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Undergraduate Research Opportunities

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Khoury College encourages undergraduates to get involved in research early to cultivate hands-on experience and cross-disciplinary exploration in computer science (CS). Whether for course credit or as part of a paid experience—funded through the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health— research projects offer a chance to self-direct your learning with challenging work that enhances your education, refines your aspirations, and makes meaningful contributions to a brighter future.

Khoury College students and faculty engage in research across a diverse range of areas , which means the only limit to what you can pursue is your own goals and interests. Explore different groups and topics, attend research talks and colloquia, discuss ideas with your advisor, and don’t be afraid to reach out to faculty and other student researchers for details and advice. Even with minimal experience, your intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn are assets to any team.

Get ready to gain invaluable experience, insight, and credentials that are essential for graduate program applications and research-driven careers.

FEATURED RESEARCH

CS 3950 Introduction to Computer Science Research is an elective seminar designed to provide a comprehensive overview to research in the fields and subfields of CS, data science, and cybersecurity. From shadowing faculty to learning the ins and outs of research writing, you’ll develop capability and confidence in research settings that will pay dividends throughout your academic journey.

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Faculty & Research

Some of the world’s most influential academics call Northeastern home. They are attracted by the interdisciplinary collaboration and the increased focus, passion, and knowledge that students—as early as undergraduates—bring to the classroom from their global learning experiences.

Expert Faculty

Over the past five years, the university has appointed 250 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, with a focus on scholars who collaborate across disciplines. As a result, external awards for faculty research nearly doubled.

Northeastern is unlike other large research universities. You’ll have numerous opportunities to work hand-in-hand with faculty members to pursue research in cutting-edge fields such as nanotechnology, network science, biotechnology, and urban public policy. You’ll also have access to the very latest advances in your area of study and get the support and mentorship you need to succeed. It’s the best of both worlds—big opportunities at a large research powerhouse, and small, intimate research and classroom settings.

The University’s research support facilities provide the technology that faculty and students need to pursue their scientific and scholarly endeavors.

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Northeastern University has $180.4M in external research funding.

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships

At Northeastern we empower you to explore research opportunities beginning in your first year. Our research centers and institutes focus on interdisciplinary and translational research that meets societal needs in a variety of subject areas, including: Business, Computer and Information Science, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Law, Physical and Life Sciences, and Social Sciences.

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Students at Northeastern University will benefit greatly from this initiative. Postdoctoral positions, and unique research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students will be a strong part of this initiative’s success. All students will be trained to study and find solutions to some of the world’s most neglected diseases. Connect to our faculty page for potential research opportunities.

Postdoctoral Positions

Postdoctoral students will have opportunities for exposure to key concepts in the area of Global Health. With a primary focus on research within each postdoctoral student’s field, trainees will participate in focused seminar courses, colloquia, and will be provided opportunities for field experiences, conferences and teaching.

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Graduate Students

Doctoral students will have opportunities for exposure to key concepts in the area of Global Health. Coursework for this program will be modeled by the student’s home department, but will include additional courses that discuss pivotal issues in the parallel streams of the Initiative. Students in this program will cross-train not only in research groups at Northeastern in the greater Boston area, but also within global organizations.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate students will have opportunities to work on research programs in the institute. Leveraging the relationships that Northeastern University will develop with the Global Health Community, innovative educational experiences will be created.

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Student research programs.

Mills College at Northeastern offers a range of undergraduate student research programs that provide unique experiential learning opportunities for students in collaboration with faculty mentors. These experiences prepare students for advanced study in their field and critical professional skills that can be applied to any future career path.

Dr. Christie Chung directs the Cognition Laboratory at Mills College at Northeastern. Dr. Chung and her research assistants design behavioral experiments to examine the underlying cognitive mechanisms that constitute age-related changes in memory. Current research studies examine the effects of age, culture, weight consciousness, and circadian arousal on emotional and flash bulb memory.  

Mission  

The mission of the Jill Barrett Undergraduate Research Program in Biology at Mills College at Northeastern is to encourage professional advancement of students in the biological sciences by providing research experiences to undergraduate students.

