James Mortell, ’15, works amongst robots, but it does not faze him. As a product engineer for Omron, an electronics company based in Kyoto, Japan, it is all in a day’s work. After three years of experience with Omron’s Vision Inspection
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CEET seniors in midst of Design Day projects
Senior Design Stories: Vertical farming By the year 2050, it’s estimated that the world’s population will exceed 9.8 billion. This has scientists concerned about how to keep up with the demand for food, which will be 60% higher than it is today.
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NIU mourns the passing of Romualdas Kasuba, first dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Faculty and staff of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) at Northern Illinois University are mourning the loss of the first dean of CEET, Romualdas Kasuba, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. (Honorary), dean emeritus, who passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10. Dean
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Kostic named a thermodynamic topical collection editor of Entropy journal
Milivoje M. Kostic, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and editor-in-chief of the Thermodynamics Section of Entropy journal, has been recently named as a topical collection editor of Foundations and Ubiquity of Classical Thermodynamics, after serving as a guest editor for three
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Student designs solar phone charger
Mechatronics engineering student Di’Quan Ishmon has solved the problem every person with a mobile device faces: a dead battery. In fact, he is gearing up to enter his invention in the Falling Walls Lab Competition in Champaign, Illinois on Friday, Sept. 27.
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Professor Hogan named CEET’s Faculty of the Year
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) of Northern Illinois University (NIU) presented Associate Professor Ted Hogan, Ph. D. with the 2019 Faculty of the Year award at its meeting on August 21. Professor Hogan joined the Department of Engineering Technology
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WNIJ welcomes full-time education reporter
WNIJ has added a full-time reporter to cover education issues in the northern Illinois area. Peter Medlin joined the station as a part-time reporter in 2018 and has already produced a number of feature reports on topics like teacher shortages, vocational training
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Six Sigma certification drives continuous improvement
Improving processes that increase productivity, reduce costs, increase profits and so much more. That’s what professionals in all types of organizations can learn by earning a Lean Six Sigma Certificate. The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology trains professionals in Lean Six
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Senior Design Demo Day winners announced
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) held its inaugural Senior Design Demonstration Day on May 3 at the NIU Convocation Center. More than 200 seniors representing nearly 80 teams showcased the capstone projects they’ve been working on all year that
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Innovative and inspirational inventions on display at Demo Day event
Making life less challenging… that’s what the seniors of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) have been working on all year. From devices that alert drivers to approaching emergency vehicles to ensuring allergy patients always have their life-saving epinephrine injection
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Celebrating excellent faculty
Join your colleagues in congratulating the newly named Board of Trustees Professor; Presidential Teaching Professor; Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professors; Presidential Engagement Professor; and the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Instruction Award recipients at an event held in their honor on
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Engineering grad builds a city in Saudi Arabia
If Mike Chihoski, ‘96, M.S. ‘08, could go back in time and tell his student-self what the future had in store, past-Mike would never believe him. Chihoski, a double graduate of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, has traveled a long
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