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Sam Kriegman Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
By generalizing the optimization techniques of artificial neural networks to the design of robots, Kriegman and his team aim to evolve novel robots with important new capabilities that are difficult or impossible to design by hand.Jun 18, 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: Turner Davidson Turns Passion for Automotive Design into Hands-On Engineering Success
Davidson is graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering after spending countless hours in the Ford shop, where he honed his design and manufacturing skills through Baja SAE and personal automotive projects.Jun 12, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grad Spotlight: Tara Saxena Builds Community and Confidence Through Engineering and Leadership at McCormick
Saxena is graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering after serving as co-president of SWE and NUSTARS.Jun 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Scientists Find a Market Ready Replacement for PFAS
Forbes reported on work done by Adjunct Professor Timothy Wei that could be a safe replacement for forever chemicals in food packaging.May 29, 2025|from Forbes
PFAS Could Be Replaced with Safe Graphene Oxide Solution
The new non-toxic material developed by Adjunct Professor Timothy Wei is water- and oil-resistant, sustainable, and affordable.May 29, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Quantifying Dislocation Formation in 3D-Printed Metals
A new study by Professor Tao Sun tracks the evolution of crystallographic defects in real time during metal additive manufacturing.May 20, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Vivian Reilly Named Co-op Student of the Year
A mechanical engineering student, Reilly completed a co-op at Enovis, a company that produces orthopedic implants.Apr 23, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Matthew Skaruppa, Ameet Mallik to Speak at 2025 Graduation Ceremonies
On June 16, Skaruppa and Mallik will address graduates at the McCormick Undergraduate Convocation and PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, respectively.Apr 22, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Machine Learning Framework Enables Data-Efficient Design of Advanced Metamaterials
A new scientific machine learning framework developed by Professors Horacio D. Espinosa, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, and collaborators accurately predicts and inversely designs the mechanical behavior of spinodal metamaterials using limited but high-quality experimental data.Apr 22, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Launches Pioneering Medical Research Institute with Gift from Kimberly Querrey
Northwestern University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P) has made a $10 million gift to create and enhance the Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering at Northwestern University, directed by Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer.Apr 21, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Researchers Develop the World’s Smallest Pacemaker, and It Could Be Revolutionary for Newborn Babies With Heart Defects
Smithsonian wrote about the new device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang that is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery.Apr 14, 2025|from Smithsonian Magazine
Lueptow Receives Honorary Doctorate from French University
The honorary doctorate was awarded to Professor Richard Lueptow for overall research excellence as well as collaboration with researchers at Aix-Marseille University.Apr 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Your Skin Is Breathing. This New Wearable Device Can Measure It.
Professors John Rogers, Guillermo Ameer, and Yonggang Huang developed the first wearable device that gauges health by sensing gases coming from and going into the skin.Apr 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News