Mentored research opportunities

The research experience and professional development of students is fostered through close mentorship by faculty supervisors, interactions with fellow Barrett participants past and present, and interactions with other collaborators. Barrett students engage in research projects that aim to provide insights into unanswered questions in biology. In the process, participants gain technical skills, practice in the logic and creativity of science, and experience analyzing and presenting data.

Financial support for Barrett Scholars

The Jill Barrett Undergraduate Research Program in Biology provides financial support for students participating full time in an 8-week-long summer research project under the tutelage of a biology faculty member. Students accepting a Barrett Scholar position are expected to prepare for their work during the spring semester prior to their Barrett summer to prepare for their summer research project. For detailed information on applying to the Jill Barrett Undergraduate Research Program in Biology and available faculty mentors, visit our application information page.

Scholars in the program will gain both depth and breadth in the field of biology through meetings in which Barrett students present and discuss their research findings (at various stages of completion) with faculty and peers. Additional outcomes may also include continued collaborations with faculty members and students in the Northeastern network as well as the production of scholarly works (such as presentations at conferences and publications in scientific journals).

Barrett Scholars are honored each fall at our Annual Jill Barrett Undergraduate Program in Biology Symposium. The purpose of this event is for students to share their research findings with the Northeastern community and beyond through oral and poster presentations.

Barrett program history

The Jill Barrett Undergraduate Research Program in Biology was initiated in 1998, funded by the generosity of donors Richard and Elaine Barrett in honor of their daughter Jill, who graduated from Mills College as a biology major in 1993. She wrote her senior thesis on “The Evolution of Optimal Foraging Strategy in Araneophagic Spiders.” (Araneophagic means “eating spiders;” these are cannibalistic spiders.) She also did fieldwork at the Marine Mammal Center in Marin County. After Jill graduated, she became an active conservation biologist, working to eliminate threats to endangered sea turtles, which remain at risk of extinction. Tragically, Jill lost her life in an accident in Greece while coming home from early morning observation of sea turtles. Her family established the Jill Barrett Undergraduate Research Program in Biology in her memory. We are grateful for their support of this program, and all participants are mindful of the contributions that Jill made and undoubtedly would have continued to make had her life not ended so prematurely.

Dr. Priya Shimpi Driscoll directs the Mills College Language Development Lab in the Mills College School of Education. The research focus is on the social and linguistic influences contributing to children’s communicative development from approximately six months through six years of age. The Language Development Lab studies examine:

• How infants, toddlers, and young children develop one or multiple languages
• How toddlers learn from direct instruction and from overhearing/observing others
• How young children develop a sense of self
• How children gain information from different sources: adults, children, siblings, video, and other media
• How differences in children’s experience (e.g., having a sibling) relate to differences in learning and attention
• How picture book reading helps children use complex sentences

Current research focuses on children’s language learning from a variety of input sources, including from parents, siblings, from overhearing others’ conversations, and from observing televised events. The goal of this work is to understand how children’s early experiences relate to language learning.

Dr. Dean Morier directs the Social Psychology Lab at Mills College at Northeastern. He and his research assistants conduct experiments and other types of investigations on social psychology and personality. Current investigations are examining topics in positive psychology and LGBTQ+ issues, aging attitudes and anxiety, religion and physical activity, intergroup relations and prejudice, and attributions about consumer purchases. The laboratory is focused on theoretical issues but also conducts applied research and follows the dictum of Kurt Lewin that “there is nothing so practical as a good theory.”

If you are interested in applying to be a research assistant, please complete the Social Psychology Lab Research Assistant Application (PDF).

Learn about Northeastern University’s  Human Subjects Research Protection  programs that support the highest ethical standards for research participants.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

In addition to the organized research programs we offer, undergraduate students have the opportunity to seek funding for independent projects. The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) offers mini-grants to students to help fund unique research or creative projects. Students may apply for one award per academic year and can earn a maximum of two awards as a Mills College at Northeastern student. The maximum amount for each grant is $500.00.

View a sample project description (PDF) and apply online . 

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Summer PEAK Experiences Awards Applications Now Open!

