Dozens of ECE students work in co-op positions each year at top employers in the region. The co-op experiences often result in our graduates finding their ideal jobs before or soon after graduation. 

Co-ops also allow companies to recruit employees and for universities to gain feedback on programs in order to adjust course materials or add new courses. 

Here are just a few of our success stories.

Co-op Spotlight

Electrical Engineering student Joe Abi Samra worked at Lowell Digisonde International during Summer 2022.

Joe Abi Samra at his workstation at Lowell Digisonde International

Joe's Co-op Role

  • Tested and troubleshot DPS4D systems at both the component and system level to help prepare them for shipment to customers.
  • Developed an I2C library for the PIC24FJ microcontroller for use in conjunction with a temperature sensor.  
  • Wrote and revised documentation for various system test procedures.
  • Developed an I2C library for the PIC24FJ microcontroller for use in conjunction with a temperature sensor. 
  • Wrote microcontroller firmware to control band selection for the Digisonde harmonic filter.
  • Tested and developed PIC24FJ firmware for communication with a DAC and band control on a variable band pass filter card for next generation Digisonde.
  • Developed a user-interactive Python Script that filters through antenna modeling output text files for pertinent data and stores them into excel documents.
  • Modeled and varied design parameters of a scaledup version of the LDI antenna to optimize it for highest broadband vertical gain for a customer.
StudentCo-op CompanyDate of GraduationFull-time Employment
Julia AtkinsNational GridMay 2023National Grid since Sept. 2022
Noel DuroBAE SystemsMay 2023BAE since June 2023
Jessica DeBruinMACOMMay 2023MACOM since June 2023
Siddhartha ShresthaMicrochip Tech. (Microsemi)May 2023Raytheon since June 2023
Delbert EdricAnalog DevicesDec. 2022Analog Devices since Jan. 2023
Joe Abi SamraAlert InnovationDec. 2022Alert Innovation since Jan. 2023
Noah BellAlert InnovationDec. 2022Alert Innovation since Jan. 2023
Luke HeiderVicor CorporationMay 2022Brown & Caldwell since June 2022; Rapid Micro Biosystems since Feb. 2023
Konstantin VostrikovGE AerospaceDec. 2021GE Aerospace since April 2022
Rabindra NeupaneZoll Medical Corp.Dec. 2021Zoll Medical Corp. since Feb 2022
Jacqueline Giggi Dell Tech. Inc.May 2021Dell EMC since June 2021