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Leading Research at the Intersection of AI and Global Security

On Dec. 11, leading experts in AI, cybersecurity, and national security discussed AI-enabled terrorism and warfare, emerging ...
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Christine Schyvinck Urges Graduates to Embrace Creativity, Leadership, and Iteration

The president, CEO, and chairman of Shure Incorporated, Schyvinck spoke at the Dec. 13 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition ...
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Iron Minerals’ Hidden Chemistry Explains How Soils Trap Carbon

From mixed charges to chemical bonding, Professor Ludmilla Aristilde found that iron uses multiple strategies to lock carbon ...
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Artificial Metabolism Turns Waste CO2 Into Useful Chemicals

Natural biological systems cannot efficiently convert waste CO₂ or its derivatives into useful building-block chemicals at a scale that can keep pace with rising atmospheric carbon. Engineer a fully ...
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Northwestern Student Team Wins Highest Honor at NASA BIG Idea Challenge

A team including 25 Northwestern Engineering students took the highest honor at NASA’s 2024 annual Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge forum. This year’s theme — ...
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Wireless Device ‘Speaks’ to the Brain with Light

Restoring lost senses or delivering precise brain signals has required invasive hardware and can’t mimic the brain’s natural, distributed activity patterns. This platform shows the brain can learn to ...
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Improving the Occupational Health of Manufacturing Workers

Worker fatigue in safety-critical industries like manufacturing increases the risk of accidents and injuries while decreasing overall performance. The interdisciplinary engineering team developed a ...
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QSI-TEAMS to Fast-Track Medical Device Development

At a time when medical technology breakthroughs often stall long before reaching patients, Northwestern University’s Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB) has become a striking exception ...
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PhD Student Kexin Zhao Wins Best Student Paper Award at ACS 2025

Northwestern Engineering’s Kexin Zhao earned the Patrick Henry Winston Best Student Paper Award at the 2025 Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS), held October 13-15 at the Georgia ...
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Christine Schyvinck to Speak at PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony

Christine Schyvinck (MEM ’99), president, CEO, and chairman of Shure Incorporated, will address Northwestern Engineering’s Class of 2025 at the PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony on ...
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Bažant, Farha Named to National Academy of Inventors

NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. The program recognizes academic inventors who have demonstrated a “spirit of innovation” by creating or ...
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Northwestern CS Announces Fall 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant and Peer Mentors

Northwestern Computer Science teaching assistants and peer mentors play a vital role in supporting students across a wide range of computing backgrounds by providing individualized guidance and ...