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Notestein, Beltran Receive 2025 Meshii Awards
The award, donated by the family of emeritus faculty member Masahiro “Mike” Meshii, honors excellence in design education.Oct 7, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Huang Elected International Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Yonggang Huang is one of 74 fellows elected this year, and one of nine international fellows picked.Sep 24, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Gizmodo Science Fair: A Non-Toxic Alternative to ‘Forever Chemicals’
Gizmodo wrote about Professor Timothy Wei’s invention of a water- and oil-resistant material that could replace harmful plastic and PFAS coatings in food packaging.Sep 22, 2025|from Gizmodo
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2025 Cole-Higgins Awards
Joshua D’Arcy, Izzy Grosof, Jeremy Keys, Amjed Shafique, and Robert Linsenmeier received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
AI Produces Shape-Morphing Materials in Minutes
A research team with Professors Wei Chen and Ryan Truby harnessed physics, computation, and 3D printing to autonomously produce materials that change shape on demand.Sep 12, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
‘Bone-ified Muscles’ Could Be Robots’ Next Flex
The bioinspired artificial muscles developed by Professor Ryan Truby enable robotic limbs to push, lift, and kick.Jul 28, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Youssef Abdelhalim Reflects after Graduating with Honors and Tackling Pioneering Rocket Research
The winner of the 2025 Ovid W. Eshbach Award, Abdelhalim graduated in June with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering.Jul 9, 2025
Rogers and Huang Honored with Namesake Medal by ICCES
The John Rogers/Yonggang Huang Medal is for researchers with a strong history of collaboration.Jul 8, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Sam Kriegman Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
By generalizing the optimization techniques of artificial neural networks to the design of robots, Kriegman and his team aim to evolve novel robots with important new capabilities that are difficult or impossible to design by hand.Jun 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Ameet Mallik Shares Lessons That Shaped His Innovation
During his June 16 speech at the 2025 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony, Mallik credited lifelong learning, purpose, relationships, and balance as keys to his success.Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Matthew Skaruppa Highlights Fear, Compulsion, and Love in Graduation Speech
Skaruppa, the CFO of Duolingo, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2025 Undergraduate Convocation on June 16.Jun 17, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grad Spotlight: Turner Davidson Turns Passion for Automotive Design into Hands-On Engineering Success
Davidson is graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering after spending countless hours in the Ford shop, where he honed his design and manufacturing skills through Baja SAE and personal automotive projects.Jun 12, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grad Spotlight: Tara Saxena Builds Community and Confidence Through Engineering and Leadership at McCormick
Saxena is graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering after serving as co-president of SWE and NUSTARS.Jun 9, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Scientists Find a Market Ready Replacement for PFAS
Forbes reported on work done by Adjunct Professor Timothy Wei that could be a safe replacement for forever chemicals in food packaging.May 29, 2025|from Forbes
PFAS Could Be Replaced with Safe Graphene Oxide Solution
The new non-toxic material developed by Adjunct Professor Timothy Wei is water- and oil-resistant, sustainable, and affordable.May 29, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News