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Dr. Frank Gruber, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Technology, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, was recently presented with the Kaywood Award for contributions to the field of Traffic Safety for his teaching, research, consulting, committee work, and community service in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The award was from the American Driver and...
Nine undergraduate engineering students from Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia, along with eight NIU students, recently completed a short-track program at NIU on simulation modeling and analysis. The three-week intensive program, which ran from June 26 to July 15, was offered by NIU’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in collaboration with the Universidad de...
NIU’s International Training Office is seeking host families for 10 Colombian students of industrial engineering who will be attending a three-week training program from Sunday, June 26, through Saturday, July 16. A stipend will be paid to each host family for hosting one student. Host Family responsibilities Pick up and meet students initially Sunday, June...
What if our cars could help save the environment? At the next STEM Café, “Renewable Nation: How Hybrid Cars and Smart Grids Will Change America,” NIU assistant professor Kevin Martin will explain how technology could transform vehicles from gas guzzlers into key components of a smarter, more sustainable power system. The free talk and discussion...
From left: Matt Feuerborn, dean of Career Technologies at Kishwaukee College; Mark Lanting, vice president of instruction at KC; Laurie Borowicz, president of KC; Doug Baker, president of NIU; and Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.
Officials from Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee College signed an agreement today to create a smooth transfer program between the institutions for students interested in pursuing a university technology degree. Kishwaukee College President Laurie Borowicz and NIU President Doug Baker signed the agreement. It will allow Kishwaukee College students who are enrolled in the Associate...
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The Idea, Innovation, Impact Lab (I-Lab) is a 16-week program, which includes workshops on creativity, social impact, design, engineering and innovation. In this start-up accelerator, students work in multi-disciplinary entrepreneurial teams to develop an innovative technology to solve a social problem. Student applicants are currently being sought for the fall semester. The course will be...
NIU & RVC Engineering Our Future
Work to raise $6 million in support off the NIU Engineering Program at Rock Valley College is off to a good start. Nearly $3 million already has been committed to the Engineering Our Future campaign, RVC President Mike Mastroianni cheered during a Tuesday afternoon kickoff event in Rockford that attracted captains of industry, elected officials...
Students fortunate enough to be in one of NIU’s mechanical engineering classes with Federico Sciammarella can look forward to being on the cutting edge of 3D printing and manufacturing. Sciammarella uses his personal experiences with 3D printing to enrich the classes he teaches. That has helped him earn the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering...
CEET job fair
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology will host an engineering job fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. Engineering majors, as well as computer science majors, are invited to learn more about opportunities for full-time jobs and internships. More than 35 companies participate. The job fair takes place in rooms 354...
Last fall, the automobile industry and eco-minded consumers were rocked by the revelation that Volkswagen had intentionally manipulated sensors in its cars – 11 million in all – to beat emissions tests, letting their diesel engines spew illegally high amounts of harmful nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere. At the next STEM Café, two NIU professors...
Still looking for that perfect gift for a child you know? Something exciting, hands-on, and educational for a budding inventor? Something they will remember for years to come? Northern Illinois University’s STEM Outreach has gift options ready for you – a diverse new schedule of STEM Saturday classes designed to get young people fired up...
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin
NIU’s deep commitment to strengthening the Rockford economy vaulted into a national spotlight Monday with the announcement that the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute will locate its first chapter in the city. Called a “momentous day in the history of Rockford” and “a big win for the Rockford community and manufacturers across the country,”...
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