Ascent and Summit Award Applications Due April 1, 2021

Do you have students or mentees who would like to spend part of the summer doing a research or creative project? Encourage them to apply for a PEAK Experiences Award. They can get started by:

• Checking out  this spring’s impressive projects  to get inspired by their peers’ work.
• Reviewing the  award descriptions , deciding which one is right for them, and reading the application guidelines carefully.
• Drafting the application, leaving time to consult with mentors and revise.

Click here to view all PEAK award descriptions and application procedures!

Postgraduate Opportunities

Making Your RISE Presentation

You’ve submitted a RISE abstract, now it’s time to get started on the fun part — your presentation. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll talk you through putting together a visually dynamic, compelling, short video presentation that you’ll share with judges and the world at RISE. We’ll also get your prepped with what to expect during the LIVE Q & A that will happen during the day of RISE. All workshops contain the same information.

• Thursday, March 18, , 5:00 – 6:00 PM ET 
• Thursday, March 25, 9:00 – 10:00  AM ET 
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Fellowships Fair

Join the Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships for our Spring Fellowship Fair! Come learn more about the great — and funded! — opportunities to live, study, and research in the United States and abroad. Students and faculty will share their insights about our upcoming fellowship cycles, the main awards our office supports, and what you can do to prepare to become the strongest possible applicant.

• Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET

Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarships Information Session

The Knight-Hennessy and Schwarzman Scholarships seek 21st-century leaders who will tackle the world’s biggest challenges in all fields of endeavor with a boost from a fully-funded Stanford graduate education (Knight-Hennessy) or a yearlong, funded master’s, taught in English, at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (Schwarzman).

• Friday, April 2, 2021, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Fulbright Fellowship Information Session

Globally-minded Huskies looking to study, research, or teach English abroad the year following your graduation – come learn about the Fulbright Fellowship ! We will be answering any questions you have about the award and helping you think through the construction of your strongest possible application. If you can’t make it, contact [email protected]  to be enrolled in our Fulbright Canvas course (graduating seniors only or alumni only please).

• Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET

Distinguished UK & Ireland Awards Information Session

Learn more about the  Rhodes ,  Marshall  and  Mitchell  Scholarships. These awards recognize service, leadership, and intellect — and fund post-baccalaureate study in the UK and Ireland. Great opportunity for change-makers across the disciplines. If you can’t make it, contact  [email protected]  to be enrolled in our Distinguished UK & Ireland Awards Canvas course (graduating seniors only or alumni only please).

Getting Ready for RISE

We hope you’re as excited as we are! In this final RISE workshop, we’ll share best practices about how to get comfortable handling the tough questions the RISE Judges and attendees will be tossing your way. A fun, interactive session to help you calm your nerves and be your best for April 15.

• April 8, 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
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RISE 2021 Virtual Expo

RISE, the Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurial Expo, was born a decade ago, as a showcase for the research and creative projects being undertaken by Northeastern’s solution-focused, leading-edge students, faculty, and staff. Through the years, the Expo has grown into the largest event of its kind in the nation, as nearly 400 presenters, over 100 judges, and 1000+ attendees join us for this annual event. In 2021, RISE:2021 will be a born-virtual event, utilizing best-in-class conference software to enable the live conversations and connections that have been the hallmark of RISE for so long.

• RISE Day, Live Virtual Presentations, April 15
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Making a Graduate School Plan

In this intensive workshop, we’ll walk through the steps of identifying a right fit graduate program and help you plan out the who, what, when, where, and how of applying to graduate schools. Bring a laptop if you have one, a notebook, and come prepared with some thoughts about what’s next! If you can’t make it, contact [email protected] to access our Canvas workshop site (graduating seniors only or alumni only please).

• Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET

Other Opportunities

Sandbox: Student-Led Software Solutions for Research and Creative Endeavor

What is Sandbox?

• Sandbox is Northeastern’s student-led software consultancy. We strive to build impactful software for clients and the Northeastern community while learning together as a team. Every semester, we look for new and exciting projects for our developers and designers to work on.

What does Sandbox do?

• Our student developers and designers work closely with our clients to deliver high quality software solutions to problems. Many of our previous clients were researchers for whom we’ve built a wide variety of web and mobile applications.

