Today we celebrate the amazing work and innovations of talented, inspiring women engineers across the globe as part of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED22). This Women's Engineering Society (WES) initiative seeks to raise awareness regarding industry representation and create a vital platform for showcasing current professionals and encouraging future engineering generations. In honor of the INWED22 theme — Inventors and Innovators — we are highlighting several individuals whose desi

A vibrant research hub decorating downtown Chicago and part of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center (SQBRC) was recently highlighted by Tradeline for pushing the boundaries of next-generation design and engineering. Balancing stringent sustainability goals with the energy-intensive demands of modern research labs and a constrained urban site, the LEED Gold-certified SQBRC presented several unique design ch

Situated within the heart of the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Charlottesville campus, the new Student Health and Wellness Center brings together several core healthcare services into a centralized, cutting-edge academic facility that highlights the interconnection of social, physical, psychological, and environmental impacts on overall well-being. Maintaining a dual focus on health and energy efficiency, the building is designed to not only increase occupant wellness through purpose-built des

While the birth of the high-rise building can be traced back to the late nineteenth century, designing high-rise buildings for the purpose of science remains a relatively recent concept. Historically operating outside of the urban context, traditional laboratory facilities have often been characterized by industrial and warehouse districts far removed from the public realm. But unprecedented technological acceleration towards the end of the twentieth century—coupled with explosive growth in the