Dr. Iman Salehinia Advanced technology requires advanced materials. Iman Salehinia, Ph.D., an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Northern Illinois University, is working to develop
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Women make up only about 14 percent of engineers in the workforce, according to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Female engineering and technology students don’t
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Women make up only about 14 percent of engineers in the workforce, according to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Female engineering and technology students don’t
Read moreWhere Are They Now: Taylor Bogan, ’15
Taylor Bogan Although graduation day is exciting, it can also be very scary, especially for graduates stepping for the first time from the classroom into
Read moreStudents develop low-cost robotic hand to change the lives of amputees
A robotic hand developed by a team of Northern Illinois University engineering students has the potential to change the lives of amputees – at about
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Alex Snyder works on his graduate research in the NIU College of Engineering Between his responsibilities as a teaching assistant, his schoolwork and a social
Read moreSupermileage team scores third-place finish at SAE
The NIU Supermileage team is celebrating a third-place overall finish and its best-ever combined score after last weekend’s SAE Supermileage competition in Marshall, Mich. In
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#WhyEngineering? Northern Illinois University students share the top five reasons they chose the engineering field. 1. Change the world“I like the idea that my work
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Landing an internship can be a daunting but necessary task for college students. NIU electrical engineering student Katie Berendt not only landed a co-op position
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Ali Awad, right, poses with his 11-month-old daughter, Emma, and NIU President Doug Baker on graduation day. Long before he crossed a stage in DeKalb wearing
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