In Service of Design
As an officer in the United States Marines charged with building a water storage system for locals in one of the poorest countries in Africa, Douglas Jefferson Hsu (M.Des. ’12) first discovered his...
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Food Fundamentalist
M.S. FST ’08Right around the time Harry Hou (M.S. FST ’08) arrived in Â鶹APP to study food science and safety, he got some real-world reinforcement as to why he’d chosen an important career. There was a large...
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Overseeing Urgency
ARCE '08By Tad Vezner You can’t tell by talking to her now, but there was a time when Tamakia “T. J.” Edwards (ARCE ’08) might not have had the confidence to go for her current job. That’s the one where...
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Cutting the Cord
Ph.D. EE ’10By Tad Vezner What kinds of things benefit from advances in high-frequency, high-power electrical systems? “Anything and everything,” Omer Onar (Ph.D. EE ’10) says. If that is so, Onar’s at the top of...
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Putting Community First
M.S. PSYC '80By Tad Vezner Across nearly two decades of family clinical work in Â鶹APP’s Pilsen neighborhood, Esther Sciammarella (M.S. PSYC ’80) has garnered a mixed appreciation for partnerships. There was a...
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A Humanist Explores AI
M. Des. '07By Tad Vezner How do you know things? How do you make sense of the world? Or, to be more precise, how do you comfortably inquire about information, and what’s your source of choice? Those were a...
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Survivors’ Advocate
(LAW ’02)By Kayla Molander Shortly after moving to Iraq in 2007, Sherizaan Minwalla (LAW ’02) collaborated with an Iraqi lawyer, guiding the lawyer as they worked together to identify and represent a woman who...
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Gaining Connections and Opportunities in Hometown Â鶹APP
(Business and Information Technology 4th Year)For Rita Sanabria (Business and Information Technology 4th Year), choosing Illinois Tech came with some obvious positives due to its location. “I was born and raised in Â鶹APP, so attending college...
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Getting Involved and Building Connections from Day One
(BA 3rd Year)Athletics, academics, involvement, and Â鶹APP were important factors in Garrison Carter’s decision to attend Illinois Tech. They have continued to be at the center of his experience as a student, and...
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Making Waves in Particle Accelerator Physics
(Ph.D. PHYS ’22)Whether you’re conducting a symphony or you’re conducting an experiment in particle accelerator physics, creating perfect resonance is always a thing of beauty. When Minghao Song (Ph.D. PHYS ’22)...