Events
Past Event
Segal Alumni Panel: Entering the Design Industry
Segal Design Institute
4:00 PM
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Homecoming from home is on! Attend Segal Undergrad Alumni panel and Q&A to learn how the BS in Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program and the Segal Design Certificate program at Northwestern influences alumni as they enter the design industry.
Panelists include:
Noah Pentelovitch, Class of 2011
Associate Director of Advanced Development at OXO and Hydro Flask
Noah spent the past 8 years at OXO as a Product Engineer developing, from concept through production, consumer products for the home. Last year Noah started the Research and Advanced Development Team, which functions across both OXO and Hydro Flask, with the goal of finding new materials, manufacturing processes, sustainable solutions and design methods to accelerate and expand our capability to make innovative products.
Kali Maginity, Class of 2014
Senior Learning Experience Architect at Infopro Learning
Kali helps corporate and government clients plan training curricula and develop web-based modules, simulations, games, and virtual instructor-led training. At Northwestern, Kali studied Learning and Organizational Change (SESP), Engineering Design (Segal), and Business Institutions (Kapnick).
Elizabeth McTighe, Class of 2017
Engineer at Creare
After graduating from Northwestern in 2017, Elizabeth joined Boeing's commercial airplane product development group, where she helped mature technologies for current and future composite wing production systems. She recently left Boeing to join a small engineering R&D firm, focusing on commercialization of space and energy systems.
Matt Sherman, Class of 2017
Program Manager at Peloton & Former Manufacturing Engineer at Tesla
After graduation, Matt moved to Reno, NV to help Tesla expand their manufacturing capabilities with the launch of their first mass market vehicle; this involved designing and implementing large automated systems in Tesla factories in Reno, San Francisco, and Shanghai. A few months ago, Matt changed roles and took a Program Manager position at Peloton, managing the launch and distribution of new products in their connected fitness lineup.
Moderated by:
David Gatchell, Director of MaDE
Clinical Professor in Biomedical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering
David Gatchell is a clinical professor in the Segal Design Institute and directs the Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) undergraduate degree program. Gatchell comes to Northwestern from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), where he was a research assistant professor and assistant director of the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering.
Time
Friday, October 23, 2020 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
5:00 PM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
MaDE You Look! A Design Sprint Challenge
Segal Design Institute
8:00 AM
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DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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The Manufacturing and Design Engineering (MaDE) program invites you and your team to compete in a design sprint challenge hosted by Segal Design Institute. Get ready to bring a design to life with the prompt, "Living one-handed in a two-handed world." Industry partners will be assigned to teams as a coach.
All MaDE students are welcome, and students from other majors can join as long as there's at least one MaDE major on the team. Teams may consist of up to four members.
Friday, April 12, 5 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, 8 – 5 p.m.
Meals and refreshments provided.
Please register via the link provided.
Time
Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
DTC Classrooms/Shop, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
James Dyson Award Q&A
Segal Design Institute
12:30 PM
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Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
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A Dyson engineer will give an insider's perspective into their engineering and business practices while providing tips for entering their annual design and engineering competition for university students, the James Dyson Award.
Pizza and drinks will be served!
Please register using the provided link.
Time
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Hive Annex, 2.340, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center Map
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Segal Design Institute
Bay Area Winter 25 Info Session
Segal Design Institute
4:30 PM
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111, Fisk Hall
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Prepare to thrive at the intersection of technology and media in San Francisco. Spend Winter Quarter 2025 taking design and journalism classes, exploring Bay Area culture, expanding your network, and challenging your way of thinking.
This program is primarily intended for students in McCormick and Medill who will be sophomores and juniors in Winter Quarter 2025, though all are welcome to apply.
Time
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
111, Fisk Hall Map
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Segal Design Institute
Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
9:00 AM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
Time
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
2:00 PM
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Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering Undergraduate Convocation
Time
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Welsh-Ryan Arena
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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science