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hls4ml Summer School Offers Students Training in Edge-AI Hardware Accelerators
Professor Seda Ogrenci organized a hands-on summer school for students to explore her team’s open-source tool for designing machine learning inference in hardware using high level synthesis language.Sep 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Team with Pedram Khalili Launches New Center with $14.4M DOE Grant
Khalili and a multidisciplinary team aim to improve energy efficiency in microelectronics via magnonics.Sep 5, 2024
Emerging Technologies through Engineering the Sub-Atomic Quantum World
The IQ-PARC Quantum Summer School event introduced STEM students to fundamental quantum concepts, quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities.Aug 26, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Chemical Method Stabilizes Tin-containing Perovskites
By adding diamine, researchers achieved a better surficial tin-lead balance and stable barrier layers, which could help solar cells work better and last longer.Aug 15, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
How We Could Warm Mars
Researchers conceived a new idea to make the surface of the cold planet habitable.Aug 12, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Scientists Propose Warming up Mars by Using Heat-Trapping ‘Glitter'
The idea from a team including graduate student Samaneh Ansari and Professor Hooman Mohseni that involves augmenting the natural greenhouse effect on Mars to raise its surface temperature by roughly 50 degrees Fahrenheit was profiled by NBC News.Aug 9, 2024|from NBC News
International Collaboration
Climate scientists at Northwestern University and the University of Hamburg look to drive student research and propel efforts to combat climate change.Aug 8, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Nivedita Arora Featured in 'People of ACM' Series
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) "People of ACM" series highlights the unique scientific accomplishments and compelling personal attributes of ACM members at the forefront of advancing computing as a science and a profession.Aug 6, 2024|from Association for Computing Machinery
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
A New Way to Stabilize Perovskite Solar Cells
Northwestern Engineering researchers used stable materials to alleviate the issue of cations moving within a material in devices that convert light into electrical energy.Jul 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Jakub Szefer Joins ECE Faculty Team
Szefer will join Northwestern Engineering in January 2025 as an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.Jun 24, 2024
Nivedita Arora Wins 2024 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
The Association for Computing Machinery Doctoral Dissertation Award recognized Arora for her foundational work designing sustainability-first computing systems and exploring their applications.Jun 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
2024 ECE Annual Award Winners
Twelve students and faculty were recognized during the annual department ceremony.Jun 14, 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