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 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:34:34 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/610 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/610 Douglas Losordo, director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute , will speak at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2 in the ITW classroom in the Ford building. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/611 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/611 The team that built the Minneapolis bridge replacing the one that collapsed into the Mississippi River two years ago received the David F. Schulz Award for Outstanding Public Service in Transportation and Infrastructure Policy from Northwestern University on November 2. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/609 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/609 Noshir Contractor will receive more than $1.3 million in funding as part of his work with two new centers that will form a new Collaborative Technology Alliance in the area of network science. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/608 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/608 News at Seven is a software system that automatically generates virtual news shows by collecting, editing, and organizing news stories from the Internet and presenting them via animated anchors using text-to-speech (TTS) technology. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/607 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/607 Students involved in Engineers for a Sustainable World used their spring break to build biogas digesters in Nicaragua. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/605 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/605 Q. Jane Wang, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/604 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/604 Several McCormick staff members were recently honored as part of the McCormick Staff Service Recognition Awards. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/602 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/602 The Northwestern Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers was acknowledged recently as an Outstanding Collegiate Section — Silver Level at the organization’s national conference in Long Beach, CA. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/603 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/603 The Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics, a new building that will encourage discoveries at the intersections of multiple scientific disciplines, will be dedicated Thursday. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/601 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/601 Horacio Espinosa and his graduate student Ravi Agrawal have shown that diamond atomic force microscopy probes are 10 times more durable than silicon nitride probes. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/599 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/599 The latest issue of the Materials Research Society bulletin features the theme of atom-probe tomography in honor of David Seidman, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering who was selected as the society’s 2008 Turnbull Lecturer. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/598 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/598 Undergraduate student Drew Mitzelfeld and his peers, eager for other students to find undergraduate research opportunities, have created the McCormick Undergraduate Research Society. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/596 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/596 Eight McCormick professors will participate in a multimillion-dollar interdisciplinary project that will study genes and their role in cancer. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/597 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/597 Noshir Contractor has been named a director of the Web Science Trust, a non-profit company that aims to advance education and research in web science. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/595 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/595 Mankind’s journey to adopting scientific measurements was the subject of the Dean’s Centennial Seminar Series talk given Wednesday, Oct. 21 by Ken Alder, professor of history and the Milton H. Wilson Professor in the Humanities. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/594 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/594 The six-week Finding Nano summer program offered by Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) gives students a chance to earn credits, visit research technology centers, and get a feel for German technological culture. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/593 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/593 A team of Northwestern researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/592 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/592 A New York Times blog features recent advances made by students and professors at the Intelligent Information Lab based at McCormick. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/590 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/590 The MMM program and the Master of Product Development program were recently named as two of the “World’s Best Design Schools” by Business Week magazine. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/589 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/589 A research group at has developed a new way for your computer to detect if you’re there, and they’re looking for test subjects to try it out and see just how much power it saves. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/587 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/587 The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science celebrated its 100th anniversary at the Centennial Campus Celebration on Oct. 2, 2009. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/588 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/588 Four McCormick professors are among 49 of the nation’s brightest young engineering researchers and educators who have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) first Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/586 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/586 Two research projects led by faculty at McCormick have each received $2 million from the National Science Foundation’s Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/584 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/584 It’s called P vs. NP, and for computer scientists like Lance Fortnow, it’s the biggest theoretical problem in computer science. Fortnow's article on the subject has garnered significant buzz. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/583 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/583 Matthew Grayson was recently named McCormick Teacher of the Year, while John Rudnicki was named McCormick Adviser of the Year. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/582 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/582 Bill Kath and Nelson Spruston have used the process of evolution to model ion channels -- a key part of neurons. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/581 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/581 College students make strategic choices about where to vote, prefer absentee ballots, and are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new study directed by Michael Peshkin. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/578 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/578 A $4 million National Science Foundation International Materials Institute for Solar Energy Conversion will be established at McCormick. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/576 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/576 David Dunand has been collaborating on a project focused on a nickel-manganese-gallium alloy that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/577 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/577 A new study of human behavior led by Luis Amaral has determined that those who wrote letters using pen and paper -- long before electronic mail existed -- did so in a pattern similar to the way people use e-mail today. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/575 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/575 This six-week, non-credit course is designed to provide graduate students and alumni with tools to manage their careers in engineering, technology, and the sciences. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/574 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/574 The free events provide a casual forum to explore and debate the latest in science and technology. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/572 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/572 As McCormick begins a new school year, three departments are under new leadership. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/573 http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/573 Harold Kung will be awarded the 2009 Ernest W. Thiele Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chicago Section. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500