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Simge Küçükyavuz Named 2023 INFORMS Fellow

Simge Küçükyavuz Named 2023 INFORMS Fellow

One of the operations research profession’s highest honors, Professor Simge Küçükyavuz was recognized for outstanding research in mixed-integer optimization and stochastic optimization and service to the profession.
Oct 4, 2023
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Honors and Awards
Pulling Carbon Dioxide Straight from the Air

Pulling Carbon Dioxide Straight from the Air

Using humidity-powered technology, a team of researchers including Professor Vinayak Dravid found several new ions that facilitate low-energy carbon sequestration.
Oct 3, 2023
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Research
Instant Evolution: AI Designs New Robot from Scratch in Seconds

Instant Evolution: AI Designs New Robot from Scratch in Seconds

The artificial intelligence developed by Professor Sam Kriegman is the first AI capable of intelligently designing new robots that work in the real world.
Oct 3, 2023
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Research
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Northwestern Engineering Magazine

Spring 2023 Issue: Whole-Brain Legacy

McCormick Magazine
Julio M. Ottino

All Together Now

To broker bonds between siloed disciplines within Northwestern Engineering, Dean Ottino followed a philosophy of slow and steady cultural change: seeing and exploiting connections.
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A Whole-Brain Education

A critical aspect of a whole-brain education is what happens outside the classroom, in everyday student life. The ability to nurture mental and physical health, professional development, passions, and interests, allows students to think holistically and reach outside of their specialties.
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From Disparate to Interdisciplinary

As dean, Ottino encouraged a research culture that worked to solve problems at the intersection of disciplines.
THE BOUNDARY OF LIFE IS QUIETLY CROSSED, 2019.Two-channel 4K video.

The Heart's Knowledge

In his multi-sensory and cross-disciplinary exhibition, 'The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto,' Northwestern Engineering’s Artist-at-Large, asks, "what does one gift to the only woman whose heart has left the solar system?"
 

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