Why Air Quality Concerns Can’t Be Blown Away
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there has been a trend of “increased risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last two decades,” citing climate...
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Wetting the Ball: Improving Ballpoint Performance
Ballpoint pens are cheap and reliable, making them immensely popular. They originated around the time of air travel, quickly replacing fountain pens that would often leak in a plane cabin’s low air...
Cleared for Liftoff: Illinois Tech Rocketry Perseveres, Excels at International Competition
In its first year competing in the Spaceport America Cup, the largest intercollegiate rocket and engineering competition and conference, Illinois Tech Rocketry exceeded expectations. Launching its...
Closing the Carbon Cycle With Green Propane Production
Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi has published a paper in Nature Energy that describes an electrolyzer device that can convert carbon dioxide...
Robotics Team Advances to Finals $10 Million XPRIZE Rainforest Competition
Matthew Spenko, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, is leading his team, Welcome to the Jungle, into the finals of the prestigious XPRIZE Rainforest...
Instrument Selected to Fly on NASA Mission
Illinois Institute of Technology Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seebany Datta-Barua is a member of the team working on Near Earth Magnetometer Instrument in a Small Integrated...
Giving Neural Networks an Immune System
Ren Wang, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, has received a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak...
Learning How to Lead: The Value of Working as a Team
TRANSCRIPT [Announcer] I have in my hand the third place envelope. Chloe Rubinowicz (EE, M.S. ’23): You hear third place, you hear second place, and you're so nervous because there's three other teams...
Distinguished Illinois Tech Professor Receives Prestigious Foreign Fellowship
A widely published distinguished professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology was named a 2022 foreign fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. Mohammad Shahidehpour was given...
Applying Engineering Concepts to the Human Body
TRANSCRIPT Alison Yurchak (BME, M.S. CHE 5th Year): I knew I was an engineer through and through because I grew up building my own toys, playing with Legos and Lincoln Logs, but I always thought the...