http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/ The latest news stories from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. marketing@mccormick.northwestern.edu Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:19:29 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/413 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/413 The ArticuLab, a Northwestern University research group that studies how humans communicate with and through technology, announced today its autism research received a pledge of support from HP. The support will come in the form of a donation of three of the award-winning HP TouchSmart PCs and consultation with technology experts in HP's Personal Systems Group. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/412 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/412 The McCormick Office of Corporate Relations invites industry leaders to join faculty at Mornings at McCormick this fall. The presentations, which run from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and include a continental breakfast, allow industry leaders to hear about professors' latest research and innovations, establish new relationships, exchange ideas, and meet potential research partners in a more intimate forum. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/411 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/411 Two McCormick School of Engineering professors - Mitra Hartmann, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, and Jose Andrade, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering - have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's 14th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/408 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/408 Researchers at Northwestern University recently made the first experimental measurements of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes that directly correspond to the theoretical predictions. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/409 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/409 Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space. Mirkin and his colleagues printed the logos as well as an integrated gold circuit using a new printing technique, called Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL), that can write on three different length scales using only one device. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/406 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/406 Kemi Jona, research associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and learning strategist at the School of Education and Social Policy, recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to partner with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide students with remote online access to lab equipment. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/407 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/407 The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering will hold a 50th Anniversary celebration during Homecoming weekend October 18 and 19. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/405 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/405 Julio Ottino, dean, Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor, and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, will receive the 2008 Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/404 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/404 Yonggang Huang, Joseph Cummings Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, has collaborated with John Rogers, the Flory-Founder Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to create an array of silicon detectors and electronics that can be conformed to a curved surface. Like the human eye, the curved surface can then act as the focal plane array of the camera, which captures an image. The results of this research are published as the cover story in the Aug. 7 issue of the journal Nature. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/402 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/402 Senior Eric Peterman, an industrial engineering and management sciences major and linebacker for Northwestern, was one of the representatives for Northwestern at the Big Ten Conference football media day. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/403 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/403 Several recent McCormick graduates are featured on the Northwestern Magazine's web site as part of its summer issue. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/401 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/401 Northwestern University has received a three-year, $1.6 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support reproductive science research focused on understanding the chemical and biological signaling events surrounding fertilization and early embryonic development. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/398 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/398 Together with the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences has developed a new program that will award students a Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) and a PhD in engineering. Beginning in September, the program will become an offering of The Graduate School. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/399 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/399 A team of electrical engineering and computer science graduate students and their professor, Alok Choudhary, recently finished among the top ten teams in the KDD Cup Challenge 2008. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/396 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/396 Northwestern University's solar car team has officially qualified for the North American Solar Challenge. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/397 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/397 Northwestern University's Technological Institute is undergoing three phases of construction this summer, including reconstruction of the entire west entrance plaza of the building. All renovations are scheduled to be completed by December. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/394 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/394 Students at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University are developing a system that would allow a shuttle bus to run on waste vegetable oil. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/395 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/395 The winners of the 2008 Margaret and Muir Frey Memorial Prize were announced at the 2008 McCormick Convocation. The prize is awarded each year for innovation and creativity in senior capstone work, as judged by a jury of recognized leaders from the fields of engineering. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500