News
May 28, 2009
NSF Grant to Help New Generation of Students
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded NU a new grant aimed at providing scholarships to students interested in pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
May 27, 2009
NU to host 2009 IEEE International Accessing the Future Conference
As part of IEEE's 125th anniversary, this conference will focus on the next generation of technology that will be available in the next 5-10 years.
May 26, 2009
Congratulations Chad Boutet
Chad Boutet, a junior in Civil Engineering, has won the PB Rail Engineering Scholarship provided by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA).
May 26, 2009
COE Alum receives a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
Lester M. Cohen, a BS'73 and MS'77 graduate in civil engineering, has been selected to receive a NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work on the James Webb Space Telescope program.
May 26, 2009
COE Alum nominated by President Obama to Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration
Winslow Sargeant, an '86 graduate with a bachelors’s degree in electrical engineering, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration. Dr. Sargeant is currently the managing director of Madison-based Venture Investors.
May 15, 2009
Using SWNT to enhance sensing applications
ECE Assistant Professor Mehmet Dokmeci has developed a method of using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT) on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry that will lead to the creation of new sensor systems.
May 15, 2009
Determining Water Toxicity Using Prokaryotic Real-Time Gene Expression
April Gu, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering is calculating toxicity levels of pollutants in water samples using prokaryotic real-time gene expressions.
May 11, 2009
Creating Nano Building Blocks
Using low L/D aspect ratios, MIE Assistant Professor Yung Joon Jung and his graduate students, have demonstrated the benefits of using nanocups and ring geometries.