Category: Research
Chemist Elizabeth Gaillard, geographer Wei Luo and physicist Philippe Piot have been named recipients of the 2013 Presidential Research Professor, Northern Illinois University’s top recognition for outstanding research and artistry. “Each of the individuals selected for this honor is recognized as a leader and innovator in their fields,” said Lisa Freeman, NIU Vice President for...
Over the next two decades, the number of Americans with macular degeneration is expected to double, to more than 24 million. NIU’s Elizabeth Gaillard is working to slow, or stop, that process. During her 16 years as a professor the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biological Sciences at NIU, Gaillard has established herself as...
Mention geography and most people think of things like states, capitals, mountains and rivers. NIU geographer Wei Luo gets even more fundamental, spending a great deal of time also pondering time and space. Using geographic information systems, remote sensing, computer modeling, statistics and machine learning to ponder those factors, Luo has built a career that traverses...
Philippe Piot is working toward a day when the mammoth charged particle accelerators that allow scientists to peer into subatomic depths, can be reduced to cheap table-top devices for use in science, homeland security, medicine and industry. Piot, who holds a joint appointment between NIU and Fermilab, is an expert in advanced techniques to produce,...
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is committed to strengthening the pipeline of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students through middle school and high school programming. Building a pipeline of young students and funneling them into these disciplines ultimately ensures a more technically powered workforce for the future. One of the ways this...
The Joint Institute of Engineering and Technology-Aerospace (JiET-A) has announced that it has received more than 100 applicants in growing the region’s aerospace talent pipeline. Driven by the Rockford Area Aerospace Network (RAAN), JiET-A formed in 2010 to gain more high-paying jobs and increase business opportunities for aerospace suppliers in the area. The program offers...
All are invited to the Sigma Xi initiation banquet, scheduled Tuesday, April 23, in the Clara Sperling Sky Room of the Holmes Student Center. The banquet honors newly elected full members and associate members. Tomoyuki Shibata, assistant professor in the Public Health program of the NIU School of Nursing and Health Studies, will talk on...
Sarah Bexell is one of very few American conservationist researchers who have had the opportunity to work on panda conservation in China at the Chengdu Panda Base. This honor is by invitation only from the Chinese government and is reserved for exceptional candidates who stand out in their fields. Bexell is just that: an exceptional...
After Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010, more than half of U.S. households donated to thousands of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in that country. Yet we continue to hear stories of misery. Why have NGOs failed at their mission? NIU professor Mark Schuller examines that very question in his new book, “Killing with Kindness: Haiti, International Aid,...
Meredith Wood never thought about pursuing a science degree because she was not confident in her mathematics skills. After taking a meteorology class at the College of DuPage (COD) and going on a storm-chasing trip, however, she was hooked. “I was fortunate enough to see many supercell storms and tornadoes. It was absolutely unreal,” Wood...
It could be the opening scene of a new Indiana Jones blockbuster, complete with a storybook setting that is rich in both mystery and archaeological treasures. After all, more than 2,000 temples and shrines dot the landscape of Bagan, the ancient royal capital of Myanmar. It was here in 1988, amid the country’s political unrest,...
NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology seeks ways of going beyond the classroom to experience the industry first-hand. Last month, Nicholas Pohlman took his Mechanical Engineering 453 class to the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport for an up-close viewing of a turbo-jet engine and supersonic aircraft. The trip related to many topics discussed in class...
