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As more devices are designed to connect to the internet, from phones and watches to doorbells and thermostats, network service providers must figure out how to handle the bandwidth of an exponentially...
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Three Engineering Professors Become IEEE Fellows
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lin Cai, Professor and Frank Gunsaulus Faculty Fellow in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Boris S. Pervan, and Professor Emeritus of Electrical and...
CyberHawks Crack Code in Pen Testing Competition, Building Professional Skills
Representatives from Illinois Tech’s CyberHawks cybersecurity student organization complemented their technical skills with professional soft skills as they claimed third place at the Great Lakes...
Illinois Tech NECA Chapter Wins National Award for Chapter of the Year
Illinois Tech’s student chapter of the  National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) won Student Chapter of the Year in 2025, receiving the from award among the organization’s 35 university...
Fencing in Microgrid Cyber Attacks
Illinois Tech is establishing the Midwest Center for Microgrid Cybersecurity (2MC) through new funding from the United States Department of Energy. The project aims to develop state-of-the-art...
Better Vision for Autonomous Cars Receives $1.6 Million
Illinois Tech Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Joohee Kim and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ken Choi have been awarded $1.6 million in funding over 4.5...
Mohammad Shahidehpour Named Highly Cited Researcher for Fifth Consecutive Year
Mohammad Shahidehpour, Robert W. Galvin Electricity Innovation Endowed Chair, and director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation at Illinois Tech, was recently recognized as a...
A Conversation with Marty Cooper: Father of the Cell Phone and 2024 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Recipient
Illinois Tech alumnus, former professor, and university life trustee Marty Cooper (EE ’50, M.S. ’57)—a pioneering visionary in the field of mobile communications who’s considered the “Father of the...
![[From left to right] Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kenneth Tichauer and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jovan Brankov](/sites/default/files/styles/width_350/public/2024-11/tichauer-brankov_1280x850.jpg?itok=yH3td0MR)
Fluorescence-Assisted Cancer Surgery Project Receives $2.5 Million in NIH Funding
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Kenneth Tichauer and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jovan Brankov at Illinois Institute of Technology have been awarded $2.5 million in...
Renowned Space Scientist Named ECE Department Chair
Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology has hired renowned British space scientist and semiconductor engineer Anna Barnett to be its new Department of Electrical and Computer...