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Once Again, Student Team Selected for NASA BIG Idea Challenge
The Northwestern proposal to explore expandable technology for lunar structures received $146,420.85 in funding.Mar 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Shape-Shifting Ultrasound Stickers Detect Post-surgical Complications
Developed by Professor John Rogers, the first-of-its-kind device ‘tags’ an organ to monitor abnormal, life-threatening fluid leaks.Mar 7, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Society of Women Engineers Hosts 2024 Career Day for Girls
Around 180 Chicago-area middle school and high school students signed up to visit campus as part of the February 24 event.Feb 27, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Polymer Electronics Feel Strain and Evolve during Operation
Research by a team with Professor Jonathan Rivnay measures how polymers deform and evolve in response to voltage in water, impacting device longevity and responsiveness.Feb 26, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
New AI Circuitry That Mimics Human Brains Makes Models Smarter
Scientific American wrote about a new kind of transistor developed by Professor Mark Hersam that allows AI hardware to remember and process information more like the human brain does.Feb 8, 2024|from Scientific American
Mark Hersam Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Hersam, a leader in nanomaterials, along with alumni Carolyn Duran and Patricia L. Mokhtarian, is among 114 new NAE members.Feb 6, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
G. Jeffrey Snyder Earns Two Awards for Thermoelectrics Research
Snyder was selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award and the Outstanding Achievement in Thermoelectrics Award.Feb 6, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Innovative Membrane Platform Enables Analysis ‘Down to a Handful of Gas Atoms’
Professor Vinayak Dravid and research associate professor Xiaobing Hu developed a novel method to host gas molecules as they are being analyzed in real time, using honeycomb structures found in nature as inspiration for an ultra-thin ceramic membrane they incorporated to encase the sample.Jan 19, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Finnigan, Ankeny Named to MS Leadership Positions
Shelley Finnigan will serve as associate dean for master’s and professional education, while Casey Ankeny has been appointed assistant dean for TGS master’s programs.Jan 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Accelerating the Use of Commercial Electronics Designed from Halides
Working with researchers from Kyoto University in Japan, Northwestern Engineering’s James Rondinelli discovered the first all-inorganic halide perovskite multiferroic material, exhibiting a unique form of ferroelectricity called hybrid improper ferroelectricity.Jan 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Yip-Wah Chung to Receive Bunshah Award
The award recognizes outstanding research or technological innovation in surface engineering, thin films, and related topics.Jan 5, 2024
New Brain-like Transistor Mimics Human Intelligence
A transistor developed by Professor Mark Hersam performs energy-efficient associative learning at room temperature.Dec 20, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
6 Med Tech Innovations from 2023 That Could Improve Our Lives
Two breakthroughs by Professor John Rogers were noted on Mashable’s year-end list.Dec 13, 2023|from Mashable
Megan Greenfield Urges Graduates to Keep Growing, Give Back, and Aim High
Greenfield spoke at the December 9 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, reciting how three principles have guided her career.Dec 11, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
High-Tech Methods Unlock the Perplexing Structural Features of a Mineral
In a collaboration with researchers from China, NUANCE scientists discovered the mysterious polytypic features within the metastable vaterite CaCO3, potentially leading to more widespread use of this unique form of calcium carbonate.Dec 4, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News