If you’re a researcher in need of a custom-built web or mobile application, you can work with Sandbox to build the tool you’re looking for!

• No cost for clients
• Work closely with a team of our developers and designers
• A deliverable product in 1-2 semesters
• Learn more about Sandbox here!

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Curtis Awarded the NOAA Hollings Scholarship

We are very pleased to share news that Leila Curtis COS’26 was recently named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholar. Last year, Kiran Bajaj COS’25 joined that illustrious cohort.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hollings Scholarship Program provides successful undergraduate applicants with awards that include academic assistance for two years of full-time study and a 10-week, full-time paid internship at a NOAA facility during the summer.  This program is designed to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities, increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental literacy, recruit and prepare students for public service careers with NOAA and other natural resource and science agencies at the federal, state and local levels of government, and recruit and prepare students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental education in the United States. Read below to learn more about Leila!

Leila is an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major from Dix Hills, New York fascinated by the evolutionary history of vertebrates. Their passion started in elementary school with a class project on the narwhal whale and expanded as they learned more, keeping a journal of handwritten “Wildlife Info Page” entries that contained more than 150 animals by the time they started high school. After completing their undergraduate degree, they plan on pursuing a PhD in Evolutionary Biology, wanting to focus on systematics and phylogenetic relationships in vertebrates. They hope to contribute to modern understandings of the diversification and classification of organisms and have tailored their coursework to target these areas of interest. Outside of academics, Leila is a member of Northeastern’s varsity Track & Field team, competing in both shotput and discus. They’re also a member of the NU TF/XC leadership committee, assisting with fundraising and development. Additionally, Leila is an eBoard member of oSTEM at Northeastern, a club dedicated to creating an open environment for LGBTQ students interested in STEM.

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Unveiling the Potential of Bismuth Ferrite in Antiferromagnetic Spintronics – A Q&A with Professor Paul Stevenson

In their recent publication, physics assistant professor, Paul Stevenson, and his collaborative team from Northeastern University, Brown University, Rice University, and University of California Berkeley reveal groundbreaking advancements in utilizing isolated spins in solids. Their work, enabled by the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute, pioneers ultrasensitive nanoscale sensors and quantum communication technologies. Through interdisciplinary efforts, they delve into probing nanoscale biophysical dynamics and advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics, particularly in electric-field controllable magnetic devices using materials like Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3).   

To learn more about their research, I spoke with Paul Stevenson discussing the implications of new materials in the world of physics and the importance of collaborative research. Read the publication, “Persistent anisotropy of the spin cycloid in BiFeO3 through ferroelectric switching,” here .  

What first drew your attention to antiferromagnetic spintronics, particularly in relation to controlling spin configuration on nanometer scales?  

The overall motivation is driven by need to make more energy-efficient computers. The amount of energy that we spend doing computation is growing much faster than we generate energy. This drives the need for low power and more efficient ways to do computations, so we need to find alternatives to serve traditional silicon transistors.  

Finding alternatives is difficult because we’re already so good at making silicon devices, so there isn’t much room to keep improving . It’s scary and exciting because it suggests we should start looking elsewhere and for new types of materials that aren’t in conventional silicon chips , which is where bismuth ferrite comes in.  

Could you explain why bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) is considered a promising material for electric-field controllable magnetic devices, given its multiferroic properties?  

The main attractive things about bismuth ferrite are that we can change its magnetic properties with voltages and that it works at room temperature. There are a lot of interesting multiferroic materials from a physics and fundamental science perspective, but many of them only work at very low temperatures. If we’re trying to be energy efficient, cooling things down to liquid nitrogen temperatures is the opposite of what we’re looking for.  

From a physics perspective, it’s interesting because a lot of very complicated behavior bundled into one package. The things that make it useful (that the different types of order all talk to each other) also make it difficult to understand, which is why it’s taken such a long time to start maturing as a technology.  

Piece by piece, we are learning how all these different parts fit together. How magnetism interacts with its response to electric field and how that does or doesn’t couple to strain in the material, and how that changes depending on the different ways that we make or treat it.  

What were some of the key challenges you encountered during your research, and how did you overcome them?  

