Welcome to Dr. Bala Maheswaran’s faculty website. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Dr. Maheswaran is a respected faculty member at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. His career has been marked by significant contributions to the field, including over 130 publications across original research, education-focused papers, conference proceedings, workshops, and panel discussions.
As a founding member and program chair of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee of ASEE, Dr. Maheswaran also serves as the Zone 1 Chair on the Council of Sections and the Board of Directors of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Additionally, he co-chairs the annual TASME conference, is the Director of the Engineering Division at Athens Institute, and has played a key leadership role in organizing both national and international conferences. His outstanding leadership has consistently ensured the success and high attendance of these events, despite global challenges.
Dr. Maheswaran has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his distinguished career. These include the Northeastern University First-Year Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award (twice), the Special Recognition Award from Northeastern’s student chapters of BESS, SWE, and SHPE, and the ASEE Northeast Section Outstanding Teaching Award. His recognition extends to multiple Best Student Paper Awards and the ASEE Division Distinguished Educator and Service Award. Dr. Maheswaran has also been nominated for the ASEE National Distinguished Teaching Award and ASEE Fellow status. He has been honored by TASME during its 24th to 26th annual award ceremonies with named awards, and in 2021, he was presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, he was inducted into Northeastern University’s Twenty-Five-Year Associate Group in 2022, and in 2023, he received both the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Faculty Service Award and a Faculty Fellowship. In 2024, he was named the recipient of the COE Distinguished Faculty Award and recognized as an ASEE Distinguished Member.
Education
Dr. Maheswaran holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics, as well as an MSEE in Electrical & Computer Engineering, all from Northeastern University.
Research Focus
- Current Research: Experiential Engineering Education through Innovation and Invention, focusing on Technical Design, Energy Systems, and Medical Engineering (MedEng) Design Innovations through Prototyping and Proof of Concept.
- Past Research: High-Temperature Superconductors, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, and Engineering Physics Education.
Bala Maheswaran, Ph.D.
COE Distinguished Professor
ASEE Distinguished Member
Zone 1 Chair, Council of Sections | Board of Directors, ASEE
Founding Member | Program Chair, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence CC, ASEE
Director, Engineering Division (ED), Athens Institute
Past Chair, Northeast Section
Past Chair, Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)
Email: mahes@coe.northeastern.edu
Email: b.maheswaran@northeastern.edu
Office: 367 Snell Engineering Center
College of Engineering
Northeastern University