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Category: Engineering and Engineering Technology
Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education logo
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology might be located in the heart of the Midwest, but the ties of the brand reach out over continents through global initiatives. A new global organization – the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) – is aiming to improve the quality and global relevance of engineering education and...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that NIU will receive $2.4 million to develop tools for process control and qualifying parts made with layer-by-layer additive-manufacturing processes. Benefits of additive manufacturing include producing goods quickly and on-demand, with greater customization and complexity and less material waste. “It is...
Nick Pohlman
Most people can thank a teacher for making them who they are today. Many teachers inspire and encourage students to do the best they can and can help create dreams and make them a reality. NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has one of those teachers. For Nicholas Pohlman, assistant professor of mechanical engineering,...
Amanda Emrich (center) with colleagues at GE Healthcare
Amanda Emrich, a biomedical engineering student in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, spent her summer interning for one of the largest U.S. multinational conglomerate corporations, General Electric. Emrich focused on CT scanners (a dream for biomedical engineering majors) at General Electric Healthcare. CT scanners (computerized tomography) are responsible for medicine and biology diagnosis...
U.S. News and World report has once again named the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology as one of the top 50 engineering programs in America, where the highest available degree is a bachelor’s or master’s degree. The college ranks 45th on a list of 203 programs. The rankings were published last week. “We...
Gary Andrews
Gary Andrews, a longtime instructor with the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s Traffic Safety Education program, was honored this spring by his employer: Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202. Andrews, the lead driver education instructor at Plainfield Central High School, received an Award of Excellence in recognition of his significant impact on students,...
Northern Illinois University experienced modest growth in new freshman and graduate school enrollment following the first 10 days of classes, according to NIU’s Office of Institutional Research. The number of new freshman increased slightly by 15 students, marking the second straight year of gains.  NIU enrolled 4,917 new undergraduate students, including 2,679 new freshmen and...
Northern Illinois University advanced 12 places to No. 177 among “Best National Universities” and moved into the top 100 among national public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges list released Sept. 10. NIU ranks 98th among public institutions within the national universities category, which consists of 281 American universities which offer...
Lacey LaBelle, Shanthi Muthuswamy, Swati Goyal and Andrea Briggs
Across the country, women make up 18 percent of the population of engineers in student programs. One NIU professor is determined to change those numbers. Shanthi Muthuswamy, an assistant professor in the Department of Technology in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, teaches courses in manufacturing engineering technology and industrial management technology. Her research...
Pettee Guererro
Through the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET), Huskie Pride is crossing borders and changing lives. Pettee Guerrero, a mechanical engineering graduate student and president of the NIU Society of Women Engineers, left the comforts of summer in DeKalb to bring the knowledge she has gained at NIU to Camp Eureka in Puerto Rico....
Faculty of the Year winner Nicholas Pohlman teaches bridge program students about research and math.
Move-in weekend is a stressful time for students and parents alike: An overwhelming schedule of activities, meeting new people and saying goodbye is shared by all incoming freshman. For the 50-some students who spent a week in the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) Math Bridge Program, it also represents a commitment to...
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Effective Fall 2013, a new grading system has been implemented for undergraduate students incorporating plus/minus grades. Registration and Records provides answers to “Frequently Asked Questions” online. For more information, call (815)753-0681 or email regrec@niu.edu.
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