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Turning CO₂ into Ethanol: Researchers Light the Way for Sustainable Energy Production
Illinois Tech researchers are pioneering a new way to turn carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi and his team of students have devised a way...
NSF Grant Accelerates Research on Self-Driving Cars in Cities
As tech companies and car makers rev up their research into autonomous vehicles and roll out pilot projects, the day when we could be hopping into self-driving taxis and having our packages delivered...
Illinois Tech’s Smart Tech Lab Installs Innovative Lighting and Control Solution
Two years after opening, the Smart Tech Lab at Illinois Tech is now home to a new Power over Ethernet (PoE) PowerHUBB™ solution. PowerHUBB was donated by Hubbell Control Solutions, with support...
Bob Carlson and Mohammed Shahidehpour Testify at the Senate Energy & Public Utilities Sub-Committee on Energy Innovation
School of Applied Technology Dean Bob Carlson, Ph.D., testified at the Senate Energy & Public Utilities Sub-Committee on Energy Innovation. Along with Mohammed Shahidehpour, Ph.D., Professor and...
Moving Toward a More Sustainable Power Grid
Qing-Chang Zhong, Max McGraw Endowed Chair of Energy and Power Engineering and Management, has received two grants totaling $638,809 from the National Science Foundation to work on a paradigm-shifting...
Faculty Member Receives AIChE International Honor
Hamid Arastoopour (M.S. GE ’75, Ph.D. ’78), Henry R. Linden Professor of Engineering and director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER), was honored with the AIChE (American...
Ashton Earns Prestigious Jefferson Science Fellowship
Weslynne Ashton, associate professor of environmental management and sustainability, was recently selected as a 2018–19 Jefferson Science Fellow. Energy security refers to a nation’s or region’s...
Mohammad Shahidehpour Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) professor Mohammad Shahidehpour has been named a 2017 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a distinguished cohort of 155 inventors from...
Mohammad Shahidehpour named to National Academy of Inventors
Chicago, IL — December 14, 2017 — Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) announced today that professor Mohammad Shahidehpour has been named a 2017 Fellow of the National Academy of...