Kunitake Saso (M.D.M. ’13) founded his strategic design consultancy, BIOTOPE, in 2015, just two years after completing his graduate degree at the Institute of Design and learning a whole new way of...
Adriana Zayia (CHEM 3rd Year) can usually be found where discovery meets the complex dance of molecules—immersed in her coursework, research, and extracurricular activities, and her journey at...
“I got accepted to a couple of art schools, but I always wanted to be a lawyer,” says Joey Zawacki ’22. “I also wanted some kind of financial security, so I closed my little art dream and I put it...
Before he went to law school, Thomas Donovan ’87 was a mechanical engineer looking for more. “I worked in the nuclear power industry, where I did piping stress analyses for nuclear power plants,” he...
Gadgets and gizmos. That’s the favorite part of the job for Patrick G. Burns ’78, a founding member of the intellectual property firm Greer, Burns & Crain. Over his esteemed career, Burns has seen his...
Editor's note: this is an updated story from the the Fall 2024 Chicago-Kent Magazine. To read the magazine in full, follow this link . “I just love intellectual property,” says Jen Nacht ’21. “I love...
“Environmental sustainability has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember, but I wanted more than just theoretical knowledge,” says Reecha Sapkota. “I wanted to learn how to quantify...
Salih Hodzic (BIOL, M.S. BHPR ’24) knew he wanted to be a dentist since high school, but he didn’t want to go straight into a huge pre-medical program, so began searching for a more personal...
David Beam (BIOL ’20) first came to Mies Campus as an open-minded high schooler for a construction competition at Illinois Tech. While the medical field was already in his sights for the future, he...
Zach Parduhn (BIOL ’21) stepped onto Mies Campus as an open-minded biology major with no concrete career plans in mind. He followed his grandfather’s footsteps to Illinois Tech with a love of...
