Photos: Electric race cars, robotics construction and wastewater work
Will Laroche, former COO and current PM lead and Northeastern industrial engineering and business administration major, inspects the steering wheel of the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
Happy Friday, Huskies! This week, students in Northeastern’s Electric Racing Club took to the COE Makerspace, where they worked on building all-electric, formula-style race cars from scratch. But that’s not all — in the EXP building, student researchers also worked on a quadruped robot. Plus, when they’re not taking a summer stroll through campus, Ph.D. students also tested removing critical materials from wastewater.
06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Cate Kneebone, a chemistry PhD student in the Deravi lab, is working on making engineer living materials with the hope they’ll be self pigmenting in the EXP building on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Cate Kneebone, a chemistry PhD student in the Deravi lab, is working on making engineer living materials with the hope they’ll be self pigmenting in the EXP building on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Cate Kneebone, a chemistry PhD student in the Deravi lab, is working on making engineer living materials with the hope they’ll be self pigmenting in the EXP building on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Cate Kneebone, a chemistry PhD student in the Deravi lab, is working on making engineer living materials with the hope they’ll be self pigmenting in the EXP building on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhD student Adarsh Salagame, who studies computer engineering, repairs a leg on a quadruped robot in the high bay robotics lab in the EXP building. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Adarsh Salagame, who studies computer engineering, repairs a leg on a quadruped robot in the high bay robotics lab in the EXP building on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Qudus Rafia, looks at the feasibility of removing critical materials like rare earth and minerals from wastewater, in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Qudus Rafia, looks at the feasibility of removing critical materials like rare earth and minerals from wastewater, in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Qudus Rafia, looks at the feasibility of removing critical materials like rare earth and minerals from wastewater, in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Qudus Rafia, looks at the feasibility of removing critical materials like rare earth and minerals from wastewater, in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Damilola Daramola, Northeastern professor of chemical engineering, chemistry and chemical biology and PhD student Qudus Rafia, look at the feasibility of removing critical materials like rare earth and minerals from wastewater, in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 23, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Students walk though campus on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A student walks through campus on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Chris Pyle, electric racing team chief software engineer and Northeastern computer science major, works on the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Members of the Northeastern Electric Racing club work on their formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Matt Clarke, former electric racing team president (2025-2026) and a mechanical engineering student, adjusts the frame of the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Members of the Northeastern Electric Racing club work on their formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Will Laroche, former COO and current PM lead and Northeastern industrial engineering and business administration major, inspects the steering wheel of the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Riyana Roy, current president of the Electric Racing Club and a data science and business administration major, changes a tire on the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/23/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Max Meoli, chief electrical engineer of the Northeastern Electric Racing club, works on the formula electric car in the COE Makerspace in Richards Hall on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Students are seen during class break on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Students are seen during class break on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – PhD student Qudus Rafia walks to his lab in the Egan Engineering and Science Research Center on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A member of the Northeastern community walks through the Boston campus on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A member of the Northeastern community walks through the Boston campus on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University06/25/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A member of the Northeastern community works in the EXP building on Thursday, June 25, 2026. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern UniversityPhoto by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A bunny is seen at Krentzman Quad on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – Flowers bloom at Krentzman Quad on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A bee pollinates on a flower next to Curry Student Center on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University06/24/26 – BOSTON, MA. – A student framed by purple flowers walks past Curry Student Center on June 24, 2026. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityPhotos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
