Student and Alumni Stories

Building the Foundation for an Academic Career

(Ph.D. MSC ’18)

For Xinting Zhen, research and teaching are the twin pillars supporting success in her academic career. She credits her doctoral studies and faculty mentors at Stuart School of Business with launching...

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A Steady and Determined Approach to a Ph.D.

(M.S. MAE ’96, Ph.D. ’12)

In the 1990s Illinois Institute of Technology was a pioneer in distance learning through its Interactive Instructional Television Network (IIT/V) program. Courses were filmed at campus locations and...

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Work and Study Flexibility

(Ph.D. AMAT '18)

Jeffery Mudrock began pursuing a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Illinois Tech in the spring semester of 2012 with hopes of boosting his career as a college math professor. He was offered a full-time...

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Research from New Angles

(Ph.D. AMAT '16)

Lluís Antoni Jiménez Rugama pursued his Ph.D. at Illinois Tech exploring Quasi-Monte Carlo methods with Professor Fred Hickernell. He says the faculty’s connections with national laboratories and...

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Discovering Skills Beyond Research

(AMAT Ph.D., 1st year)

Not only did Miles Bakenhus find several opportunities to conduct research while earning a master’s degree in applied mathematics at Illinois Tech, he also had opportunities to stand in front of a...

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Value in Research

(Ph.D. AMAT '18)

Research projects conducted while a Ph.D. student at Illinois Tech served Yicong Huang well for a career as a senior quantitative analyst at Constellation as he develops models for natural gas daily...

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A Perfect Balance

(Ph.D. AMAT '18)

Xiao Huang says the Ph.D. coursework at Illinois Tech provided valuable and rigorous technical training that prepared him for a career as a senior analyst specializing in statistics and operations...

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Teamwork Runs Through Academics, Sports, and Career

(BA ’20)

The value of teamwork is a theme that ran through Miles Thompson’s time as a student at Illinois Institute of Technology. Teamwork certainly was front and center for Thompson at Ekco Pool in Keating...

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Supporting Children Impacted by Violence

(Ph.D. PSYC ’20)

Lynda Gibson is wasting no time following her summer 2020 graduation from Illinois Tech. The clinical psychology Ph.D. graduate has started a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology at...

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Gaining Opportunity Through Research

(M.S. MAE ’09, Ph.D. ’13)

For Ricardo Vinuesa, the possibility of participating in research and study groups as he progressed through his academic career provided him with a competitive advantage. “I believe that my...

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