Research
Learn about our research that focuses on sustainable use of materials in the construction of engineered systems.
Seed Funding 2019-2020
Call for Proposals
$300,000 in funds are available for innovative, high-risk, and/or enabling collaborative research seed funding in FY20.
About the Center
The Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience at Northwestern Engineering aims to tackle complex sustainability challenges like climate change, water quality, clean energy, and pollution through research and educational efforts that span multiple departments and disciplines.
SUSPIRE: Sustainable Urban Systems: Predictive, Interconnected, Resilient and Evolving
SUSPIRE Workshop July 16 & 17, 2019
This workshop was organized by Northwestern University, Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago, and many other partners with support from NSF to address natural and climate, technological, and societal disruptions that will transform urban systems. SUSPIRE brought together more than 100 Chicago and Great Lakes area community members and stakeholders drawn from academia, industry, foundations, community organizations, government, technology and environmental organizations, and the arts and humanities to lay the groundwork for a sustainable urban systems research network.
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The Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience is part of the McCormick School of Engineering.
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Collaborations
Discover the groups with whom the center combines and amplifies efforts with across campus.