This is one of the more straightforward research projects I’ve done, thanks to the new tools and equipment in the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute. There’s a lot of complicated interpretation that goes into the data, however, but thankfully we’ve had a lot of support from collaborators and a lot of great work that’s been done in the field already that helped us understand what we were seeing.  

The conventional challenged with this research is that the magnetism varies on length scales of tens of nanometers, which makes it great in terms of being able to make things very compact b But it becomes very difficult to find experimental techniques that can be sensitive and reach down to those length scales.  

That’s where the scanning diamond magnetometer that we have at the Quantum Materials and Sensing Institute comes in because it combines that sensitivity and that very high spatial resolution.  

How do you envision your study’s findings influencing future research directions in antiferromagnetic spintronics?  

The field of antiferromagnetic spintronics is a fascinating and growing field by itself. Antiferromagnetic spintronics is a subset that’s still growing and becoming more and more exciting because it has a lot of potential for very high-speed operation. Often in this field, it’s always a case of experimental techniques catching up to the need for what we don’t know. It’s really an area where big science questions are driving the development of new techniques.  

In the case of Bismuth Ferrite, there are lots of models out there lots of global probes that say that some sort of interesting magnetism is present, but there’s really no technique that’s able to directly correlate it with other experimental imaging methods like we can or watch how it changes as we apply a voltage. In this paper, we measured the structure of the polarization and magnetism, and then overlayed them on top of one another. We can see that there’s a perfect one-to-one correspondence; we don’t need to do any complicated analysis to convince ourselves they’re correlated.  

In a way, it’s a very basic capability that we’ve been able to develop, but a very important one. We want to see in real space what’s happening with magnetism without having to model or infer what’s happening from a less direct probes.    

Lastly, what excites you the most about the potential applications of BiFeO3 and similar materials in the development of advanced spintronic devices?  

The thing that really excites me about bismuth ferrite is the range of different behaviors we can get from the slightest tweaks to the materials in the system. We can get lots of different types of magnetic ordering all coming from what looks like almost the same structure, which suggests there’s a huge amount of physics and interactions between all these things that we can access and start to systematically explore in these systems.  

The applications in low power or high-speed electronics are important. But what really gets me excited is the physics potential. There’s still a long time before this becomes a commercially-available, scalable technology, but we’ve made an important step in showing that we can deterministically control the magnetism in systems like these.  

Photos courtesy of Paul Stevenson

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Electees Explain the Impacts of Their Research

University Distinguished Professor Eduardo Sontag, electrical and computer engineering, jointly appointed in bioengineering, and Elizabeth Mynatt, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, have both been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Their interdisciplinary work encompasses how humans and computers interact and the mathematical concepts behind human systems.

This article originally appeared on Northeastern Global News . It was published by Noah Lloyd. Main photo: Elizabeth Mynatt, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and Eduardo Sontag, university distinguished professor in the College of Engineering. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University and Adam Glanzman.

Northeastern dean and distinguished professor join latest cohort of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

“I’m still pinching myself,”  Elizabeth Mynatt  says of learning she’s been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. “It’s just exhilarating.”

Mynatt, who is dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, studies how humans and computers interact.

The “longest thread of my work has focused on human-centered AI for aging in place — so, how to support older adults,” she says. “To support their independence and quality of life. But by focusing on older adults, I have also worked in areas such as breast cancer and diabetes.”

Eduardo Sontag , university distinguished professor in bioengineering and electrical and computer engineering, and an affiliate member of the mathematics and chemical engineering departments, also joins the Academy, but for a career that has made breakthroughs in the mathematics of nonlinear and complex systems, with repercussions for biomedicine, systems biology and neural networks.

Sontag says that his work has focused on determining how to “model systems mathematically and how one can steer them in order to achieve desired purposes,” a field more broadly called control theory.

These systems — and the purposes they might be steered toward — are numerous, Sontag says. The unifying concept in his work “is this idea that you have systems in which things change in time. This could be an airplane, this could be a car — in the context of a self-driving [vehicle]. It could be a cell in your body.”

“My work,” he continues, “is on the theoretical foundations, the basic mathematical concepts.” In developing conceptual  principles and algorithms, scientists and practitioners in “all these different fields can apply the ideas and the concepts.”

