Dear friends and colleagues,

Fall 2022 is well underway and the campus buzzes with the energy and excitement of a new academic year. This year we welcome a new president, Michael Schill, who joined Northwestern in early September.

 A group of our Architectural Engineering and Design faculty and students christened the new year with a trip to Spain to experience its architectural and cultural riches. We are extremely proud of our current and former students and share the achievements of Maggie Pakula, who recently joined the CEE External Advisory Board and is pushing renewable energy innovations at Invenergy as its senior VP. We continue to spotlight our current PhD students and invite you to read about the research of Hongyu Zheng, one of our Transportation Systems graduate students.

Professor Aaron Packman joined a collaboration to study the impacts of the climate crisis in the Chicago regions, and Professor Yonggang Huang is a key member of a research team that has created the smallest robot that moves like a tiny crab. Professor John Rudnicki spent spring quarter enjoying intellectual exchange at the Laboratoire de Geologie of the École Normale Supérieure – and of course – the culinary and café life of Paris.  

Finally, join me in congratulating CEE faculty and students on their recent awards. Ange Akono received a Johnson & Johnson WISTEM2 Scholars Award. Jim Hambleton and Alessandro Rotta Loria both delivered Bright Spark Keynote Lectures this summer. We also want to recognize the achievements of our 2022 graduating seniors.    

I hope you enjoy reading the latest CEE news. As always, thank you for your support.
 

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