Chemical engineering researchers have a powerful new tool at their disposal: active machine learning. In a recent perspective article published in Engineering, Kevin M. Van Geem’s research team at ...

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Two-day event gathered leading experts in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering to discuss evolving landscape in ...

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Imagine McCormick’s future. What will it look like? Over the past academic year, Northwestern Engineering leadership—including Dean Christopher Schuh, the school’s nine department faculty chairs, and ...

Engineering remains one of the most male-dominated fields in STEM, but women like Kylie Taitano, Sydney Floryanzia, and ...

As a clean, low-carbon and efficient base-load energy source, nuclear power is being considered as one major tool to help New York state reach zero carbon emissions by 2040. Nuclear energy is a ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Biotechnology tools — or the techniques, technology and instruments used to study, modify or create biological systems — have the potential to solve issues in human health, sustainability and the ...