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Eunice Santos Named Among Crain’s Tech 50
Eunice Santos, Ron Hochsprung Endowed Chair, chair of the computer science department, and professor of computer science, was named to the Crain’s Chicago Business Tech 50 of 2018 list. This 2018...
How Can People Protect Their Personal Data When They Use Apps?
TRANSCRIPT So currently a lot of data is collected on applications and on different platforms such as Google and Facebook and a lot of the applications that reside on our cell phones as well. And this...
Chief Information Officer Ophir Trigalo Wins 2018 CIO of the Year Award
Illinois Tech Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer Ophir Trigalo was recently selected as the 2018 CIO of the Year award honoree by The Executives’ Club of Chicago, the Association of...
Illinois Tech Food Scientists Pioneer New Food Safety Techniques
TRANSCRIPT We use a technology called pulsed-light processing for inactivating microorganisms in various food products. This is a broad-spectrum light with wavelength range ranging from 100 to 1,100...
A Breakthrough in Understanding Chlamydia, the World’s Most Prevalent STD
TRANSCRIPT In a recent study that was published by my lab, we discovered how is it that Chlamydia trachomatis obtains its energy and its relationship with the host cell. Chlamydia trachomatis is the...
Organic Chemistry Researcher Wins NSF CAREER Award
Using the tools of synthetic organic chemistry, computational modeling, advanced spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction crystallography, Jean-Luc Ayitou, assistant professor of chemistry, is developing...
Collaborators Create Cyberbullying Early-Response Tool
One in three United States teens experiences cyberbullying, which can lead to violence, depression, and substance abuse. Focusing on Instagram, Aron Culotta, director of the Text Analysis in the...
Battery Researchers Publish Findings
Longtime Illinois Tech battery researcher and faculty member Carlo Segre, Duchossois Professor of Physics and interim chair of the Department of Chemistry, along with Research Associate Professor of...
Judith Lederman Wins 2018 Svend Pedersen Lecture Award for Science Education
Judith Lederman, associate professor and director of teacher education in Illinois Tech’s Mathematics and Science Education Department, has won the 2018 Svend Pedersen Lecture Award for science...