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November 12, 2009

David vs Goliath: Can Nanostructured Surfaces Beat Commercial Instruments for Sensing?

Teri Odom
Joint Appointment with McCormick’s Materials Science and Engineering Department and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Chemistry Department


October 28, 2009

Companion Cognitive Systems

Ken Forbus
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences


September 15, 2009

Correct Problem Definition for Successful Product Development

Warren Haug
Adjunct Professor in the McCormick Master of Product Development Program at Northwestern


May 28, 2009

Systemic Risk: The Next Frontier in Risk Management and Regulation

Jeremy Staum
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences


March 24, 2009

Product Innovation -- Doing It Better

Professor Walter Herbst
Clinical Professor, McCormick School of Engineering and Kellogg School of Management


December 9, 2008

Stretchable Electronics: Next generation technology

Professor Yonggang Huang
Joseph Cumming Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering


November 11, 2008

From Disasters to WoW: Understanding & Enabling Knowledge Networks

Professor Noshir Contractor
Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the McCormick School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University


October 22, 2008

How Many Clerks Does It Take To Wait On A Customer? Why Design Matters?

Donald Norman
Breed Professor of Design, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences


September 25, 2008

Interface Tuning in Unconventional Electronics and Opto-Electronics

Professor Tobin Marks
McCormick's Department of Materials Science Engineering


March 5, 2008

The Development of a New Class of Molecules for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

Joseph Moskal, Research Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering


February 12, 2008

The Design for Everything Approach

Professor Henry W. Stoll, Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering


January 23, 2008

Unleashing New Sensors Revolution

Chang Liu, Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering


October 3, 2007

Success Secrets You Forgot You Knew

Professor William J. White
McCormick’s Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Department


September 26, 2007

Image Analysis and Human Perception

Professor Thrasyvoulos Pappas
McCormick’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department