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences — often simply called “the Academy” — stands as one of the most prestigious organizations a scholar can be invited into. Founded in 1780 by the Massachusetts legislature, the Academy seeks “to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity and happiness of a free, independent and virtuous people,” according to its  original charter .

“They’ve played a leading role,” Sontag says, not just in science, “but also the arts.”

A truly interdisciplinary organization, the Academy “convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor” to address the issues facing the world and to tackle new ideas, states  its mission statement .

While she is a computer scientist, Mynatt’s own work has been deeply interdisciplinary. In fact, she says that she feels like her “work has always been on the edges of computer science by including elements from psychology and from design, from social sciences.

“It’s an affirmation for that work to be recognized,” she continues.

Sontag’s career has also crossed disciplines. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics, work that extended into quantitative biomedicine and biomathematics over the next 40 years. Sontag has appeared as an author on “over 500 research papers and monographs and book chapters” and serves on the editorial board of multiple journals within his fields, according to the  Sontag Lab .

Read full story at Northeastern Global News

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When it comes to sustainability and environmental impact, this Northeastern Ph.D. grad is at the ‘forefront of innovation’

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Looking at doctorate programs, Abhijeet Parvatker found a perfect match in Northeastern and Matthew Eckelman, a professor of civil, environmental and chemical engineering.

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Before arriving at Northeastern University to pursue a doctoral degree, Abhijeet Parvatker worked as a research engineer at one of the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers. 

He was a part of a team that measured sustainability of the company’s products, primarily produced from natural gas.

“There is generally a lot of pressure from stakeholders to understand the environmental impacts that the products have,” Parvatker says. 

He used one of the most common methodologies — life-cycle assessment — that evaluates how a product or service impacts the environment over the course of its life cycle, from the moment raw materials are extracted to manufacture the product, to when it is discarded.

Although the life-cycle assessment methodology was standardized, Parvatker says, it was challenging to find the data needed to determine consumed energy, carbon dioxide emissions or toxicity. 

“I soon realized that there are a lot of gaps in this,” he says. “The methods to get to the data are not as evolved, and I wanted to do a Ph.D. with that focus.”

Looking at doctorate programs, Parvatker found Northeastern and Matthew Eckelman , a professor of civil, environmental and chemical engineering, who was doing research in the exact area he was interested in. 

From then on, his life’s work started to take on a larger meaning.

“It was a really good fit for a research project that I had just gotten funded from the National Science Foundation,” Eckelman says. “I felt like he had the experience to carry out this project.”

Parvatker’s research looks at developing new methods and models for generating data for life-cycle assessments and evaluating the sustainability of different chemicals and chemical manufacturing processes.

“There’s something like tens of thousands of chemicals in commerce,” Eckelman says. “We have inventory information on maybe a couple thousands.”  

It was a big and ambitious project, he says, but Parvatker has made a lot of progress. And it’s been extremely useful, Eckelman says, to the global community.

“I am always getting questions about papers that Abhijeet and I wrote together,” Eckelman says. “People wanting to use the data, wanting to adapt the techniques that we use to generate the data.”

Another project Parvatker worked on was analyzing the environmental impact of intravenous anesthetic drugs used by medical institutions.The health care sector makes a considerable contribution to America’s GDP, Eckelman says, which means that to reduce the country’s carbon dioxide output into the atmosphere, health care must become more sustainable. 

However, pharmaceutical companies don’t share much data about the inputs of chemicals they use in a drug, Parvatker says, for proprietary or other reasons.

He used chemical engineering principles, process design and physics and chemistry knowledge about these products to calculate inputs and outputs. He looked at 20 intravenous anesthetic drugs and about 140 different chemicals, building life-cycle inventory data for them.

“It’s still the largest study in the pharmaceutical sector for those chemicals,” he says.

Together, Parvatker and Eckelman wrote some of the first papers about the contribution of the health care industry to national and global emissions.

“These numbers are quoted all the time,” Eckelman says. “And then the National Academy of Medicine opened up this big effort called the Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector. And now we’re invited to be a part of that because of his work.”

