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Systemically Injectable Therapy Could Prevent Heart Failure After a Heart Attack
A protein-like polymer developed by Professor Nathan Gianneschi demonstrated improved heart health in animal experiments.Apr 25, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Structure Dictates Effectiveness, Safety in Nanomedicine
In a perspective, Northwestern Engineering’s Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich argue that structural precision drives therapeutic innovation, ultimately benefiting patients.Apr 25, 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
Northwestern Launches Pioneering Medical Research Institute with Gift from Kimberly Querrey
Northwestern University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P) has made a $10 million gift to create and enhance the Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering at Northwestern University, directed by Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer.Apr 21, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Volpatti Earns Research Award from Hartwell Foundation
The award will go toward Professor Lisa Volpatti’s work preventing organ transplant rejection.Apr 15, 2025
Researchers Develop the World’s Smallest Pacemaker, and It Could Be Revolutionary for Newborn Babies With Heart Defects
Smithsonian wrote about the new device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang that is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, eliminating the risks of an extraction surgery.Apr 14, 2025|from Smithsonian Magazine
Your Skin Is Breathing. This New Wearable Device Can Measure It.
Professors John Rogers, Guillermo Ameer, and Yonggang Huang developed the first wearable device that gauges health by sensing gases coming from and going into the skin.Apr 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
World’s Smallest Pacemaker Is Activated by Light
The tiny device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang can be inserted with a syringe, and then dissolve after it’s no longer needed.Apr 2, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Two Faculty Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
Professors Joshua Leonard and Jonathan Rivnay are part of AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2025, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers.Mar 31, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Feeling the Future: New Wearable Device Mimics Complexity of Human Touch
The device developed by Professors John Rogers, Yonggang Huang, and J. Edward Colgate goes beyond the buzz to create a sophisticated variety of haptic sensations.Mar 27, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
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
Rogers and Huang Honored with Namesake Medal for Collaborative Research at Texas A&M
The annual award, commemorating the prolific collaboration between Rogers and Huang, will recognize outstanding research by fellows at the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and Texas A&M students.Feb 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Wireless Device Tracks Heart Function in Real Time
Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses advanced sensors to monitor calcium levels and electrical signals, which could support future cardiac care by predicting and preventing cardiac events.Feb 7, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Mantis Shrimp Clubs Filter Sound to Mitigate Damage
A team led by Professor Horacio D. Espinosa discovered how mantis shrimp remain impervious to the intense shockwaves created by their own strikes.Feb 6, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News