A Sustainable Approach to Public Health Innovation
André Nogueira’s research—focused on how design frameworks and methods can improve the well-being of people, organizations, and ecosystems—has caught the attention of the Bill and Melinda Gates...
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A Problem-Solver’s Mindset: How Mentorship Shaped a Career
(Chemistry ’15)Since graduating from Illinois Institute of Technology, John Clark (CHEM ’15) has gained professional experience in diverse roles: He has worked as a consultant at Accenture, as a technical...
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‘Knowing By Doing’ Yields Career Opportunities
(M.S. MANL ’22)Courses that aligned with her career goals and the Chicago location were deciding factors for Sharanya Sreenivasan when she chose Stuart School of Business. “I wanted to take my understanding of...
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Ready to Tackle the Global Corporate Environment
(M.B.A./M.P.P.A. ’22)Before moving from the United Kingdom to Chicago to begin the Master of Business Administration/Master of Public Policy and Administration dual-degree program at Stuart School of Business, Ambika...
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Treated More Like a Colleague Than a Student
(Ph.D. MSC ’22)Will Gogolak first heard about the Stuart School of Business program when he was working at CME Group as a specialist in risk management modeling for banks and derivative products. “There were a...
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Finding the Method to Create Design Solutions
Master of Design ’22It was during her graduate design studies in India that Gauri Bhatt (MDes 2022) first learned about 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization, a book...
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Working on the Busiest Railway Interchange in the U.S.
(Civil Engineering ’21)Daniel Rappoport (CE ’21) has worked on railroad projects across the United States and is currently a member of the team at Gannett Fleming that is finalizing the designs for capacity improvements to...
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Leading Through Design
(M.Des. ’91)Pamela Mead (M.Des. ’91) spent a decade designing with new technologies, developing projects at Sony, Palm, and Yahoo!. After working with several startups, she moved to Madrid in 2011 to join...
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Building Confidence and Industry Knowledge
(B.A.C. Industrial Technology and Management, M.A.S. Industrial Technology and Operations ’21)Sierra Strandberg had been working as a mechanical design engineer for five years creating work holdings for tooling inside CNC machines, but she was looking for an opportunity to leverage her...
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My Kind of Town
(CS ’22)Chicago is a world-class city full of culture, history, and excitement. Avery Peck says studying in Chicago added to her student experience while enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology. “I love...