Existing 3D printing methods often force users to choose among speed, fine detail, and the ability to print high-performance materials. Direct ink additive lithography combines light-based and ...

Robert Chang, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, who was honored for his contributions to plasma science and technology, diamond research, high-temperature superconductivity, ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Vadim Backman has been elected a fellow of Optica, a society dedicated to promoting the global generation, application, commercialization, archiving and dissemination of ...

The Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM) at Northwestern University is highly interdisciplinary and focused on applications. Our faculty and students connect with ...

Johannes Weertman, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, passed away at age 93 on October 13. He will be remembered as a pioneering ...

A simple glance now can help drive a wheelchair. Apple recently unveiled a new Vision Pro accessibility feature that allows users to control powered wheelchairs using only their eyes. Northwestern ...

Conventional crosslinked polymers found in car tires, rubber bands, and other everyday items are durable, but their permanent crosslinks prevent them from being recycled. Professor John Torkelson; PhD ...

As Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers around the globe are exploring ways to capture CO 2 from the air and store it deep underground. Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria, Professor Jeffrey ...

Five members of the Northwestern Engineering community have received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising. Gina Fong, Branden Ghena, Colin Hisey, and Suzanne Olds received ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

Industrialization disrupted the labor of artisans and craftworkers, just as the era of information technology and automation shifted workforce tasks and led to occupational obsolescence. How will the ...