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Industrial Engineering Welcomes Two Assistant Professors

The new faculty will bring expertise in optimization, data analytics, healthcare, and smart manufacturing.
Mar 11, 2025

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

Julia Gaudio Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

The award will support research into inference and reconstruction problems on networks.
Feb 6, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

Engineering Students Pitch Ideas to Men’s Soccer on How to Use Data

During a machine learning and data science hackathon, teams provided coach Russell Payne new insights driven by AI.
Jan 30, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News

IEMS Student Wins First Place in Video Contest to Promote ISE Professions

Pantira Ketkaew’s work was cited for its impact to further the introduction of the industrial and systems engineering profession.
Jan 27, 2025

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

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

Chicago Students Explore Industrial Engineering During Campus Visit

Chicago Math and Science Academy students discovered career possibilities and campus life during a recent trip to Evanston.
Nov 25, 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

Christina Kosmowski, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen Honored with IEMS Distinguished Alumni Award

Kosmowski and Shen were recognized during an October 18 ceremony that included remarks from University President Michael Schill.
Oct 25, 2024

Nelson Wins 2024 Saul Gass Expository Writing Award

The award honors a researcher whose publications demonstrate a consistently high standard.
Oct 24, 2024

Finding Common Ground in a Divided World

An author, lawyer, and First Amendment scholar, John Inazu spoke about the art of respectful disagreement at an October 8 event sponsored by the Personal Development StudioLab.
Oct 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Hani Mahmassani Named 2024 INFORMS Fellow

Mahmassani was recognized for contributions to transportation science and leadership in the field.
Oct 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Northwestern to Lead $20 Million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy

With Professor Aggelos Katsaggelos as co-principal investigator, the SkAI Institute will develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution.
Sep 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Two McCormick Alumni Named University Trustees

Jack Kang (’90) and Rodney Priestley (’05 MS, ’08 PhD) are two of three additions to the University’s Board of Trustees.
Sep 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
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