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The Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning hosted a day-long meeting June 7 to review progress and look ahead to summer and fall activities.

McCormick community member Lawrence J. Henschen died at age 78 on Jan. 8, the University announced Jan. 9. Henschen was a professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering and authored more than 120 academic papers. He was also associate dean of students at NU’s The Graduate School from 2000 to 2009 and graduate director of...

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering hosted a career development workshop for underrepresented students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science.

Jack A. Dever (’51) was former chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering Advisory Council and a longstanding member of the McCormick Advisory Council and the Walter P. Murphy Society.

Apr 27, 2021Julianne Hill Allen Taflove, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northwestern Engineering who conducted pioneering work in the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, passed away at age 71 on April 25, 2021. He will be remembered for his groundbreaking research and dedication to education and advising. Taflove’s roots at the McCormick School of Engineering ran deep, receiving his bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD here. After serving as a researcher at IIT Rese...