More than ever before, healthcare and manufacturing workers are putting in long work shifts causing fatigue, and physical and mental strain. Technology exists in the
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Microscope Grant Expands Research in Engineering
A microscope that has the capability of capturing multiple two-dimensional images at different depths and allows users to convert images into three-dimensional high-resolution images might
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‘Iron Man’ inspires alumni favorite at Senior Design Day
The SHELL team, from left, Ferbert, Rivera, Meyer, Chwistek and Adejinle In a surprise upset at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology’s fall Senior
Read moreNIU dean to lead ASTM committee on exoskeletons and exosuits
The MAX, manufactured by suitX, is one example of acommercially-available exosuit. NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology Dean Donald Peterson, Ph.D., will chair a
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
Read moreStudent groups team up for event on technology in health care
On Thursday, March 2, the Biomedical Engineering Success Team (B.E.S.T.) hosted Scott Johnsen, a 2014 alumnus of the NIU School of Nursing, for a special
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