Northeastern University Software Engineering & Information Systems - SEIS

Ashlesha Donde, MS in Information Systems, Spring 2027
For Ashlesha, technology is most powerful when applied with purpose. 💻

From building a full-stack travel platform to analyzing Uber ride data with Python — she’s been turning classroom learning into real-world solutions from day one. 🚀
Oh, and she’s also a professionally trained Bharatanatyam classical dancer with five distinctions. 💃 Discipline looks good on a résumé.

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Big news — we have a new name!

The Multidisciplinary Graduate Engineering (MGEN)
The unit is now the Software Engineering & Information
Systems (SEIS) unit at Northeastern University’s
College of Engineering.

While our name has evolved, our commitment to
innovation, collaboration, and student success
remains the same.

A new chapter begins — and we’re excited for
What’s ahead? 🐾

What a day to celebrate in the DMV! 🎓✨​

Congratulations to our MGEN Class of 2026 crossing the stage yesterday at Northeastern University's Arlington Campus!​

Your hard work, resilience, and dedication have brought you to this moment — and this is just the beginning.​

We are so proud of you. Now go out there and change the world. 🐾​

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🌟 Yashika Lodh, MS in Software Engineering Systems · Northeastern University · Boston

Yashika has always wanted to build things people could actually feel ,long before she knew what software engineering was. 🛠️✨

At her co-op with Aikreate, she architected the exercise validation engine and a Singleton-based system for a visual coding platform for middle and high school students, controlling exactly which blocks students see at each stage of learning. 👩‍💻
Watching a 13-year-old wait for their turtle graphic to move, and knowing she'd be the one fixing whatever broke is, as she puts it, "a kind of pressure no classroom prepares you for."

But watching students use what she built in live bootcamp sessions? The most rewarding work she's ever done. 🙌
Outside of code, her dream is to one day open her own café —quiet, beautifully designed, a place where people slow down. The same instinct that drives her engineering drives her there too: building spaces people genuinely enjoy being in.

🌟 Chenyan Zhu, MS in Information Systems Bridges · Northeastern University · Boston

Before NEU, Chenyan spent over four years in Tokyo's IT industry, at IBM and Accenture ,building a strong foundation in enterprise technology and real business systems. 🗼💼

She came to Northeastern to go deeper: to strengthen her CS foundation, stay current with emerging technologies, and explore the growing intersection of her industry experience and AI. 🤖

At NEU, she independently built a cloud computing project from scratch, and found something she didn't expect: a community of talented, diverse classmates who pushed her to think bigger and grow further. 🤝☁️

Her long-term goal? To use technology to genuinely improve people's lives, building products and systems that are actually helpful. 💡

Oh, and she's a dedicated Toad and Toadette fan 🍄 ,Mario games are her favorite way to recharge after a long week!

In honor of Star Wars Day, here's a message to every MGEN engineer out there 👇​

🔴 Red terminal errors = the Dark Side ​

🟢 Green "build successful" = the Force ​

☕ Coffee = your lightsaber ​

📚 Finals season = the Battle of Endor​

May your code compile on the first try, your co-op applications get responses, and your GPA stay strong. 🙏​

You are the Jedi engineers the galaxy needs. 🚀⚡​

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The sunshine state just got a little brighter! ☀️🎓 ​

Congratulations to our MGEN graduates celebrating commencement at Northeastern University's Miami Campus on last Saturday! ​

We are so incredibly proud of all that you have accomplished, and we cannot wait to see the impact you'll make in the world ahead. ​

Here's to the next chapter ,go forth and make your mark! 🐾 ​

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💼 Happy International Workers’ Day!​
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Today, we’re celebrating our international students currently on co-op — navigating a new industries and a new work environments all at once! 🌍​
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Whether you’re building data pipelines, working on cloud platforms, or contributing to healthcare and fintech projects, you’re making a difference every day. 🚀​

To everyone on co-op right now — this one’s for you...keep going, you’ve got this! 🙌​

To learn more about our co-op program: https://coe.northeastern.edu/academics-experiential-learning/co-op-experiential-learning/co-op/graduate-co-op/

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