Professor Eleanor O'Rourke and PhD students Melissa Chen and Yinmiao Li won a Best Paper Award at ICER 2024 for their study ...

The two Northwestern Engineering faculty members spoke at the September 27 event with the theme of “Lighting the Way.” ...

Static electricity was first observed in 600 BC, but researchers have struggled to explain how it is caused by rubbing. With a better understanding of the mechanisms at play, researchers potentially ...

Professor Julius Lucks’s device leverages advances in in vitro synthetic biology to diagnose disease in crops before the ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers, including two Northwestern University engineers, has received up to $34 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track ...

Although it was known that palladium catalyzes water formation, the exact molecular mechanism behind this reaction was not fully understood. For the first time ever, researchers have witnessed — in ...

“If you believe an item is present on the shelf of the store but it’s not, this misinformation creates confusion,” said Vats, who has been with Target full-time since January. “It won’t trigger ...

A luxury private residence is being constructed on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. To date, the contractor was paid informally for the project, but the client is now requiring formal progress payments, ...

With MSIT set to welcome the class of 2025, associate director Stephen Dowling shares his views on the state of IT today and what differentiates MSIT graduates. Northwestern Engineering's Master of ...

Kevin Nolan credits his master’s degree experience for giving him what he needs to succeed as a senior associate at STV, a professional services company that specializes in architecture, engineering, ...