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Northwestern Set to Host International Diffusion Conference

The event’s organizers are Northwestern Professors Randall Snurr, Daniel Abrams, Todd Gingrich, Matthew Grayson, and Niall Mangan, and the event will include talks from Northwestern Engineering’s Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Julio M. Ottino.

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.

Learning to Protect User Data

In the Foundations of Security and Data Privacy courses, Professor Sruti Bhagavatula emphasizes the need for “security by design,” incorporating security and privacy best practices throughout the design and development lifecycle.

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.

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.

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