Category: Engineering and Engineering Technology
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed to the board. The appointments to six-year terms are effective immediately and will require Illinois...
Every spring, the NIU Alumni Association recognizes the achievements of exemplary alumni through a series of prestigious awards. Winners of the Outstanding Alumni Awards for each of NIU’s academic colleges join recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the F. R. Geigle Service Award and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Recipients are selected based on professional and personal...
Join NIU alumni and friends Thursday, April 28, to learn about renewable fuels and the viability of alternative energy sources. NIU alum Promod Vohra, dean of the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, and Gregg Hassler, vice president-finance for Waste Management, Inc., will share their views on ethanol, biodiesel, and other fuels for the future....
Engineering students from NIU have rolled out their design for a simple vehicle designed to improve the lives of people in some of the most remote and rugged areas of the world. The vehicle was unveiled April 16 at the 11th Annual Basic Utility Vehicle Competition, hosted by the Institute for Affordable Transportation in Indianapolis....
Engineering students from Northern Illinois University earlier this month rolled out their design for a simple vehicle designed to improve the lives of people in some of the most remote and rugged areas of the world. The vehicle was unveiled Saturday, April 16, at the 11th Annual Basic Utility Vehicle Competition hosted by the Institute...
Abhijit Gupta, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, will receive the Monroe Seligman Award from the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology. The award recognizes Gupta’s contributions to the institute in the area of vibration testing as a tutorial instructor, mentor to many engineers and an ambassador...
The 2011 Outstanding Women Student Awards have been presented to 48 women from across all disciplines at Northern Illinois University and representing undergraduates, graduate students and law students. NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women gave out the awards during its April 17 reception on campus. The recognition program was created in 1980 and is held annually to:...
An NIU engineering student shows off his vehicle April 6 during the Society of Automotive Engineers visit. NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) played host Wednesday, April 6, to the Chicago and Rockford/Beloit sections of SAE, the Society of Automotive Engineers. “Staying closely connected to business and industry in the region and across the...
Three NIU officials headed for warmer climes in Malaysia during the university’s recent spring break, but the trip wasn’t about rest and relaxation. The trio instead visited the campuses of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), one of NIU’s partner universities in Malaysia, to discuss development of three undergraduate programs in engineering technology. The NIU delegation included Deborah Pierce,...
Twenty-four NIU faculty members will spend part of their summer transforming their classes to make them more inclusive of race, class, gender and other forms of diversity. The Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Institute, to be held from May 16 to May 20, is designed to assist faculty, instructors and Supportive Professional Staff in revising or developing...
Students who want to study abroad this summer have opportunities in Sicily and Thailand that will result in Department of Anthropology credit.
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology had a busy week. In celebration of national Engineers Week, CEET organized a series of events that brought 200 middle and high school students from 10 schools in the northern Illinois region and included a trivia competition and banquet for CEET students. The halls of the Engineering Building were...
