Northeastern University, Burlington Innovation Campus

Northeastern University’s Burlington Innovation Campus is a research and partnership hub north of Boston where industry teams work alongside Northeastern faculty and students. Its centerpiece is the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, where partner R&D groups share wet and dry laboratories to tackle challenges in security, intelligence and resilience. The campus offers a customizable research-partnership model for companies looking to advance technology development, along with conference rooms and office space.

Facilities include an indoor-outdoor Expeditionary Cyber and Unmanned Aircraft Systems R&D Facility for testing autonomous technologies used in surveillance, cybersecurity and disaster response, and a Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory that trains regulators from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies. A $70 million mixed-use building, opened to new industry partners in 2019, adds research labs, convening space for 400 people and a 10,000-square-foot makerspace.

What to Know

• A shuttle connects the Boston and Burlington campuses for faculty, students and staff, except on university holidays.
• Faculty research on campus has spun off startups, including ventures in indoor crop growing and super-strong composites.
• Professor Ahmed Busnaina developed NanoOPS, described as the world’s first automated nanoscale 3D printer.
• Professor Guevara Noubir works with the U.S. Navy, DARPA and Google on wireless and mobile security.