Parvatker earned his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering back home in India and his master’s degree in advanced process integration and design from the University of Manchester before being accepted into Northeastern’s Ph.D. program.

Parvatker says the university takes experiential learning to the next level by encouraging students to apply their research in the real world through programs such as LEADERs .

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Short for Leadership Education Advancing Discovery through Embedded Research, LEADERs is a customized internship program for Northeastern doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.

Parvatker credits the program — and his internship at Wayfair that resulted from it — for introducing him to the world of sustainability consulting. At Wayfair, he was tasked with creating guidelines for vendors on the use of chemicals based on the U.S. and the EU regulations. He also gained experience in chemical safety and supply chain management.

After completing his doctoral degree program, Parvatker was offered a full-time job at Sphera Solutions, a provider of consulting services, data and software solutions for risk management and monitoring of environmental, social and governance performance. 

He currently manages a team of five sustainability consultants who help companies with large product portfolios address their sustainability challenges, automate calculations and reports on ESG with Sphera’s software. 

“Imagine companies that have tens of thousands and millions of products,” Parvatker says. “With some initial effort of six months to one year, you can scale the life-cycle assessment methodology to the entire product portfolio and calculate all the life-cycle assessment results for tens of thousands of products in hours.”

Parvatker loves working with different companies, different processes and different people.

“In this space of the implementation of this methodology, we are always at the forefront of innovation,” he says.

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National Research University of Electronic Technology

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Established in 1965, the National Research University of Electronic Technology is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the large metropolis of Moscow (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants). Officially recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) is a medium-sized (uniRank enrollment range: 6,000-6,999 students) coeducational Russian higher education institution. National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as pre-bachelor's degrees (i.e. certificates, diplomas, associate or foundation), bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study table below for further details. This 58-year-old Russian higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The acceptance rate range is 40-49% making this Russian higher education organization an averagely selective institution. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment. MIET also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, housing, sports facilities, financial aids and/or scholarships, study abroad and exchange programs, as well as administrative services.

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What is the difference between comprehensive/generalist and specialized universities in terms of the range of fields of study they offer, degree levels available and academic and carreer paths pros and cons? Read our guide article about generalist and specialized universities to learn more.

Fields of Study and Degree Levels Matrix

The following National Research University of Electronic Technology's Fields of Study/Degree Levels Matrix is divided into 6 main fields of study and 4 levels of degrees, from the lowest undergraduate degree to the highest postgraduate degree. This matrix aims to help quickly identify National Research University of Electronic Technology's academic range and degree level offering.

This University offers courses in at least one of the following subjects:

• Applied Arts
• Museum Studies
• Performing Arts
• Religion and Theology
• Visual Arts
• Other Arts & Humanities Studies
• Accounting / Finance
• Anthropology / Archaeology
• Business / Commerce / Management
• Communication and Media Studies
• Development Studies
• Library and Information Science
• Physical Education / Sport Science
• Political and International Studies
• Social Policy / Public Administration
• Social Work
• Sociology / Psychology
• Tourism / Hospitality
• Other Business & Social Science Studies
• Aboriginal / Indigenous People Studies
• African Studies
• American & Caribbean Studies
• Ancient and Modern Languages
• Asian Studies
• English Studies
• European Studies
• French Studies
• Germanic Studies
• Indian / South Asian Studies
• Italian Studies
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Portuguese Studies
• Russian / Eastern European Studies
• Spanish Studies
• Other Language & Cultural Studies
• Anaesthesia
• Biomedical Science
• Dermatology
• Medicine / Surgery
• Natural / Alternative Medicine
• Obstetrics / Gynaecology
• Optometry / Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedics
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Radiography
• Speech / Rehabilitation / Physiotherapy
• Other Medical & Health Studies
• Aeronautical Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Computer and IT Engineering
• Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Geological Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical / Manufacturing Engineering
• Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
• Other Engineering Studies
• Agriculture / Forestry / Botany
• Aquaculture / Marine Science
• Architecture
• Biology / Biochemistry / Microbiology
• Computer / Information Technology
• Energy / Environmental Studies
• Food Science
• Mathematics / Statistics
• Neuroscience
• Pharmacy / Pharmacology
• Textiles and Fibre Science
• Zoology / Veterinary Science
• Other Science & Technology Studies

Notice : please contact or visit the university website for detailed information on National Research University of Electronic Technology's areas of study and degree levels currently offered; the above matrix may not be complete or up-to-date.

