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Iron Minerals’ Hidden Chemistry Explains How Soils Trap Carbon
From mixed charges to chemical bonding, Professor Ludmilla Aristilde found that iron uses multiple strategies to lock carbon away.Dec 15, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Christine Schyvinck Urges Graduates to Embrace Creativity, Leadership, and Iteration
The president, CEO, and chairman of Shure Incorporated, Schyvinck spoke at the Dec. 13 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, reciting how three principles have guided her career.Dec 15, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Bažant, Farha Named to National Academy of Inventors
Professors Zdeněk Bažant and Omar Farha are among the 169 new fellows elected to the 2025 class.Dec 11, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
How Clean Is Airplane Air, Really?
Time wrote about the recent work by Professor Erica Hartmann that investigated the cleanliness of airplane air.Dec 11, 2025|from Time Magazine
Christine Schyvinck to Speak at PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
A longtime Shure executive whose leadership has driven the company’s global expansion, operational excellence, and culture of innovation, Schyvinck will speak at the December 13 ceremony.Dec 10, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
In Pneumonia’s Tug-of-War, Lung Microbiome Could Tip the Balance
Microbial communities in lungs were linked to pneumonia recovery in a new study by Professor Erica Hartmann.Dec 10, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Cusatis Elected ACI Fellow
The honor for Professor Gianluca Cusatis rewards outstanding contributions to the production or use of concrete materials, products, and structures in the areas of education, research, development, design, construction, or management.Dec 5, 2025
Airplane and Hospital Air Is Cleaner than You Might Think
Professor Erica Hartmann conducted the first study to use worn face masks as a passive tool to monitor indoor air.Dec 4, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Buscarnera Team Wins Geotechnical Research Medal for Study on Crushable Soils
The award given to Professor Giuseppe Buscarnera recognizes grain-scale insights that could improve design and reliability of engineered materials.Dec 1, 2025
Sixteen McCormick Faculty Named Among Global ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2025
The list identifies researchers who showed significant influence by publishing highly cited papers.Nov 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
How Bacteria Use Enzymes to Direct Carbon Traffic for Energy and Useful Chemicals
A new study by Professor Ludmilla Aristilde and her team shows how soil microbes steer carbon flow to adapt and create precursors to valuable byproducts.Nov 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
During Moses Lecture, Hornbeck Challenges Traditional Estimates of Transportation Infrastructure Value
The University of Chicago’s Richard Hornbeck spoke at Northwestern’s 2025 Leon N. Moses Distinguished Lecture in Transportation, illustrating how economists have long underestimated the broad effects of major infrastructure projects.Nov 13, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Rotta Loria Co-Leads New Journal Theme Issue on Urban Heat Above and Below Ground
Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria co-led “Urban Heat Spreading Above and Below Ground” that appeared in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.Nov 13, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
DOE’s ARPA-E Program Awards $2.7 Million to Northwestern Engineers for Microbial Wastewater Resource Recovery Technology
Professors George Wells, Keith Tyo, and Jennifer Dunn will develop microbial technology to recover nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater as marketable products.Nov 10, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Ciardo Wins NSF Grant to Study Supershear Earthquakes
The award for Professor Federico Ciardo supports theoretical and computational research to uncover how rare, high-speed ruptures evolve and release extreme seismic energy.Nov 4, 2025