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Micro-and nanoengineering provide tools to enable the characterization and design of nanostructured materials and metamaterials with novel electronic, photonic and mechanical properties that address ...

Advancing basic and translational research to address critical healthcare issues and answer fundamental biological questions at scales from molecules to systems From molecular mechanics to multiscale ...

Computational simulation gives researchers the power to explore complex engineering problems that cannot be easily approached through theory and experiment alone. We are creating solutions using ...

Sustainable access to energy and clean water using low carbon emission technologies is essential to address climate change. We are inventing new technological solutions using integrated approaches ...

Manufacturing has the largest economic multiplier effect of all industries, integrating both ideas and technologies across multiple disciplines, and aiming for the creation of processes and systems ...

Developing human-centered, physics-based, and AI-enabled design methods for creating engineering products and systems that address societal challenges Design combines engineering, business, the arts, ...

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Former VP and Co-Owner, Milex Products Inc. Bob Shaw is currently a volunteer consultant at Northwestern University and serves on the ME Advisory Board, the McCormick Advisory Committee, and is an ...

Thesis or non-thesis MS students must take at least one course from four of the eight subareas: solids, fluids/thermodynamics/energy, dynamics/controls, design ...

All international PhD students whose primary language is not English are required to take the Versant English Test after arriving at Northwestern. All international PhD students whose primary language ...

On land, in air, in space, and underwater, as individuals and as teams, autonomous machines increasingly impact infrastructure, healthcare, security, manufacturing, and the environment. Our research ...