Programs and Courses

Courses and programs.

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Tuition Fees

Yearly tuition fees refers to the amount of money that a student is charged by a University for one academic year of full-time study. Read our guide article about tuition fees and financial aid options to learn more.

Yearly Tuition Fees Range Matrix

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Admission Information

uniRank publishes below some basic National Research University of Electronic Technology's admission information.

Gender Admission

This institution admits Men and Women (coed).

Admission Selection

Has National Research University of Electronic Technology a selective admission policy? Yes, based on entrance examinations.

Admission Rate

National Research University of Electronic Technology's acceptance rate range is 40-49% making this institution an averagely selective higher education institution.

International Students Admission

International students are welcome to apply for admission at this institution.

Admission Office

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Size and Profile

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uniRank publishes below some major size and profile indicators for National Research University of Electronic Technology.

Student Enrollment

National Research University of Electronic Technology has an enrollment range of 6,000-6,999 students making it a medium-sized institution.

Academic Staff

This institution has a range of 500-599 academic employees (Faculty).

Control Type

National Research University of Electronic Technology is a public higher education institution.

Entity Type

National Research University of Electronic Technology is a non-profit higher education institution.

Campus Setting

Not reported

Academic Calendar

This institution adopts a Semesters type of academic calendar.

Religious Affiliation

National Research University of Electronic Technology does not have any religious affiliation.

Facilities and Services

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University Facilities

uniRank provides below an overview of National Research University of Electronic Technology's main facilities:

University Library

This institution has a physical Library.

University Housing

This institution provides housing services such as on-campus residences or dormitories.

Sport Facilities/Activities

This institution features sporting facilities and organizes sports activities for its students.

University Services

uniRank provides below an overview of National Research University of Electronic Technology's main services:

Financial Aid

This institution offers one or more of the following financial aid for eligible students: scholarships, grants, loans, tuition waivers, emergency financial aid etc.

Study Abroad

This institution offers study abroad and exchange program opportunities for its students.

Distance Learning

Academic counseling, career services.

Notice : please contact or visit the university website for detailed information on National Research University of Electronic Technology's facilities and services; the information above is indicative only and may not be complete or up-to-date.

Recognition and Accreditation

There are different types of legal recognition and quality assessment of higher education institutions around the world, depending on the country and its legal and higher education system... read our article about university accreditation and recognition to learn more.

Institutional Recognition or Accreditation

National Research University of Electronic Technology is legally recognized and/or institutionally accredited by: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Year of first Recognition or Accreditation 2006

Specialized or Programmatic Accreditations

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Important : the above section is intended to include only those reputable organizations (e.g. Ministries or Departments of Higher Education) that have the legal authority to officially charter, license, register or, more generally, recognize National Research University of Electronic Technology as a whole (institutional legal recognition), accredit the institution as a whole (institutional accreditation) or accredit its specific programs/courses (programmatic accreditation).

Memberships and Affiliations

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Affiliations and Memberships

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Academic Structure

Academic divisions can provide valuable insights into the range of fields of study and disciplines a University focuses on and the institution's level of specialization. Comprehensive or Generalist Universities typically offer a wide range of academic programs and have many academic divisions and subdivisions across different disciplines, while Specialized Universities tend to focus on a narrower range of programs within a specific field or industry and have fewer academic divisions and a simplified organizational structure. Read our guide article " Understanding Academic Divisions in Universities - Colleges, Faculties, Schools " to learn more about academic divisions and typical university organizational structures.

uniRank shows a structural diagram of the first-level academic divisions of the National Research University of Electronic Technology 's organizational structure; feel free to submit any relevant missing division.

Social Media

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Free Online Courses

Open education global.

This higher education institution is not a member of the Open Education Global (OEGlobal) organization that is developing, implementing and supporting free open education and free online courses. View a list of Open Education Global members by country .

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