UPDATE 10/21: An all-female team of engineers presented the abstract of their occupational therapy device at the national Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting in
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NIU Now Offering Biomedical and Mechatronics Engineering Degrees
New faculty join the rapidly growing College of Engineering and Engineering Technology Prosthetics, pacemakers and other life-changing devices – that’s what engineering students at Northern
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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 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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