Tagged: NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

The future of teaching and learning

NIU to open center for cutting-edge research in educational technology

  • October 31, 2018
DeKalb, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is launching a new research center in 2019 to cultivate, support, harness and promote cutting-edge scholarship at the intersection of education and technology. As…

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Chicago Auto Show 2016

Full throttle

Engineering students show off their car’s speed, durability, 1,300 mpg efficiency

  • February 18, 2016
The Huskie Rocket might not be as luxurious as the Alfa Romeos a few booths down in Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center. It might not be as durable as the…

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Brianno Coller

Race cars, video games, engineering lessons

NIU’s Brianno Coller named Illinois Professor of the Year

  • November 19, 2015
Engineering professor Brianno Coller’s epiphany came when he was showing a NASA-produced video of a mission to Mars to a class. Something shifted in the air. The students’ body language…

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An NIU engineering student welding

The competitive edge

NIU, Rockford hail new partner in boosting manufacturing

  • November 12, 2015
Teresa Beach-Shelow knows exactly what she wants from the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute, the UI LABS collaboration that will launch its first-ever chapter in Rockford. Beach-Shelow is the…

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Engineering: A Career Built to Last

A Career Built to Last

Want a great job with good money? Become an engineer

  • September 3, 2015
For those who remember milkmen and people paid to pump gas into the cars of strangers, talk of disappearing jobs is nothing new. Some careers that are vanishing come as…

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