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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
Grad Spotlight: What Maya Garcia is Taking from her McCormick Education
Graduating with a degree in computer engineering, Garcia reflected on her experience taking Design Thinking and Communication and the benefits of internships and conducting research.Jun 3, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Student Kangle (Phil) Mu Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE DySPAN 2024
Mu and Berry proposed a new method for wireless spectrum regulators to allocate spectrum resources shared concurrently among commercial service providers and other high-priority users.May 30, 2024
AI Tool Instantly Assesses Self-Harm Risk
Professor Aggelos Katsaggelos and PhD student Shamal Shashi Lalvani are part of a team that produced a method to predict whether participants exhibited suicidal thoughts and behaviors.May 16, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Attitudes toward Wearables
A study by computer engineering PhD candidate Stefany Cruz found that low-income Hispanic/Latine individuals have grown more receptive to health-monitoring technology.May 8, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern to Lead Midwestern Carbon-Capture Hub
With Professor Jennifer Dunn as the principal investigator and Professor Ted Sargent as a co-PI, the project has received nearly $4 million to test the feasibility of direct air capture technologies.May 8, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Lawrence Chillrud and Essien Taylor Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The five-year fellowship is awarded to outstanding students pursuing a graduate degree in STEM.May 8, 2024
Advancing Control and Game Theory in the Midwest
Randy Freeman and Ermin Wei served as the co-organizers of the 10th Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory (MWCGT), hosted at Northwestern on April 27 – 28.May 7, 2024
Professor Ilya Mikhelson Honored with University Teaching Award
The five honorees demonstrate excellence in undergraduate teaching and were selected by a committee chaired by the provost and made up of senior faculty members, University administrators and a student representative.May 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
A Sharpened Focus for Seeing with Electricity
A new algorithm developed by Professor Matthew Grayson improves the quality of electrically measured tomographic images.May 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Father-Son Bonding
In the Kumars and the Chopps, Northwestern Engineering’s faculty roster includes two father-son duos.Apr 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Sheila Gujrathi, Grace Wang to Address 2024 Northwestern Engineering Graduates
On June 10, Gujrathi and Wang will speak at the McCormick Undergraduate Convocation and PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, respectively.Apr 23, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Researchers Take a Step Closer to Better, More Affordable Solar Cells
An innovative technique developed by a team with Professor Ted Sargent leads to perovskite-based solar cells with record-breaking efficiency.Apr 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Professor Emeritus Bruce Wessels Passes Away
Wessels will be remembered for his notable contributions to the study of thin films and nanostructures and passion for service and scholarship.Apr 10, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News