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Northwestern Team Earns Honorable Mentions in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards
A Northwestern University-led team of researchers earned honorable mentions in Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards sustainability and student categories for Terracell, a soil-powered fuel cell.Jul 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Alumna Carolyn Wilke Starts a New Chapter
After graduating with her Ph.D., Carolyn Wilke has thrived as a freelance science journalist.Jul 24, 2024
How the Built Environment Impacts our Health
Professor Erica Hartmann’s latest review article explores the relationship between built environments and their impact on our health.Jul 22, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Minerals Play Newly Discovered Role in Earth’s Phosphorus Cycle
New research from Professor Ludmilla Aristilde finds that iron oxide in soils can recycle phosphorus from organic matter.Jul 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Carbonated Concrete Can Store CO2 While Still Being Strong
Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria told IFLScience the new material is just as strong and durable as traditional versions and is easy to make.Jul 9, 2024|from IFLScience
What are the Equitable Guardrails of Fare-Free Transit?
In their newest paper, Professor Marco Nie and Ph.D. students examine fare-free transit through the lens of distributive justice.Jun 27, 2024
Simple New Process Stores CO2 in Concrete without Compromising Strength
Carbonated concrete developed by Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria offers the potential to offset emissions from cement manufacturing.Jun 26, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Zdeněk Bažant Elected As ARMA Fellow
Professor Zdeněk Bažant has been elected as a Fellow of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) after only ten years of membership.Jun 21, 2024
CEE Celebrates the Class of 2024
Eleven seniors were recognized for their achievements with six departmental awards.Jun 17, 2024
Sheila Gujrathi Tells Her Story to Graduating Seniors
Gujrathi, a biotechnology entrepreneur and executive, healthcare investor, and drug developer with more than 25 years of experience, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 Undergraduate Convocation on June 10.Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grace Wang Tells Graduates to Think Big, Value Others, and Themselves
Wang, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony on June 10.Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Soil Bacteria Respire More CO2 after Eating Non-sugar Organic Matter
A new study led by Professor Ludmilla Aristilde helps disentangle the role of microbes in the global carbon cycle.Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Three McCormick Faculty Participating in Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Erica Hartmann, Emma Alexander, and Ryan Truby are three of 100 outstanding early career engineers who will meet for an intensive 2 1/2-day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas.Jun 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Solar Decathlon Team Finalists in DOE Design Competition
This year's solar decathlon team made it to the finals for the 2024 DOE Solar Decathlon Design Challenge at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.May 31, 2024
Mining Seawater
Alessandro Rotta Loria and team have published a new paper in Advanced Sustainable Systems that spotlights a potential alternative and sustainable practice to source aggregates: electrodeposition of minerals from seawater.May 24, 2024