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Illinois’ most creative young problem-solvers will arrive at NIU in 120 teams from throughout the state for the Illinois Destination Imagination Affiliate Tournament on Saturday, March 24. This statewide competition allows the top elementary, junior high and high school aged teams from each region to compete in a variety of creative hands-on challenges related to...
The NIU Student Branch of IEEE will host the largest electrical engineering student event in the Midwest in this month. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 4 Student Leadership Conference will be held March 16-18, at the Holmes Student Center. The event engages college students from more than 15 universities in networking...
Like many students, Mary Carter questioned whether she chose the right major. Carter, a senior in the electrical engineering program, wanted to be part of a new externship program at Northern Illinois University to get a better idea of life after graduation. The program, a collaboration between the University Honors Program and NIU Alumni Association,...
Cliff Mirman, chair of the Department of Technology in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, after suffering a heart attack. He was 55. Mirman was a graduate of the University of Rochester (B.S. ’83) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (M.S. ’87, Ph.D. ’90). He worked briefly at Motorola...
NIU faculty and students are invited to contribute to a special issue of “Entropy,” an international interdisciplinary open access journal. The special issue, “Nature of Heat and Entropy: Fundamentals and Applications for Diverse and Sustainable Future,” will be edited by Milivoje M. Kostic, professor emeritus in the NIU Department of Mechanical Engineering. Kostic is editor-in-chief...
In a surprise upset at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s fall Senior Design Day, the structural harness for enhanced load lifting – or SHELL – project was awarded the Engineering and Technology Alumni Society Engineering Excellence Award, despite coming in second in the mechanical engineering department division. “That was a big surprise, but...
The Engineering Building was a hive of activity and innovation on the Friday before finals, as graduating seniors presented their capstone Senior Design projects. Thirty-seven student groups presented their designs to improve everything from factory workflow to a morning cup of coffee, and nearly two dozen faculty, industry and alumni judges rated the presentations in...
Allana Rose knows how it feels when the odds are against you. What she doesn’t know, is how to give up. In November 2017, Rose’s quiet courage and perseverance were recognized when she became the first person in more than a decade to receive the Prospatheia Award, an award given by the Department of Electrical...
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology was well represented at an event recognizing graduating university honors students, as 10 of the 34 students recognized are graduating this month with engineering degrees. The University Honors Program offers students of high academic promise and achievement the opportunity to chart their path, recognizing them with three levels...
NIU alumnus Justin Whiting is helping to shape the future of additive manufacturing, working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop and evaluate measurement science in this new and booming field. In August, Whiting presented at a national conference for modeling powder dynamics in metal additive manufacturing. “Powders can be very...
Just days after receiving its charter and Student Association approval, the NIU chapter of the Pi Tau Sigma honor society for mechanical engineers was already hosting its first event. The Beta Lambda chapter presented a career talk by a UTC Aerospace engineer on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The chapter made its first industrial site visit the...
NIU sophomore Chad Wilson isn’t waiting until he graduates to take on the business world. Wilson and his business partner, Jordan Horwitz, are developing an electric cruiser motorcycle prototype they hope will eventually become a product on the market.   “This is the ultimate way to be a part of a tech startup,” Wilson said....
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