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Northwestern Set to Host International Diffusion Conference

The event’s organizers are Northwestern Professors Randall Snurr, Daniel Abrams, Todd Gingrich, Matthew Grayson, and Niall Mangan, and the event will include talks from Northwestern Engineering’s Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Julio M. Ottino.
Jun 20, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Sam Kriegman Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

By generalizing the optimization techniques of artificial neural networks to the design of robots, Kriegman and his team aim to evolve novel robots with important new capabilities that are difficult or impossible to design by hand.
Jun 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Ameet Mallik Shares Lessons That Shaped His Innovation

During his June 16 speech at the 2025 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, Mallik credited lifelong learning, purpose, relationships, and balance as keys to his success.
Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Matthew Skaruppa Highlights Fear, Compulsion, and Love in Graduation Speech

Skaruppa, the CFO of Duolingo, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2025 Undergraduate Convocation on June 16.
Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Northwestern University Researchers Develop Rapid Test for Lead in Water

CBS Chicago profiled the work of Tyler Lucci, a PhD student in chemical engineering and member of the Center for Synthetic Biology, that resulted in a rapid at-home test for lead in water.
Jun 4, 2025|from CBS Chicago

A Faster Way to Innovate Materials

Professors Jeffrey Richards and Jeffrey Lopez embrace concurrent materials design to improve sustainability in manufacturing and battery design.
May 30, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Harnessing Hot Electrons for Clean Chemicals

Professor Dayne Swearer was named to the “Talented 12” by Chemical & Engineering News.
May 23, 2025|from Chemical & Engineering News

Seitz Receives Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Professor Linsey Seitz will use the unrestricted $100,000 grant to advance her sustainable electrocatalytic research.
May 7, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Structure Dictates Effectiveness, Safety in Nanomedicine

In a perspective, Northwestern Engineering’s Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich argue that structural precision drives therapeutic innovation, ultimately benefiting patients.
Apr 25, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Matthew Skaruppa, Ameet Mallik to Speak at 2025 Graduation Ceremonies

On June 16, Skaruppa and Mallik will address graduates at the McCormick Undergraduate Convocation and PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, respectively.
Apr 22, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Watch a Live Catalytic Event in Real Time

The new observations from a team with Professors Tobin Marks and Michael Bedzyk could lead to more efficient catalysts for green hydrogen production.
Apr 11, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Carbon Capture Could Become Practical with Scalable, Affordable Materials

A team led by Professor Vinayak Dravid demonstrated how researchers can pull carbon directly from the air using changes in humidity, now with materials at a fraction of the cost.
Apr 3, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Two Faculty Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

Professors Joshua Leonard and Jonathan Rivnay are part of AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2025, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers.
Mar 31, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Concrete Plans to Transform Cement Production’s CO2 Waste Into New Building Materials

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced a radio segment on recent work by Professors Alessandro Rotta Loria and Jeffrey Lopez that shows they can use CO2 to boost the process to produce carbon-negative materials that could be used in materials like plaster, cement and as a replacement for sand in concrete.
Mar 27, 2025|from CBC

Lucks, Rondinelli Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professors Julius Lucks and James Rondinelli are part of a Fellows class that includes 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.
Mar 27, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
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