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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
A Helping Hand
Zhengyang (Kris) Weng (MSR '25) brought a passion for the piano to MSR, where his independent project replicating a human hand could ultimately impact robots in hospital operating rooms.Jun 11, 2025
Delta Force
Sharwin Patil (MSR ‘25) went from tinkering with Legos to creating an open-source ROS package for Delta robots.May 30, 2025
From Mars to the Moon
In four years, Nick Morales (MSR ‘23) went from watching a rover landing on the Red Planet to pioneering lunar robotics.Apr 30, 2025
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
Making a Dream a Reality
Ananya Agarwal (MSR ‘24) turned her internship into a dream job at the RAI Institute.Apr 18, 2025
Bringing Deliveries to the Skies
Maximiliano Palay (MSR '24) interned at Zipline, a company that uses drones to deliver food, groceries, and medical supplies. In February, he returned to the company full time as a mechanical engineer.Mar 25, 2025
The New-World Explorer
Srikanth Schelbert (MSR ‘24) turned his final project into a toolkit to help roboticists more quickly create autonomous robots to roam new frontiers. Now he's applying lessons learned from that project to his new job at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.Mar 12, 2025
Taking Flight Autonomously
Aditya Nair (MSR ‘24) applied lessons learned in MSR to take an inexpensive bird-like drone and teach it to fly.Feb 28, 2025
Innovating at Walt Disney Imagineering
Rahul Roy (MSR '24) looks back on his 'transformational' experience interning for the research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company.Feb 19, 2025
An Inspiring Underwater Experience
Ishani Narwankar (MSR '24) applied lessons learned from her MSR independent project to her internship with MBARI, a non-profit research institution where scientists and engineers work together to explore and study the sea.Feb 7, 2025
Supporting Spot at The AI Institute
Katie Hughes (MSR '23) is thrilled to be using lessons learned in Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program to help advance robotics and artificial intelligence.Jan 28, 2025
Devoting Attention to the Details
Carter DiOrio (MSR '24) developed a newfound confidence in his technical knowledge while in the MSR program. Today he's showcasing that confidence at Caterpillar, the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment.Jan 24, 2025
Building Connection During Orientation
Students' introduction to the MSR program was as much about getting to know each other as it was about the technology they will use throughout the program.Jan 15, 2025