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Engineering professor, two CEET alumni share in prestigious Breakthrough Prize

June 10, 2026 Matt Baron Alumni, Awards, Educators Resources, Nicholas Pohlman, Research

A pair of CEET alumni and one faculty member are among the recipients of one of science’s most prestigious honors. Mechanical Engineering Professor Nick Pohlman

25 years of impact: NIU’s tight-knit SHPE chapter marks major milestone

April 11, 2025 Matt Baron John Shelton, student organizations, Students

One measure of an organization’s staying power: it has been around longer than most of its current members have been alive. That’s the case with

Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives Faculty of the Year Award

May 20, 2022 Matt Baron Awards, mechanical, Nicholas Pohlman

NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) announced that Professor Nicholas Pohlman, Ph. D. was named its 2022 Faculty of the Year for Excellence

Engineering Professors Win Presidential Teaching Professorship Awards

April 29, 2022 Matt Baron Awards, Faculty, Nicholas Pohlman, Peterson, Purush Damodaran, Shanthi Muthuswamy, Women

The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is proud to announce that two of its professors won the distinction in 2022 of NIU Presidential Teaching

Explore Innovative Designs On Display at NIU Senior Design Day

April 20, 2022 Matt Baron Biomedical, CEET Students, Electrical, ISYE, mechanical, Mechatronics, Peterson, Senior Design, Students, Technology

Spend a day being amazed by more than 150 senior engineering students as they display the capstone projects they’ve been working on all year. On

CEET’s Women Engineers Taking Flight

March 22, 2022 Matt Baron Electrical, mechanical, student organizations, Women

While the number of female engineers has increased over time, women engineers only represent 13% of the total (altogether.swe.org). The experience of being the only

Collins Aerospace Day of Recruitment Activities – March 10

February 25, 2022 Matt Baron Careers, mechanical, Peterson, Women

Through a special initiative to expand diversity in the aerospace industry, Collins Aerospace Electric Power Systems division of Rockford has formed a partnership with CEET

Study Reveals the Efficacy of Masks and Social Distancing in COVID-19 Prevention

October 18, 2021 Matt Baron mechanical, Research, Tariq Shamim

Six feet of social distancing might not be far enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but wearing a mask does reduce significantly the spread

Helping Cities Decide Safe Opening Protocols during COVID

August 6, 2021 Matt Baron mechanical, Research, Sachit Butail

Helping to fight COVID-19 and aid public officials in decision making; that’s what Assistant Professor Sachit Butail, Ph.D. and former graduate student Malav Thakore have made

NASA Grant Helps Alumna Contribute to Search for Life on Mars

June 30, 2021 Matt Baron Alumni, CEET Students, Educators Resources, innovation, mechanical, nasa, Women

Is there life on Mars? Or did life exist on Mars in the past? These are the questions that alumna Haley Cummings ’16, ‘18 and