Mark Hersam News Today

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Wessels will be remembered for his notable contributions to the study of thin films and nanostructures and passion for service and scholarship.

A new kind of transistor allows AI hardware to remember and process information more like the human brain does

Hersam, a leader in nanomaterials, along with alumni Carolyn Duran and Patricia L. Mokhtarian, is among 114 new NAE members.

Northwestern researchers, along with researchers from Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a new brain-like synaptic transistor, the University announced Dec. 20. The device is a brain-like computer capable of associative learning — a higher level of thought beyond machine learning, according to the release. Scientists are working to create...

Scientists have previously only gotten synaptic transistors to work under cryogenic conditions, but this is the first that can operate at room temperature — while outperforming todays best-in-class machine learning systems.

To the ordinary eye, McCormick Prof. Sam Kriegman’s robot may look like a glob of purple rubber. But despite its small size and unfinished appearance, the 6-inch creature is the product of an artificial intelligence program capable of designing robots entirely on its own. Kriegman’s research is based in evolutionary robotics, a field that uses...

A prototype transistor built from molybdenum disulphide and carbon nanotubes rather than silicon could allow power-hungry AIs to run on smartwatches without rapidly draining the battery

Stanley Whittingham, the 2019 Nobel laureate in chemistry, spoke on the sustainable future of lithium-ion batteries — which are used in devices ranging from mobile phones to electric vehicles — at the McCormick School of Engineering’s 50th annual John E. Dorn Lecture on Tuesday. He emphasized the importance of creating a lithium battery industry in...

A search committee has been formed to select the next dean of the McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern announced Tuesday. The selected individual will replace outgoing Dean Julio Ottino, who recently announced his decision to step down at the end of the academic year.  McCormick Prof. Mark Hersam will chair the committee that is made...