<p>Another ranking out there is NRC:
High S and R-Rank:</p>
<p>Cornell 33 & 23
Northwestern 3 & 3
Penn 16 & 20</p>
<p>NU also has the best chemistry department out of the three. Chemistry is another field where a lot of nanotech research are conducted.</p>
<p>Trivia: Northwestern University instituted the first materials science department in the world in 1955
[World’s</a> First Materials Science and Engineering Department Turns 50 : Northwestern University Newscenter](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2005/10/materials.html]World’s”>World's First Materials Science and Engineering Department Turns 50: Northwestern University News)</p>