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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
Marco Nie Named New Chair of Northwestern Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nie, an expert in transportation networks, will succeed Professor Kimberly Gray, effective September 1, 2025.Jun 12, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grad Spotlight: Kassie Ramirez Paves the Way in STEM and Dance
Ramirez is graduating with a degree in civil and environmental engineering, becoming one of the first members of her family to earn a college diploma.
Jun 11, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Rotta Loria Honored with 2025 Leonardo Da Vinci Award
The distinction from the American Society of Civil Engineers recognizes Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria’s groundbreaking early-career research in geomaterials and multifunctional civil infrastructure.May 30, 2025
Panama Canal Leader Outlines Vision for Water Security, Community Impact
Canal administrator Ricaurte Vásquez Morales spoke at the Northwestern University Transportation Center’s Patterson Lecture, outlining the past, present, and future of the waterway that handles around 5 percent of all maritime trade.May 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Rotta Loria Honored with 2025 Innovative Research Award
The award for Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria is presented to an organization or individual that has had a significant impact on the advancement of research and discovery over the last two years and will continue to have a great impact on the field.May 2, 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
Researchers Develop the World’s Smallest Pacemaker, and It Could Be Revolutionary for Newborn Babies With Heart Defects
Smithsonian wrote about the new device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang that is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery.Apr 14, 2025|from Smithsonian Magazine
Your Skin Is Breathing. This New Wearable Device Can Measure It.
Professors John Rogers, Guillermo Ameer, and Yonggang Huang developed the first wearable device that gauges health by sensing gases coming from and going into the skin.Apr 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
World’s Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
The tiny device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang can be inserted with a syringe, and then dissolve after it’s no longer needed.Apr 2, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Feeling the Future: New Wearable Device Mimics Complexity of Human Touch
The device developed by Professors John Rogers, Yonggang Huang, and J. Edward Colgate goes beyond the buzz to create a sophisticated variety of haptic sensations.Mar 27, 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
Bažant Elected Life Member of ASME
The honor is the latest for Professor Zdeněk P. Bažant, who is also the namesake of an American Society of Mechanical Engineers medal that was announced in 2023.Mar 21, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
The innovative process developed by Professors Alessandro Rotta Loria and Jeffrey Lopez converts CO2 into solid, durable, carbon-trapping materials.Mar 19, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News