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Twin Grants Boost Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Training
When people with disabilities seek to enter or re-enter the workforce, they sometimes will receive help from vocational rehabilitation counselors, professionals who are trained at the intersection of...
Playing Molecular Tetris to Help Improve the Lives of Millions
Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal disease that produces rapid dehydration and affects millions of people around the globe, mostly children. This threat has been made even more dire in recent...
Driving Student Success Through EcoCAR Competition
In May 2022, Illinois Tech’s EcoCAR team was selected as one of just 13 teams to compete in the four-year EcoCAR EV Challenge sponsored by the United States Department of Energy. Now in its final...
Across seven diverse and wide-ranging scientific disciplines, our students, faculty, and staff are conducting research and contributing to discoveries today that create the better future of tomorrow. Applying their work in biology, chemistry, physics, food science, psychology, social sciences, and humanities, our community is impacting health and medicine, food systems and climate change, energy and sustainability, and computational methods and artificial intelligence for social change, to name just a few.
At Lewis College, a passion for learning and the power to be a whole human being is instilled in every student, regardless of their academic major or career goals. We help connect the scientist, the technologist, and the businessperson to the broader world.
No matter which academic fields interest you, you will find yourself immersed in thought-provoking study and innovative research at Chicago’s only tech-focused university.
A Community to Help
Illinois Tech establishes the Center for Health Equity, Education, and Research to tackle health care disparities.
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Getting to the Heart of the Problem
When it comes to keeping hearts pumping, Research Assistant Professor Weikang Ma continues to show he's prepared to make a serious impact.
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Creating Stormwater Infrastructure Equity
Led by principal investigator Matthew Shapiro, a team of Illinois Tech professors is bringing together social science, landscape architecture, and engineering—along with a dose of citizen science—to find ways to address a growing concern about stormwater infrastructure inequities in Chicago.
Learn More"I felt like they really valued me as an individual, and they wanted to make sure it was a great fit both ways. It made me feel like they wanted to ensure program completion and contributions during the program and beyond when applying the knowledge in the real world."
“I could do much more than just gain academic knowledge. I was able to participate and lead in student activities such as founding the food science club, getting elected as area rep for Midwest Region of Institute of Food Technologists Student Association student body, and many other IFT events. This led to an overall personality development and confidence that has helped me in achieving success.”
"The faculty at Illinois Tech would be the most unique aspect of the institution. The impact of these wonderful people on my life was immeasurable. Their confidence in me, an undergrad, helped me find my value and view it from a new perspective. They empowered me to be myself.”
Associate Manager, Global Leadership Development, S.C. Johnson
As a leadership expert, Ashley Aguilar uses her expertise to create a tool designed to assess and develop leadership on a global scale.
Ashley Aguilar (PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23)
Co-Founder and CEO, Influit Energy
A tinkerer from the time he was a child, John Katsoudas (M.S. PHYS ’03) has created a unique path to where he is now: spearheading the creation of the world’s first rechargeable, safe, liquid electric fuel.
John Katsoudas (M.S. PHYS ’03)
Health Physics Associate, Y-12 National Security Complex
Lexi Detweiler’s job is critical, to put mildly. At the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, she works on a team whose job it is to fuel the nuclear-powered United States Navy, to help maintain its nuclear stockpile, and to conduct nuclear non-proliferation work.
Lexi Detweiler (PHYS, ASPY, M.S. HP ’21)
Technology Lead, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Motivated by the research experience and mentorship that he gained as a student at Illinois Institute of Technology, John Clark has found success and fulfillment in the field of laboratory informatics.
John Clark (CHEM ’15)
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Child Psychology, University of Chicago
Alumna Lynda Gibson is working to understand and address the impact of community violence on children.
Lynda Gibson (Ph.D. PSYC ’20)
Communications Specialist, GoodMorning.com
Brook Bell is utilizing his passion for communications to support of one of Canada's fastest-growing companies.
Brook Bell (HUM ’16)