Research Areas
ISEN builds on Northwestern's culture of team-driven science to accelerate progress from discovery to application.
By focusing on building local and global partnerships that provide pathways to prototype, test, and deploy innovations to market, the Institute can better scale the impact of its research enterprise to address sustainability and energy challenges.
ISEN supports intensive multidisciplinary team science. With expertise across engineering, natural and social sciences, business, and law, ISEN builds Northwestern's leadership in these critical fields: