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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.
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.
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.Northwestern Engineering Magazine
Spring 2023 Issue: Whole-Brain Legacy
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.
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.
From Disparate to Interdisciplinary
As dean, Ottino encouraged a research culture that worked to solve problems at the intersection of disciplines.
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?"Featured Videos
Think Like an Engineer
It takes a different way of thinking to connect disparate fields, put big ideas into action, solve global problems, and imagine what’s next. It takes left-brain analytical skills. It takes right-brain creativity. It takes whole-brain engineering.
Whole-Brain Legacy
Dean Ottino transformed Northwestern Engineering's philosophy and culture, brokering bonds between siloed disciplines.
