Since 1890 Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Tech 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

Green Energy Harvesting
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lin Cai works on sustainable solutions to wirelessly charge the ever-growing number of devices in the Internet of Things.
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Improving Space Weather Forecasts
Associate Professor Seebany Datta-Barua investigates how to predict changes in space weather that can interfere with GPS and other satellite-based applications.

How SARS-CoV-2 Spreads
Professor Brent Stephens’s model of how particles spread Diamond Princess cruise ship

Developing Tools to Detect ‘Silent’ Blindness-Causing Disease
Professor Jennifer Kang-Mieler is developing a model to measure changes in the blood flow of the eye, which could allow doctors to diagnose diabetic retinopathy before vision loss occurs.
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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...

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We integrate theory and practice, leading our students to tackle complex, real-world problems.
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