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
When Is E. coli the Good Guy?
Associate Professor Seok Hoon Hong has genetically engineered E. coli to release bacteria-killing proteins in biofilms, creating a path to overcoming bacterial resistance in chronic infections and other ailments.
Learn More“In the situations where antibiotics work, they are very effective, but this gives us a way to intervene when antibiotics are not working.”
Research in Service to Humanity
Project Manager, University of Chicago
Krystal McDoom leads project teams, composed of design and construction professionals, and pushes for change in the industry.
Krystal McDoom (ARCE ’14)
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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...
Bipin V. Vora Receives Prominent Research Award
Illinois Tech Armour College of Engineering Adjunct Faculty Bipin V. Vora was selected by the American Chemical Society to receive its annual George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry...
Distinctively Armour
We integrate theory and practice, leading our students to tackle complex, real-world problems.
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Engineering at Illinois Tech
The only tech-focused university in Chicago.
Learn MoreFeatured Faculty
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
Seebany Datta-Barua
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
