A Draw to the Futuristic
As a student at Morton College, Victor Quiroz joined his college鈥檚 chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). One day Quiroz visited the 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology campus...
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Creating a New Organization for Environmental Engineering
鈥淓very summer, my mom, my younger sister, and I take road trips to unique places in the United States,鈥 says Greta Vasiliauskaite. 鈥淎t Glacier National Park, I saw a picture of how the glaciers looked...
Tackling the Energy Crisis
As a graduate student in Leon Shaw鈥檚 research group, Vignyatha Tatagari works to develop novel materials for lithium-metal batteries. Before coming to 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology, Vignyatha...
The Future of Clean Energy
Through her engineering and economic courses as part of the Energy, Economics, and Environment minor at 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology, Lizz Elliott has learned the importance of nuclear energy as a...
Innovating SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Laasya Devi Annepureddy works with Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kenneth Tichauer studying diabetic retinopathy, a common side effect of diabetes that damages a patient鈥檚 ability to...
Driving Sustainability Research Forward
Larissa Affolabi came to 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology as a master鈥檚 degree student in search of a top-tier graduate program in engineering for energy systems. 鈥淚n terms of power system courses and...
A Skill Set for Career Growth
鈥淚 was probably born to be an engineer,鈥 says David Hentrich. His grandfather was an engineer with his own workshop who built Hentrich his own child-sized workbench as a kid. He absorbed his...
Becoming the Expert
From an outdoor sculptural installation celebrating Chicago鈥檚 Bronzeville neighborhood to studies of human bone fracturing, Demetria Boatwright took every opportunity to take on ambitious projects and...
Dreaming Big Is Free
鈥淚 was always a huge dreamer since I was little,鈥 says Jessica Forbes. 鈥淢y dad has always told me that dreams are free, the sky鈥檚 the limit, and it doesn鈥檛 cost anything to dream big.鈥 When as a...
A Powerful Theory
Like many scientists of his generation, Robert Lyczkowski says the launch of Sputnik 1, the first human-made satellite to orbit Earth, changed his life. 鈥淚t started a whole push for science,鈥 he says...