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Matthew Elwin Named Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs
Elwin brings his experience in robotics education to a new role on the school’s leadership team.Oct 23, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Scientists Discover New Spin Transfer Mechanism in Antiferromagnets
Professor Pedram Khalili and his team demonstrated a new way to electrically switch antiferromagnets, with potential uses in memory, computing, and terahertz technology.Oct 21, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
A New AI Framework to Reveal the Hidden Histories of Paintings
Northwestern professors Aggelos Katsaggelos and Maria Kokkori, working with the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago, developed an AI framework to digitally isolate overlapping paint layers and offer new insights into artists’ creative processes.Oct 15, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Alums Mohapatra and Cruz Selected for MLCommons Rising Stars
Payal Mohapatra (PhD ’26) and Stefany Cruz (PhD ’25) were among 39 outstanding early-career researchers from 26 institutions worldwide selected for the fourth annual MLCommons Rising Stars cohort.Aug 20, 2026
Tackling a Knowledge Management Problem
Research assistant professor Adrienne Kline launched CiteGeist, an AI-powered platform for researchers aimed at enhancing productivity, accuracy, and knowledge-sharing workflows.Aug 19, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Pedram Khalili Receives IEEE Technical Achievement Award
Khalili was honored for “contributions to the development of voltage-controlled magnetic tunnel junctions and their applications in computing systems.”Aug 11, 2026
How Northwestern Is Bringing Quantum Internet Closer to Reality
Fox 32 Chicago spoke with Professor Prem Kumar about his recent breakthrough, sending entangled photons through a 24.4-kilometer fiber-optic cable connecting Evanston and downtown Chicago while carrying internet traffic.Aug 4, 2026|from Fox-32 Chicago (via MSN)
Quantum Internet Leaves the Lab
Professor Prem Kumar performed the first real-world demonstration of quantum entanglement over busy telecom fiber.Jul 22, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Projects Receive Genesis Mission Funding
McCormick faculty are involved in a US Department of Energy initiative that aims to transform how complex scientific problems are investigated and solved.Jul 22, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Student Mehmetcan Gok Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE DySPAN 2026
Gok and team developed a spectrum sensing framework that leverages existing sensing capabilities of commercial cellular base stations to detect federal radars.Jul 9, 2026
Aaron W. Saak Offers Four Directionally Correct Principles for PhD and Master’s Graduates
Saak, president and CEO of Crane NXT, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the June 15 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony.Jun 16, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Antonio Daniels Shares Seven Pieces of Advice with Graduates
Daniels, chief information officer at Comcast Business, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2026 Undergraduate Convocation on June 15.Jun 16, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grad Spotlight: Kiran Prakriya
After graduation, Prakriya will begin a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Münster, then he will pursue a PhD in applied physics at California Institute of Technology.Jun 11, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Jumping Spiders Inspire Ultra-Efficient 3D Camera
SpiderCam produces real-time 3D maps while consuming less energy than a nightlight, enabling a new generation of battery-powered devices that need to gauge their surroundings, like wearable technologies, assistive devices, robots, and drones.Jun 7, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
2026 ECE Annual Award Winners
Eleven students and faculty were recognized during the annual department ceremony.Jun 5, 2026