Research

Affiliated Centers & Institutes

The Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics is connected to quite a few research centers and institutes at Northwestern University. Our affiliations with these research centers and institutes support the interdisciplinary research efforts led by our faculty members.

• NSF-Simons Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB)
• The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
• The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
• The Center for Hierarchical Materials Design
• The Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Fluid Dynamics at Northwestern
• Center for Synthetic Biology
• Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy
• Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience