An Up-Close Look at How Industry Operates
After graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan, Fatima Rizwan started looking for graduate...
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Keeping an Eye on the Goal
Sarah Thomas first heard about Illinois Institute of Technology through a soccer identification camp. When researching the school, she was attracted to its small class sizes and Illinois Tech’s...
Breaking Biases
Machine learning models have demonstrated powerful predictability capabilities, but also have demonstrated bias against certain demographic groups. Canyu Chen joined a research group that is working...
Combining AI and Cybersecurity Nets a Romanian Conference Trip
Michal Markevych fulfilled a requirement in his information technology problem-solving course by spending a semester researching how GPT-4 can be used to enhance intrusion detection systems (IDS) and...
Fulbright Scholar Aims to Make a Difference
On a cold and windy December night in Chicago, Narmeen Aamir (M.A.S. CPE 2nd Year) arrived at O’Hare International Airport with her husband and their one-year-old son after a 21-hour flight from...
Combining Hard and Soft Skills in the Modern Business World
Rodrigo Martorell Cascón (M.A.S. TENR ’22) always knew he wanted to be an engineer. But it wasn’t until he earned a graduate degree that he realized how much soft skills can matter in the modern...
Hands-On Experiences in Research and Beyond
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...
Aircraft Research at the Cutting Edge
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...
An Exciting Time in the Space Industry
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...
A Life-Changing Experience
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....