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Sanjay Sood Shares Leadership Lessons and Life Insights with Graduates
Sood spoke at the December 14 PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony, recalling the lessons he’s learned during his career.Dec 16, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Chicago Biohub Backed by Mark Zuckerberg Publishes Its First Research, Discovering Way to Continuously Monitor Inflammation
The Chicago Tribune wrote about the work from Professor Shana Kelley to develop a sensor that monitors fluctuating proteins within the body in real time.Dec 10, 2024|from Chicago Tribune (via MSN)
Shaking Sensor Continuously Monitors Inflammation
The first-of-its-kind sensor developed by Professor Shana O. Kelley monitors fluctuating proteins within the body in real time.Dec 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Funding Could Make Whole-Eye Transplants a Reality
The vision-restoring project including Professors Hao Zhang and Cheng Sun received up to $56 million to fast-track development of a new generation of visible-light optical coherence tomography.Dec 2, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Sanjay Sood to Speak at PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
Sood, senior vice president and chief technology officer at CDW, will speak to graduates and their families during a ceremony on December 14 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.Nov 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Product with Ameer-pioneered Biotechnology Receives FDA Clearance
Acuitive Technologies Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market CITREPORE, a unique synthetic bioactive bone void filler, using patented CITREGEN biomaterial technology. CITREGEN is a medical product based on novel biomaterials pioneered in the laboratory of Professor Guillermo Ameer.Nov 22, 2024|from GlobeNewswire
McCormick Faculty Named Among Global ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2024
The list from analytics company Clarivate identifies researchers who showed significant influence by publishing highly cited papers.Nov 20, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Haptic Patch Transmits Complexity of Touch to the Skin
The device developed by Professors John Rogers and Yonggang Huang delivers various sensations, including vibrations, pressure, and twisting.Nov 6, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Polymer Therapy Shows Promise Against Huntington’s Disease
Neuroscience News wrote about the work done by Professor Nathan Gianneschi to develop a novel polymer-based therapy that could slow Huntington’s disease progression by preventing harmful protein clumps in the brain.Nov 2, 2024|from Neuroscience News
New Huntington’s Treatment Prevents Protein Aggregation
Designer polymers developed by Professor Nathan Gianneschi disrupted protein interactions to preserve cell health in a mouse study.Nov 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Improving the Occupational Health of Manufacturing Workers
Led by Professors Ping Guo and Qi Zhu, an interdisciplinary engineering team developed a wearable multimodal sensor system that leverages machine-learning to enable near-real-time fatigue prediction on the factory floor.Oct 30, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
John A. “Mac” McQuown, Northwestern Alumni Medalist and Benefactor, Dies at 90
An entrepreneur, financial innovator, and philanthropist, McQuown made an impact on sustainability, environmentalism and engineering research.Oct 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Implantable Drug Factories: The Future of On-Demand Medication
In a perspective article published in Science, Professor Jonathan Rivnay explores next-generation bioelectronic medication.Oct 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Nature and Plastics Inspire Breakthrough in Soft Sustainable Materials
Biodegradable structures developed by Professor Samuel Stupp could revolutionize energy, information technologies, and advanced medicine.Oct 9, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Obesity, Diabetes Implant Receives up to $34 Million to Fast-Track Development
Professors Jonathan Rivnay and Josh Leonard are part of a multi-institutional team of researchers working to create a minimally invasive implant that will eliminate the need for injections and deliver medicine on demand.Oct 2, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News