Throughout the challenging months of the COVID-19 pandemic, resourceful companies looked for ways to do more with less now more than ever before. Whether it’s
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Technology Needs for Healthcare Industry, Topic of May BMES Forum
Perspectives on technology needs for the healthcare industry and the constraints that the healthcare industry has faced in implementing this needed technology is the topic
Read more NSF, AMA Reps to Speak at Forum on Biomedical Engineering
Patient safety, healthcare technology and lessons learned from COVID-19 related to biomedical manufacturing and emergency use authorization are the stimulating and timely topics to be
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Senior Design Fosters Interdisciplinary Innovation
Innovative technology will be on display again this year at the annual Senior Design Demonstration Day. The virtual event hosted by NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) will be held Friday, April 23
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Exoskeletons as Personal Protective Equipment
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 can capture multiple two-dimensional images at different depths and allows users to convert images into three-dimensional high-resolution images might not be the
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Dean Peterson Re-elected to Lead International Exoskeleton Standards Committee
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., NIU’s dean of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology and mechanical engineering professor, was re-elected to a two-year term this
Read morePeterson leads first meeting of exoskeleton standards committee
ASTM International’s new committee on exoskeletons and exosuits (F48) held its first meeting Feb. 13-14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the organization’s global headquarters. The need
Read morePeterson leads first meeting of exoskeleton standards committee
ASTM International’s new committee on exoskeletons and exosuits (F48) held its first meeting Feb. 13-14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the organization’s global headquarters. The need
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
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