One short-answer question: why do you feel undergraduate research would benefit you? [200 words]
• Application close on the last day of Fall classes
• Once accepted, we will connect you with faculty in late December/early January
• UPLIFT research participants will be required to create a final research presentation
Application Timeline:
• Applications Open: November 23 (M)
• Applications Close: December 14 (M)
• Status Notification: December 29 (Tu)
• Faculty Introductions: January 5 (Tu)
• Research Begins: January 11 (M)
• Final Presentations: April (Date TBD)
Research Experience for Undergraduates [REUs]:
REUs are a chance for undergraduate college students to conduct research at colleges around the country in the summer. UPLIFT scholars are strongly encouraged to apply for REUs. Research and information regarding REUs can be found on our REU page here. Do note that applications for summer REUs usually close between January-March.
Confirmed Research Opportunities (2027) [43 as of 9.21.26]:
Key: [# of placements] {Campus} Faculty Name/Hyperlink: Research Title
Bioengineering (BioE) Labs [2]
- [2] {BOS} Eno Ebong [BioE/ChemE]: How Engineers Study the Cells That Keep Our Blood Vessels Healthy
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Labs [2]
- [2] {BOS} Rain Miao: Microbial Isolation, Cultivation, and Application in Bioremediation
Chemical Engineering (ChemE) Labs [12]
- [2] {BOS} Srirupa Chakraborty: A Computational Toolbox for Modeling the Viral Glycan Shield
- [2] {BOS} Joshua Gallaway: Alternating Current Analysis of Batteries: EIS and DRT of Li-ion batteries
- [2] {BOS} Bryan James: Fighting Fire with Foams
- [2] {BOS} Luke Landherr: Drawn to STEM: Using Comics to Promote Engagement, Confidence, and Understanding in Students
- [2] {BOS} Richard West: Teach a Computer Chemistry, then Watch It React
- [2] {BOS} Ben Woolston: Engineered Microbes for Sustainable Chemical Production and Human Health
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Labs [10]
- [2] {BOS} Josep Jornet: Terahertz Integrated Sensing and Communications: From the Near Field to Space (and the Sea)
- [2] {BOS} Carey Rappaport: Computational Modeling and Bioelectromagnetic Sensing
- [2] {LON} Bipin Rajendran: Chips that Mimic the Computational Features of the Brain
- [1] {BOS} Francesco Restuccia: Resilient Adaptive Artificial Intelligence for High-Stakes Systems
- [2] {LON} Osvaldo Simeone: Implemention of AI-based Wireless Research Kit using DGX Spark / USRP Boards
- [1] {BOS} Xufeng Zhang: Integrated Magnonics: A Tutorial on Spin Wave Technologies for Future Information Processing
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Labs [11]
- [2] {BOS Rehab Ali: Data Analysis for Healthcare Systems
- [2] {BOS} James Benneyan: The Role of Industrial Engineering to Improve Healthcare
- [2] {BOS} Jackie Griffin: Decision Making During Shortages within the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
- [1] {OAK} Xiu Liu: Thermal-Infrared Intelligent Micro/Nanosystems
- [2] {BOS} Shahin Shahrampour: Understanding Computational Challenges of LLM
- [2] {BOS} Max Shepherd: Developing Prosthesis Prescription Tools to Leverage User Preferences
Interdisciplinary Labs [6]
- [2] {BOS} (Psychology) Juliet Davidow: Adolescent Neurocognitive Development
- [2] {BURL} (Physics) Alberto De la Torre: Emergence of Quantum Materials
- [2] {BOS} (CompSci) Ryan Zhang: Machine Learning as AI Technologies Evolve
