Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Rubenstein has been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Fellows program. Launched this year, the ...

Payal Mohapatra (PhD ’26) and Stefany Cruz (PhD ’25) were among 39 outstanding early-career researchers from 26 institutions ...

Buildings shape daily life. They influence the air people breathe, the energy we use, and the comfort of the spaces where we live and work. As environmental conditions shift, engineers and designers ...

Long frustrated with siloed, disconnected, and inefficient academic research workflows, Northwestern Engineering’s Adrienne Kline developed CiteGeist, a cloud-based, AI-powered research management ...

Mechanical engineers are problem-solvers who design and develop products, processes, and systems that impact a wide range of areas, including infrastructure, healthcare, security, manufacturing, and ...

The Biomaterials Group aims to develop self-assembled, bio-integrated electronic, synthetic, and nanoscale materials for biomedical applications. Research and teaching areas include self-assembled ...

Parameter identifiability and estimation for rate-based models of synaptic plasticity (Advisor: James Fitzgerald). Developing experimental design methods to address identifiability issues in sparse ...

Academics OverviewExplore our degrees, programs, courses, and other enrichment opportunities. All Areas of StudyView a chart of all study areas cross-categorized by degree type. Undergraduate Study ...

Algorithm design and analysis is fundamental to all areas of computer science and gives a rigorous framework for the study optimization. This course provides an introduction to algorithm design ...

Our students become leaders in education, industry, and government. Our research deepens the understanding of the underlying science and engineering practice of building and managing an efficient, ...

The world faces a range of global challenges where biotechnologies stand to offer impactful solutions. Synthetic biology is reframing how we approach biotechnology development by uncovering new ...

Environmental engineers are the technical professionals who identify and design solutions for environmental problems. They seek to shield the environment from the harmful effects of human activity, ...