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Professor Jie Gu Receives $3.8 Million DARPA ScAN Program Award
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Professor Jie Gu and co-PIs from the University of Minnesota and Duke University up to $3.8 million through the Scalable Analog Neural-networks program.Nov 19, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
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
US Spy Satellites Built by SpaceX Send Signals in the “Wrong Direction”
Professor Randall Berry spoke with Ars Technica, saying it would be “surprising and potentially problematic” if SpaceX didn’t tell the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that its Starshield satellites were sending downlink signals when they were cleared for federal use.Nov 14, 2025|from Ars Technica
PhD Student Spotlight: Payal Mohapatra
Mohapatra’s goal is to design robust deep learning frameworks capable of adapting to practical sensing scenarios in healthcare, continuous sensing, and audio domains.Nov 3, 2025
Sargent, Northwestern Part of Global Consortium to Develop Food Production from Carbon Dioxide
The 10-group consortium including the lab of Professor Ted Sargent will scale CO2-to-protein technology and create food prototypes for testing.Sep 22, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Wearable Sensors Could Reshape Obesity Treatment
A team led by Professor Nabil Alshurafa developed a groundbreaking lifestyle medicine program that uses three wearable sensors to capture real-world overeating behavior, providing a foundation for personalized interventions.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Clean Hydrogen’s Iridium Problem? Solved in an Afternoon
A new megalibrary developed by Professors Chad Mirkin and Ted Sargent accelerates the discovery of an iridium alternative for hydrogen production.Aug 19, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Developing an Energy-Saving, Carbon-Capturing Method for Making Ethylene Glycol
A new electrochemical system developed in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent cuts waste, slashes emissions, and conserves energy while producing a key industrial chemical.Aug 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
A Scalable Probabilistic Computer
Researchers developed an integrated probabilistic Ising machine that combines a custom-designed digital silicon chip with nanoscale voltage-controlled magnetic tunnel junctions pioneered by Professor Pedram Khalili’s Physical Electronics Research Laboratory.Aug 13, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund Advances Breakthrough Science
More than $6 million in strategic seed funding for Northwestern faculty to date, including projects in the latest round with McCormick Professors Shana O. Kelley, Ying Wu, Milan Mrksich, and Jonathan Rivnay, accelerates high-impact research toward commercialization.Aug 1, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Pioneering Strained Layer Superlattice Technology
Professor Manijeh Razeghi and the Center for Quantum Devices at Northwestern University have developed breakthrough technologies in infrared photodetection and imaging — advancing applications ranging from wildfire monitoring to deep space exploration.Jul 17, 2025
First Electronic-Photonic Quantum Chip Manufactured in Commercial Foundry
Professor Prem Kumar and a multi-institution research team built a first-of-its-kind silicon chip combining a photonic quantum system with classical electronic control circuits.Jul 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
2025 ECE Annual Award Winners
Thirteen students and faculty were recognized during the annual department ceremony.Jul 11, 2025
Postdoc Federico Bobbio Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE DySPAN 2025
Bobbio led a research team in developing a novel radio spectrum allocation mechanism that incentivizes truthful interference reporting and ensures more efficient spectrum utilization.Jun 30, 2025
Kumar, Wang Named 2025 Researchers to Know
The annual list compiled by the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, which includes Professors Prem Kumar and Dashun Wang, spotlights state leaders in innovation.Jun 26, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News