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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

John Rogers Elected to the Royal Society

The honor recognizes Professor John Rogers for "a substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge."
May 20, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Sugar-Coated Nanotherapy Dramatically Improves Neuron Survival in Alzheimer’s Model

A new treatment developed by Professor Samuel Stupp traps and neutralizes toxic proteins to stop disease progression.
May 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies’ Milk Intake in Real Time

The soft and comfortable wearable device developed by Professor John Rogers takes the guesswork out of breastfeeding.
May 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Yip-Wah Chung Reflects on Storied Career

Chung, who joined Northwestern in 1977, is retiring having made a significant impact on tribology and other fields.
May 13, 2025

Professors Jonathan Emery and Michael Horn Honored with University Teaching Awards

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.
Apr 28, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
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