May 27, 2009
Eric Schickli, a graduate student in the Master of Science in Engineering Design and Innovation program, and Samantha Katz, a graduate student in the MMM program, won the grand prize of $10,000 at the Diabetes Mine 2009 Design Challenge.
The Design for America team of Yuri F. Malina, Kushal Amin, Hannah Chung, Can Arican, Katy Mess, Rita Huen, Sourya Roy, Justin Liu, Kevin Li, and Mert Iseri won the "Most Creative" award at the Diabetes Mine 2009 Design Challenge.
May 13, 2009
Graduate students Carrie Brubaker, PhD candidate in biomedical engineering, Francisco Iacobelli, PhD candidate in computer science, and Nathan Nichols, PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer science, were each selected to receive the Illinois Technology Foundation's "50 For The Future Award."
Eric Peterman, a senior in industrial engineering and management sciences, signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Bears.
Kelly Quinn, a sophomore in materials science and engineering and member of the NU softball team, was named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V second-team selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
April 29, 2009
Can Bayram, research assistant and PhD candidate, was awarded the 2009 Laser Technology, Engineering, and Applications Scholarship by The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).
Mallory Hammock, an undergraduate in chemical and biological engineering, received an NSF graduate fellowship. She will attend Stanford in the fall.
Center for Quantum Devices Ph.D. candidate Binh Minh Nguyen, received the 2009 SPIE Scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering.
Keanen Ryan, an undergraduate in chemical and biological engineering, won second prize in the annual AIChE poster competition as part of the local section meeting that is focused on the three Chicago area universities with chemical engineering departments.
The KMC ApneAlert team consisting of students Lauren Hart Smith, Kurt Qing, Alec Zopf, James Yang, and Shonali Midha, has been awarded the NCIIA Advanced E-Team grant for $20,000.
April 15, 2009
EECS graduate students Francisco Iacobelli and Nate Nichols were named "50 For the Future" 2009 award winners by the Illinois Technology Foundation.
John Sheppard, an undergraduate student in biomedical engineering, has won a Goldwater Fellowship.