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Cao part of new Engineering Research Center to Improve Robot Dexterity

A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received $26 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Engineering Research Center (ERC) dedicated to revolutionizing the ability of robots to amplify human labor.

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2024

NIMSI HAMMER Team demonstrates English Wheel Robot at HAMMER Annual Review
NIMSI student wins STLE Chicago section award!
2 NIMSI HAMMER Faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Yip-Wah Chung to Receive Bunshah Award

2023

NIMSI Faculty Named Among Global ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2023
Ian McCue, Ryan Truby Receive DARPA Young Faculty Awards
Cao wins inaugural Devor-Kapoor Manufacturing Medal
Ping Guo receives International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) F.W. Taylor Medal
Jian Cao elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Teri W. Odom elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jennifer Dunn on the challenges of mining for EV batteries
Xiao Wang Receives NSF CAREER Award
John Rogers lab develops first electrotherapy-delivering bioresorbable bandage
Jennifer Dunn studies ways to reduce reliance on imported graphite
Mark Hersam named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
John Rogers develops first smart wearable device to track vocal fatigue
Christos Dimoulas Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Q. Jane Wang Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Teri Odom Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Cheng Sun Developed a New Strategy to 3D Print Miniature and Disposable Optical Microscopes
Jian Cao wins 2023 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award

2022

Ameer & Cao Named 2022 Researchers to Know
Prof. Kyoo-Chul Kenneth Park's findings could help researchers optimize many environmental processes
Looking to the Future of Carbon Nanotube Transistors, Mark Hersam
NIMSI Faculty Named Among Global ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2022
Prof. Akono Presents at First US-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
Why the World is Entering a ‘Phase Change’, Mark Mills
New NSF-funded center HAMMER will assert American leadership in advanced manufacturing
Cao, Ehmann and Team win Outstanding Paper Award, NAMRC 2022
Jian Cao Elected to National Academy of Engineering

2021

Professor John Rogers receives State of Illinois’ highest honor
Lynch’s Interest in Immersive Learning Extends to New Dinosaur Card Game
Scientists Release New AI-based Tools to Accelerate Functional Electronic Materials Discovery
Ehmann Receives SME’s Taylor Medal
Akono's Novel smart cement can be used to build more durable roads and cities
Opinion: Gerber et al., Faculty Should Train Students How to Make Their Ideas Tangible
Rogers's Dissolving implantable device relieves pain without drugs
Vinayak Dravid's New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
Mark Hersam receives inaugural Stoddart Award
New material removes air-borne droplets
Mechanistic data-driven prediction of as-built mechanical properties in metal AM
Rogers et al., Smart, dissolving pacemaker communicates with body-area sensor and control network
Rogers Team Creates Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
Wei Chen Receives Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award
Designing the Future: A Technological Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Cleaning up lakes and oceans
‘Sweat sticker’ diagnoses cystic fibrosis on the skin in real time
Colgate Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Dynamic 3D Printing Process Features a Light-driven Twist
Bonds Acting Like Seat Belts Could Have Wide Implications

2020

Prof. Jiaxing Huang Named AAAS Fellow
New approach determines optimal materials designs with minimal data
Northwestern engineers power futuristic propulsion
Anti-viral layer attacks respiratory droplets to make mask wearer less infectious
Nanofountain Probe Electroporation system may lead to quicker and more customized treatment plans
Northwestern Team Uses Competition Victory to Honor Ted Belytschko
Nanomaterials Make a Big Leap in Battery Design
NU Research team led by Prof. Wing K. Liu won Additive Manufacturing Modeling Challenge
Clinical-grade Wearables Offer Continuous Monitoring for COVID-19
Direct Solution Processing of Carbon Nanotubes in Solvent Cocktails
New AI Tool a Potential Timesaver for COVID-19 Researchers
Printable Biosensors Could Detect Contaminated Fish
Wearable COVID-19 Sensor Receives NSF RAPID Grant
New Technique Offers Higher Resolution Molecular Imaging and Analysis
Smart Sponge Could Clean Up Oil Spills
UV-resistant elastic for N95 masks receives NSF RAPID grant
NIMSI Members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Wei Chen Named Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
MSA Names David Seidman Distinguished Scientist
Self-sanitizing face mask project receives NSF RAPID grant
2020 Ronald P. Harrelson Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers
Jian Cao won 2020 SME International Honor Award
ASME Manufacturing Medal named after Kornel F. Ehmann
Leaf-inspired Surface Prevents Frost Formation
Data Centers Use Less Energy Than You Think
New Method Offers More Stable, Efficient Electrocatalytic Reactions
Espinosa, Nocedal Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Neural Network Predicts Plasticity of Materials

2019

Watching Materials Crystallize
Kung, Odom Awarded American Chemical Society National Awards
Liu and Wertheim Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
Jian Cao Named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow