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  • Sep
    23

    TAM Seminar Series- Benedetto Marelli

    McCormick - Mechanical Engineering

    10:00 AM A230, Technological Institute

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    Growing structural proteins into advanced materials for food security

    Benedetto Marelli, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Applications of robotics and sensing technologies, big data analysis and biotechnologyin farming, plant and food science are highly
    sought to guarantee global food security while mitigating the environmental impact of agriculture. In this scenario, the potential benefit
    of applying materialsscience principles to enhance food security remains underexplored when compared to material-based research
    efforts in biomedicine, energy and optoelectronics. In this seminar, we highlight recent development in the nanomanufacturing of
    structural proteins to engineer a new generation of advanced materials that can be interfaced with food and plants. We will
    presentnewly developed techniques to direct the assembly of structural proteinsinto nanostructured, hierarchicalmaterials that can
    serve as:ediblecoatings to prolong the shelf-life of perishable food, microenvironments to boost seed germination in marginal landand
    injectorsto precisely deliver payloads in plant vasculature. These examples will provide an opportunity to discuss how the establishment
    ofa successful interface between biomaterials and plantstissuesrequires the development of a basic scientific knowledge on:mechanics
    of disorderto ordertransitions in proteinaceous materialsduring condensation phenomena, fluid mechanics and transport phenomena in
    plants vasculature, and swellingof porous materials exposed to plant fluids.

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    TIME Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    LOCATION A230, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Jeremy Wells    jeremywells@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    8

    Welcome & Breakfast for New McCormick PhD Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

    LOCATION LR2 & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    12

    New Undergraduate Fall 2025 Registration

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    All Day

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    TIME Friday, September 12, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    15

    Welcome & Luncheon for New Full-time Graduate Students

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    11:00 AM Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute

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    TIME Monday, September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

    LOCATION Ryan Auditorium & Tech East Plaza, Technological Institute    map it

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    CONTACT Andi Joppie    andi.joppie@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    16

    Fall Classes Begin. Change of Registration (Drop/Add) Late registration for returning students begins

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    TIME Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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