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Laura Gallagher, an NIU student and intern at Hamilton-Sundstrand in Rockford, is interviewed by WTVO-Channel 17 reporter Bob Ryder after the news conference.
NIU is joining an effort to help maintain the Rockford region’s status as one of the leading aerospace clustersin the country. Representatives from NIU and the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology joined Rockford-area leaders today to announce a new, community-based initiative that will significantly increase the region’s aerospace talent pipeline for high-paying jobs. Establishment...
Northern Illinois men’s golf junior Paul Hammerschmidt (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville Central) has been selected to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District At-Large team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). A 4.0 student majoring in mechanical engineering, Hammerschmidt finished the season with a 76.9 scoring average while posting three top-25 finishes in five...
From left: Collan Davidson, Solomon Mason, Anthony Patton and Anthony Boyd.
NIU’s National Society of Black Engineers student chapter recently won two awards that speak to the success of its organization. The first is the Region Chapter of the Year, which is awarded to a chapter that has excelled at the regional level. The award is given to the chapter that performed well in five categories...
Earl Hansen
Safety industry professional and blogger Joanell Powers recently wrote about her encounter with the NIU chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. In the blog post titled “Carrying the Torch for the Safety Profession,” Powers mentions how most young professionals feel as though the “over-forty” work force is outdated and stands in the way...
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Northern Illinois University’s Team Light Up Africa has been named a finalist for the Tomberg Prize in Environmental Sustainability in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. DSIC connects university students to the people, tools and opportunities they need to change the world. The challenge is part competition and part community. Students compete for cash prizes to...
Federico Sciammarella, assistant professor in the NIU Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently published a textbook titled, “Experimental Mechanics of Solids.” The book came as the result of collaboration between Sciammarella and his father, Cesar Sciammarella. The younger Sciammarella has taught in the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology since 2007. He currently is on...
STEM Night at Still Middle School
Advancing the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) industries has become a central focus for NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. NIU chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently hosted a STEM night at Still Middle School in Naperville. Suma Rajashankar, faculty adviser for...
NIU Society of Women Engineers
The Northern Illinois University chapter of the Society of Women Engineers recently received the Best Collegiate Section Award – National Level and Second Place in the Small Section division of the Society of Women Engineers. The Society of Women Engineers, which was founded in 1950, works to recognize the achievements of women engineers. Members of  the...
Video games are becoming increasingly popular with girls and women. According to the Entertainment Software Association, “Forty-two percent of all players are women, and women over 18 years of age are one of the industry’s fastest growing demographics.” With such a high ratio of female players, one would expect more and more women to pursue...
Summer campers walk north on Normal Road.
Whether your child wants to be a saxophonist, a scientist or soccer star, NIU has something for every young learner. This summer, NIU is offering more summer camps than ever before to help kids learn new things and explore exciting career paths. Day camps and residential camps are available from June to August for students...
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Team Light Up Africa is a step closer to its goal of providing cheap, affordable electricity to the developing world. Their portable generator/energy storage device, the Zoom Box, was selected as one of 200 semifinalist in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. The competition drew more than 1,700 submissions. NIU’s four students are hoping to launch...
NIU Engineering Building
Everyone wants their children to grow up and get good jobs, to become doctors, lawyers or engineers. But what does an engineer actually do? NIU STEM Outreach, DeKalb Public Library and the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) invite families to tour the Engineering Building, find out about careers in engineering and see applied...
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