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From Slow Squeeze to Lightning Impact, A New Way to Measure Strength

Postdoctoral researcher Luciano Borasi created a unified method to study how materials behave across the full spectrum of deformation speeds.
Jul 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

‘Dancing Molecules’ Treatment Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation

The regenerative spinal cord injury therapy developed by Professor Samuel I. Stupp repairs tissue and reverses paralysis in preclinical models.
Jul 16, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Professor Emeritus Robert Chang Passes Away

Chang, who passed away at age 83 on June 21, will be remembered for his scientific innovation and commitment to educating the next generation of engineers.
Jul 10, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Rogers and Huang Honored with Namesake Medal by ICCES

The John Rogers/Yonggang Huang Medal is for researchers with a strong history of collaboration.
Jul 8, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

New Computational Approach Speeds Design of Functionally Graded Materials

Professor Ian McCue and his team developed a framework that rapidly designs functionally graded materials, enabling stronger, lighter multi-material systems for aerospace and other applications.
Jul 8, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Gianneschi Among Three Leaders in Nanotechnology to Receive 2025 Kabiller Awards

Professor Nathan Gianneschi will receive the $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator’s Award in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine for recent groundbreaking discoveries that have potential to make a lasting effect in nanoscience and nanomedicine.
Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Ameet Mallik Shares Lessons That Shaped His Innovation

During his June 16 speech at the 2025 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, Mallik credited lifelong learning, purpose, relationships, and balance as keys to his success.
Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Matthew Skaruppa Highlights Fear, Compulsion, and Love in Graduation Speech

Skaruppa, the CFO of Duolingo, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2025 Undergraduate Convocation on June 16.
Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Grad Spotlight: Rohan Luthra Blends Art, Science, and Service During Time in Evanston

Luthra is graduating with a degree in materials science and engineering, having participated in numerous extracurricular activities.
Jun 10, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

What Your Sweat Could Reveal About Your Health

Professor John Rogers was a guest on the CNN podcast “Chasing Life” and discussed his research into the science of sweat and why it holds so much promise for the future of health monitoring.
Jun 9, 2025|from CNN

McCue Participating in Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Professor Ian McCue is one of 100 outstanding early career engineers selected for the program that brings together researchers from numerous fields to facilitate cross-disciplinary exchanges of ideas and techniques to build US innovative capacity.
Jun 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

How Electrolytes Could Fuel Computing, Not Just Athletes

Professor Monica Olvera de la Cruz and postdoctoral researcher Ahis Shrestha discovered a new ion-driven flow mechanism in simple channels that could improve energy efficiency and memory in future flexible iontronic devices.
Jun 5, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

New Device Measures How Much Breast Milk a Baby Is Getting

Parents.com reported on the recent work by Professor John Rogers that resulted in a wearable device that can help parents gauge how much breastmilk their baby is getting.
May 26, 2025|from Parents.com

Synthesis of 2D Copper Boride Unlocks New Class of Advanced Materials

The scalable method for creating 2D copper boride developed by Professor Mark Hersam could lead to breakthroughs in energy and computing technologies.
May 23, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

MSE Department Holds 42nd Annual Hilliard Symposium

The event honors the memory of Professor John E. Hilliard, and included a keynote address from alum Andrew Baluch.
May 21, 2025
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