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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.Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Matthew Skaruppa Highlights Fear, Compulsion, and Love in Graduation Speech
Skaruppa, the CFO of Duolingo, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2025 Undergraduate Convocation on June 16.Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
ECE Team Wins Best Student Paper Award at 2025 WiOpt Conference
In joint work with Professor Igor Kadota, Yubo Zhang and Pedro Botelho developed a machine learning-based dynamic spectrum access algorithm for decentralized wireless networks.Jun 6, 2025
Examining the Case for Mars Terraforming Research
Northwestern Engineering's Hooman Mohseni co-authored a recent multi-institution perspective paper in Nature Astronomy outlining the research agenda necessary to determine whether making Mars hospitable to life is possible. Mohseni is the AT&T Professor of Information Technology and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering.May 29, 2025|from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Advancing Physics-Inspired Computing
Professor Pedram Khalili co-chaired the 2025 International Workshop on Ising Machines, held in Evanston May 13 – 15.May 20, 2025
Robotic Touch Sensors Are Not Just Skin Deep
A team led by Professor Matthew A. Grayson have overcome a major barrier to achieving a low-cost solution for advanced robotic touch.May 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Matthew Skaruppa, Ameet Mallik to Speak at 2025 Graduation Ceremonies
On June 16, Skaruppa and Mallik will address graduates at the McCormick Undergraduate Convocation and PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, respectively.Apr 22, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Selim Shahriar Wins 2025 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Award
Selim Shahriar won a 2025 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program award for his visionary idea to reconcile quantum mechanics with the theory of general relativity.Mar 19, 2025|from US National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Karan Ahuja Wins ACM SIGCHI Special Recognition Award
Ahuja and the Google Android XR team were acknowledged for pioneering the interaction framework of the operating system through exemplary industry-academia collaboration.Mar 11, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Electrical Engineering Alum Maxim Raginsky Elevated to IEEE Fellow
The grade of Fellow recognizes the extraordinary accomplishments of IEEE Senior Members who have contributed to the advancement or application of engineering, science, and technology.Mar 11, 2025
Inaugural Recipients of Crown/IIP-Seed Awards Announced
New seed funding will advance science and engineering research collaborations between Northwestern and five Israeli institutions.Feb 28, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Society of Women Engineers Hosts 2025 Career Day for Girls
The 54th annual event, hosted by the Northwestern undergraduate student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, welcomed Chicago-area middle school and high school students for labs tours and hands-on engineering activities.Feb 27, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Electrical Engineering Alum Russell Taylor Johns (’82) Elected to the NAE
Currently a professor at Pennsylvania State University, Russell Taylor Johns is one of 128 members of the 2025 class. Johns was cited for “developing thermodynamically rigorous algorithms for modeling hydrocarbon recovery processes.”Feb 13, 2025|from National Academy of Engineering
Manijeh Razeghi Selected as Conference Chair of the 2025 International Materials Summit
Professor Manijeh Razeghi will serve as conference chair of the International Materials Summit, scheduled February 17-19 in Boston.Feb 6, 2025|from International Materials Summit
Nivedita Arora Named an ‘Emerging Rockstar’ by “IEEE Pervasive Computing” Magazine
The magazine segment highlights rising stars in fields including mobile systems, ubiquitous computing, and the Internet of Things.Feb 5, 2025|from IEEE Pervasive Computing