As traditional energy sources diminish, McCormick researchers seek new sources of energy and work to increase the efficiency of current sources—all while understanding and minimizing effects on our environment. / Zeroing in on Natural Gas Storage / In Pursuit of a Flexible, Affordable Solar Cell / Rethinking Rechargeable Batteries

A great challenge of our time is ensuring health and wellness for all people. Teams of McCormick researchers combine specialties to study problems at all levels, from molecular changes to complex systems. / Using Light to Detect the First Shadows of Cancer / Rehabilitation Robotics / Modeling Complex Reactions

From manipulating materials at the nanoscale to creating new ones using techniques culled from nature, researchers at McCormick work to unlock the power of materials to solve problems across disciplines. / Computational Materials Science Opens Doors to Quicker, Cheaper Discoveries / Researchers Find Promise in “Crumpled” Graphene / Shape Memory Alloys: From Airplanes to Implants

Our most pressing problems involve vast amounts of information and multiple agents in a dizzying range of domains. Systems research offers a way to understand our world and the interactions that shape it. / Rewiring Nature’s Building Blocks to Solve Global Challenges / Using Analytics to Deploy Car Charging Stations / Teaching Computers to Think like Humans

At McCormick, we educate whole-brain leaders who thrive at the intersection of global challenges and the knowledge required to solve them. / Preparing for the Future / Innovation by Design / Creating Leaders

A new arrival at McCormick from the University of Chicago, Milan Mrksich is transforming the processes by which we understand -- and build on -- chemical reactions.

Through study sessions, science fairs, and Silly Putty, McCormick students are passing on their love for science to a new generation of students.

Undergraduate Sam Malin, copresident of the student group Engineers for a Sustainable World, knows that to make a difference, you need to get your hands dirty.

While most University research funding comes from the government, an increasing amount is now funded by corporations, opening new avenues for professors and students to reach their goals.

At McCormick, graduate student Aaron Stebner has found a way to combine his two passions: shape memory alloy research and teaching.

Girls from across the Chicago area gathered at Northwestern for the 41st annual Career Day for Girls, “Engineering: The Sky’s the Limit.”

A venture capitalist behind some of today’s hottest Internet companies, Peter Barris still uses the lessons he learned back in Tech.

McCormick researchers trace the travels of a single mobile phone user in Western Europe over nine months.

This image shows a hollow, bird’s-nest-shaped three-dimensional structure composed of asymmetrically self-assembled manganese oxide nanowires from the lab of Professor Harold Kung.