When Is E.coli a Good Thing?
Healing a wound is a matter of waging war: as bacteria congregate and multiply on the wound surface, preventing healing and causing infections, doctors can apply an army of antibiotics and...
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What ‘I Was Meant to Do’: Opportunities at Illinois Tech Clarify Career Path
TRANSCRIPT Seth Graham, a George J. Kacek Scholar (ME/M.S. MAE 5th Year): If you want to take your career seriously and really get one-on-one time with faculty and truly master your craft, I’d say...
Gaining the Experience to Make an Impact on the Environment
In civil engineering, there are so many opportunities to go outside and to work out in the field. Issues with infrastructure, they need expertise and technical experience. And here at Illinois Tech, we learn all those things in school and apply them to the real world.
Creating Smarter Methods of Robotics Systems
TRANSCRIPT Esteban Lopez (ME ’20, M.S. MAE Candidate): My name is Esteban Lopez, and I’m a mechanical engineering student at the Armour College of Engineering. My thesis and research is going to be in...
Coming Full Circle: Four New Loops Will Enhance Campus Microgrid, Complete Original Vision
In the early 2000s, the future of Illinois Institute of Technology’s electrical supply was at a crossroads. Power demand on the university’s Mies Campus was reaching the limits of what the existing...
What the ComEd Scholarship Will Mean for Two Engineering Students
Two Illinois Institute of Technology engineering students were selected for the 2021 ComEd Scholars class, which covers tuition expenses not already covered by financial aid as well as additional...
Pritzker Institute Receives Funding to Develop the Neurotissue and Organoid Innovation Laboratory
The Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology has been awarded $1.5 million by the State of Illinois, matched by Illinois Tech, to renovate 2,770...
Governor Pritzker Announces New Funding for Critical Biotech Lab Space and Microgrid Enhancements
During a visit to Illinois Institute of Technology’s Mies Campus in Chicago, Governor J. B. Pritzker announced that the State of Illinois would be providing $1.5 million to the Pritzker Institute of...
Searching for a Sustainable Solution: Using Fly Ash in Concrete Mix Designs
TRANSCRIPT Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Matt Gombeda: The research that we’re working on that's sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy really focuses on...
Leading into the Future: Biomedical Engineering Professor Selected as IAspire Fellow
Georgia Papavasiliou, professor of biomedical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, was among 27 faculty to be selected as a fellow of the 2021 IAspire Leadership Academy cohort. The...