Since 1890 Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology has been educating world-class engineers who go on to make an impact in service to humanity. Our faculty are leaders and innovators in their fields, accomplishing feats such as inventing a one-of-a-kind intracortical visual prosthesis, pioneering the use of microgrids for reliable energy distribution, and developing detailed maps of the human brain. We help drive Chicago’s continued rise as a global technology and innovation hub.
Armour College of Engineering: Bringing New Ideas into the World
Are Computers Really on the Verge of Designing Electric Motors, Too?
Ian Brown, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is letting computational ingenuity lead the way with an optimizer that has created new designs for electric machine components.
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Career Oriented
Seth Graham’s NASA internship helped land him a job at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
Seth Graham (ME/M.Eng. MAE ’22)
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Fencing in Microgrid Cyber Attacks
Illinois Tech is establishing the Midwest Center for Microgrid Cybersecurity (2MC) through new funding from the United States Department of Energy. The project aims to develop state-of-the-art...
Better Vision for Autonomous Cars Receives $1.6 Million
Illinois Tech Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Joohee Kim and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ken Choi have been awarded $1.6 million in funding over 4.5...
Grounded in the Big-Picture Impact
Zoe Lallas (M.S. CE ’22, Ph.D. Candidate CE) considers herself an all-out concrete fanatic, and for the past five years she’s found a home among equally concrete-obsessed people in Illinois Tech’s...
Research in Service to Humanity
Distinctively Armour
We integrate theory and practice, leading our students to tackle complex, real-world problems. Our newly launched Armour Academy offers students individualized planning, industry mentorship, and guaranteed experiences through Illinois Tech’s one-of-a-kind Elevate program.
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Engineering at Illinois Tech
The only tech-focused university in Chicago.
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Georgia Papavasiliou
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Armour College of Engineering
Visiting Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Rush Medical College
Matthew J. Gombeda
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Director of the Concrete Materials and Structures Laboratory
Ankit Srivastava
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
