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Material Gains

(Ph.D. CHE ’10)

If you try to list all the potential combinations of all the elements on the periodic table, you’ll have a list that’s practically infinite. To date, humanity has only characterized about a million of...

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One Sweet Gig

(M.A.S. CHE ’11)

During the “Great Recession,” Garrett L. Clark (M.A.S. CHE ’11) was asked to step down from his engineering role at an Indiana steel mill and become a line manager instead. Instead of settling, he...

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Identifying Anomalies Before They Become Problems

(CE, M.Eng. Urban Systems Engineering 5th Year)

Michael Sansone (CE, M.Eng. Urban Systems Engineering 5th Year) transferred to Illinois Tech from the City Colleges of Â鶹APP after receiving his Associate of Science in Engineering Science and...

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Focused on Customer Needs

(AE ’18)

In his job at ICEYE US, Alvah Bickner (AE ’18) says that his main tasks are finding out what customers want out of their products, adjusting the products in ways that align with the company’s long...

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Being a Contender

(M.Eng. CM ’24)

Right after graduating from Illinois Tech, Theo Lopez Marques (M.Eng. CM ’24) wanted another accomplishment under his belt—one he’d been working toward at least as long. Within weeks, he gained a...

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Innovative Solutions That Improve Lives

(CPE, M.S. CPE ’23)

As a student at Illinois Tech, Saurabh Saluja (CPE, M.S. CPE ’23) seized every opportunity available, graduating with many successes both in and out of the classroom. “Illinois Tech played a major...

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Spearheading Sustainability Solutions

(CHE ’22)

As an environment, health, safety, and sustainability analyst at consumer product company Diageo, Abigail Gunderson (CHE ’22) works with distilling, maturing, packaging, and demand sites to develop...

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The Innovation Upcycle

(ME ’15)

Growing up, Dane Christianson (ME ’15) discovered a pair of passions—inventing and environmentalism—that put him on the path to entrepreneurship. “I always wanted to be an inventor,” he says. He...

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Career Services Helps Get Internships

(CCSE, M.A.S. CYF 5th Year)

Of all the university tours that Robert John Soler (CCSE, M.A.S. CYF 5th Year) took when visiting Illinois from his home country, the Philippines, he says that Illinois Tech’s was the best. “During...

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