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(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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(M.Des. ’22)

It was during her graduate design studies in India that Gauri Bhatt (M.Des. ’22) first learned about 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization, a book...

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(EE, M.S. EE ’22)

After growing up in Lockport, ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµAPP, Kaitlyn Graves initially wanted to go to college far away from home, but she says she’s found that living in Chicago has felt like the best of both worlds....

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(BME 4th Year)

Teni Akinwale (BME 4th Year) came to ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµAPP Institute of Technology for the unique opportunity to specialize in biomedical engineering as an undergraduate student. Coming from Lagos, Nigeria, she...

(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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(INTM, M.A.S. ITO ’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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(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 ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµAPP Institute of Technology. “I love...

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

Rosemary Johnson’s Camras Scholars interview as a high school senior turned out to be even more important than she bargained for. Not only did she receive the scholarship, securing herself full...