Summer Programs Begin! YSP and RET Kickoff
Monday, June 29th marked the first day of the 2015 Young Scholars Program and the Research Experiences for Teachers at Northeastern University! This summer we are welcoming 28 local high school...
View ArticleYSP Week 1 is Over!
The first fun-filled, knowledge-packed week of the Young Scholars Program has come to a close. The participants spent this week getting to know their projects, their professors and graduate students,...
View ArticleYSP Adventures Continue – Week 2
In week 2 of the Young Scholars Program the participants dived right into their research experiments. During their weekly visits to the labs, STEM staff got to see first hand what the students are...
View ArticleThat Marks the Halfway Point of YSP
The end of week 3 marks the halfway point of the Young Scholars Program. Finding themselves deep in the midst of their research and experiments, the participants are in full work-mode. Their lab...
View ArticleYSP Lunch with NUSSP
Today the Young Scholars had lunch with the NU Summer STEM Program (NUSSP) students. During this lunch the high schoolers answered the various questions that their younger counterparts had about high...
View ArticleYSP Faculty Mentor, Dr. Livermore, Hosts NSF Visit
On July 20th Dr. Carol Livermore’s Micropower and Nanoengineering Laboratory (http://www.northeastern.edu/mnl/) was visited by Dr. Garie Fordyce, Program Manager for the Emerging Frontiers and...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Alumni Visit
Today, the Scholars were given a presentation by Professor Matthew Eckelman from Northeastern's department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, who participated in the Young Scholars Program in...
View ArticleYSP Technical Seminar with Prof. Martinez Lorenzo
Today the Young Scholars got a chance to learn about the work of Professor Jose Martinez Lorenzo in their Wednesday Technical Seminar! He gave them an overview of his current research endeavors in...
View ArticleYSP Week 5 Comes to a Close
The Young Scholars wrapped up their second to last week of the program with a trip to the Natick Solider Research, Development, & Engineering Center. They were warmly welcomed by Dr. Ramanathan...
View ArticleRepresentative Joseph Kennedy III Visits Northeastern & YSP
U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III visited Northeastern’s campus on Wednesday to learn about the university’s commitment to bolster interest and participation in science, technology, engineering,...
View ArticleRep. Joseph Kennedy III Visits Northeastern & YSP
U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III visited Northeastern’s campus on Wednesday to learn about the university’s commitment to bolster interest and participation in science, technology, engineering,...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Program Field Trip to MassDOT & MBTA Command Center
On Thursday July 12, the Young Scholars took a field trip to MassDOT and the MBTA Command Center, where they learned about the field of transportation and what the future of transportation looks like....
View ArticleField Trip to Block Island
On July 25th, the Young Scholars (along with other groups such as the REUs and ASME) took their last field trip down to Block Island in Rhode Island to take a tour of the wind farms. Wind farming is...
View ArticleA summer of research and discovery; twenty-two local high school students...
Today, 22 high school students from the Greater Boston Area completed their first steps into the Northeastern University Young Scholars Program. Over the next six weeks, these students will gain...
View Article2019 Young Scholar’s Program-End of the 1st Week
Last Thursday was the end of our first week of the Young Scholar’s program. Our twenty-two students have been in their labs defining research goals and beginning to learn experimental procedures and...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Program-Week 2
This morning, our Young Scholars participated in a design challenge. Mark Casto, a collaborating Boston area high school teacher, revisited the Engineering Design Process with the students and...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Program-Week 3
Week three of the Young Scholars Program marks the halfway point for our high school researchers. The students are getting in to the swing of things; building prototypes, developing lab procedures and...
View ArticleField Trip to New Bedford Wind Farm!
On Thursday, July 11th, students in REU POWER, D3 REU, and the Young Scholars Program attended a field trip in New Bedford, MA. The day was filled with fun which included a tour of the New Bedford...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Program visit Everbridge and more – Week 4
Co-op panel in Homeroom allowed YSP students to learn more about experiential learning outside of the classroom. The fourth week of the Young Scholars Program was one of the busiest yet. The students...
View ArticleYoung Scholars Program + REU Final Presentations – 8/1
We are wrapping up our two summer research programs, REU-Power/REU-D3 and Young Scholar’s Program. Tomorrow (8/1) is final presentations and poster sessions for these programs; YSP will be presenting...
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