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(CHE, M.A.S. CHE 4th Year)

Derek Bergstedt’s interest in chemical engineering began in fourth grade when a career assessment test suggested they pursue the discipline. Over the years as they learned more about the field, it...

(AE ’22, M.S. MAE 1st Year)

After starting his degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and taking some community college courses, Joseph Borrelli found himself looking for aerospace engineering programs in the...

(AE, M.Eng. MAE 4th Year)

Liz Karagiannes joined nearly 1,000 other undergraduates in applying for the 2023 Brooke Owens Fellowship and was one of the 47 that were selected. As a fellow, Liz will be working at Lockheed Martin...

(M.A.S. AI 1st Year)

An internship at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston provided an extraordinary opportunity for Amr Alshatnawi to build new skills and strengthen his values of scholarship, excellence, and service....

(M.S. EE ’15, Ph.D. CPE Candidate)

Xin Zhang first joined Illinois Institute of Technology as a master’s student, receiving his degree in 2015. He says the main draw was “the prestigious reputation of the engineering programs and the...

(Ph.D. CS 3rd Year)

The skills learned and the contacts made during an internship at Intel will help accelerate Brian Tauro’s career and help him meet his career goals after he earns a Ph.D. in computer science from...

(DHUM 4th Year)

When Angela Petrone, an international student from Napoli, Italy, first researched universities and degree programs online, it was easy to see how she clicked with Illinois Institute of Technology. In...