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
Fluid Dynamics Expert Louis Cattafesta Named Olin Endowed Department Chair
Louis Cattafesta is the inaugural holder of the John G. and Jane E. Olin Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering.
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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
Ankit Srivastava
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Fouad Teymour
S.C. Johnson Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics
