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Sheila Gujrathi, Grace Wang to Address 2024 Northwestern Engineering Graduates
On June 10, Gujrathi and Wang will speak at the McCormick Undergraduate Convocation and PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, respectively.Apr 23, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Three McCormick Faculty Named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Chad Mirkin, Petia Vlahovska, and Teri Odom are part of a diverse group of culture-creators this year working across 52 disciplines.Apr 15, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Ottino to Deliver Michelson Lecture at US Naval Academy
Professor Julio M. Ottino’s talk on April 17 will explore the essential role of creativity in science and the arts.Apr 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Julio M. Ottino Named to Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Ottino is among 162 engineers who make up AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2024.Mar 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
What Can Tree Sap Tell Us about Climate Change?
As part of a Northwestern charge led by Professors Aaron Packman and William Miller, scientists are looking to create a clearer picture of what happens when you combine climate change with urban environments.Feb 29, 2024|from Northwestern Now
Society of Women Engineers Hosts 2024 Career Day for Girls
Around 180 Chicago-area middle school and high school students signed up to visit campus as part of the February 24 event.Feb 27, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Linsey Seitz Wins ACS CATL Early Career Award
This award recognizes and encourage accomplishments and innovation of unusual merit by an individual in early stages of their career.Feb 13, 2024
Finnigan, Ankeny Named to MS Leadership Positions
Shelley Finnigan will serve as associate dean for master’s and professional education, while Casey Ankeny has been appointed assistant dean for TGS master’s programs.Jan 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Jeffrey Lopez Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
The award, worth $623,708 over five years, will back Lopez’s work to design and evaluate new fluorine-free electrolytes.Jan 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Jennifer Dunn Authors Essay in First Edition of New Nature Journal
Published January 11 in the debut of Nature Chemical Engineering, Dunn’s article outlines the value of chemical engineering as a discipline and challenges the field to continuously strive to make a positive environmental impact.Jan 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Can We Really Discover New Nanoporous Materials on the Computer?
In a review article, Professor Randall Snurr has surveyed the role of predictive computational modeling for the discovery of MOF adsorbents for separation and storage of energy-relevant molecules such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide.Jan 9, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Creating Algorithms to Build International Research Teams
An initiative spearheaded by Northwestern’s McCormick Global Initiatives is forging new international research collaborations while prototyping new data science tools for scientific team-building.Jan 3, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Seeking Sustainable Solutions
Linda Broadbelt tackles one of the world’s most pressing challenges: the global plastics crisis.Dec 14, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Megan Greenfield Urges Graduates to Keep Growing, Give Back, and Aim High
Greenfield spoke at the December 9 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, reciting how three principles have guided her career.Dec 11, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Meet the New Director of Engineering Career Development
Erik J. Friedman joined McCormick in September after seven years as associate dean of career development and industry relations at Columbia College following a 15-year run at DePaul University.Dec 4, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News