Yingzi Lin Professor and Interim Chair, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering yi.lin@northeastern.edu Expertise human-robot interactions, patient safety, Smart systems, Transportation safety Yingzi Lin for Northeastern Global NewsRobotics helped kick-start this grad’s career at Tesla by Rich McKay September 11, 2026 This professor moonlights at NASA to bring lessons to class by Rich McKay August 21, 2026 Northeastern professor wins big for work on tiny electronic parts by Cesareo Contreras August 21, 2026