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Category: Engineering and Engineering Technology
Alan Swiglo
Alan Swiglo, associate director of manufacturing processes research for the NIU College of Engineering & Engineering Technology, will receive the 2011 Fellow Award from ASM International (formerly American Society of Metals) Oct. 18. This lifetime achievement and service award to his profession highlights Swiglo’s seminal and proprietary advancements throughout his four decades of service in...
NIU new logo
Today’s announcement of a new university logo to accompany the tagline selected in December 2010 – “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” – completes the research and design phase of NIU’s institutional brand identity. Working hand-in-hand with the “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” tagline, the trademarked logo is the visual component of NIU’s communications efforts to strategically convey...
A student shows off the Huskie he drew to adorn the cover of his Health Careers scrap book.
Friday nights were like graduation at Stevenson Towers this summer. The cafeteria tables were draped in red and black cloths. Parents arrived after work in sundresses, suits or coveralls and steel-toed boots, on time so they wouldn’t miss dinner and the ceremony. As campers showed off their week’s worth of accomplishments and received their certificates...
Rena Cotsones
Seven area groups collaborated and applied for a federal grant that could significantly strengthen the region’s aerospace industry. The announcement was made Tuesday at the NIU-Rockford campus. Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering & Engineering Technology, also spoke at the news conference. Rena Cotsones, NIU’s assistant vice president for regional engagement in...
Tee Up Fore Scholarships
Five students from NIU’s College of Engineering & Engineering Technology will benefit from scholarships in the amount of $2,000 thanks to a tremendous partnership between Caterpillar and the college.  CEET hosted the first Tee Up Fore Scholarships golf outing June 13 to support scholarships for the college, thanks in large part to the guidance, support and friendship from Caterpillar and...
An idea conceived in an NIU classroom has become more than just another school project. When former Huskie defensive end Erek Benz was presented with the challenge of developing a start-up business for an entrepreneurship class, he teamed with former NIU quarterback Dan Nicholson, and business majors Christian Anderson and David Pickard. Together they created...
Darrell E. "Doc" Newell
When pressed, Darrell “Doc” Newell would admit that things like mechanical engineering or industrial technology were important. But to his mind, electrical engineering was always first among equals. Therefore, it was appropriate that family, friends and former colleagues gathered Saturday, June 11 to see the Electrical Engineering Suite in the NIU College of Engineering and...
Economic impact report
A report released today by Northern Illinois University demonstrates that the university is a powerful force for economic and societal good in DeKalb County and beyond. “We have been part of the landscape for more than a century, so it is easy to forget what an impact we have on the community. It is important...
The NIU Foundation invites all faculty and staff from units within the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Information Technologies and Intercollegiate Athletics to apply for the FY2012 Venture Grants. This program focuses support toward the university’s strategic planning initiatives. Grantees will be selected based on their potential to...
Promod Vohra
Promod Vohra, dean of NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, has been selected to serve on the First Committee of the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission. The HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region. In this position, Vohra will have a hand in the accreditation process of...
Northern Illinois University engineering student Alan Hurt recently completed a successful climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. His six-day trek up the mountain began in lush jungles, but quickly turned into an arduous affair that include a bout of food poisoning and a temperature at the summit of a bitter minus 4 Fahrenheit....
A student catches sunlight with a scintillator.
Do you know what a scintillator is? Can you use scintillate in a sentence? Thanks to scientists and technologists at NIU, 70 students from Libertyville’s AP physics classes can. The students visited NIU’s Department of Physics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Mechanical Engineering labs in the College of Engineering and Engineering...
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