Growing into a Leadership Role
Anthea Gonzalez says she treasures her time as an M. A. and Lila Self Leadership Academy scholar the most out of all her Illinois Tech experiences. The academy presents numerous opportunities to...
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Shooting for the Stars
Kaya Jones aspired to hone her computing skills the summer before beginning her college experience as a computer science major. She found her chance with NASA鈥檚 Space Communications and Navigation...
Navigating Illinois Tech as a Commuter Student
Josh Coburn is building a trebuchet in his Design for Innovation course as a mechanical engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology. It鈥檚 exactly the kind of hands-on work that Josh says...
A Pathway to Computer Chip Design
It was in ECE 218, Digital Systems, that Eduardo Calix realized he wanted to pursue computer chip design. 鈥淓verything my friends hated about the class, I loved,鈥 he says. 鈥淭hat course was the first...
Further on the Path to AI Leadership
Maggie Barclay attended the virtual CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Conference in September of 2020, where she heard about the internship opportunities that IBM had to offer. She applied for the Extreme Blue...
Exploring Engineering Pathways, From Research to Startups
Marissa Redington has always loved solving problems, whether it鈥檚 navigating large blocks of code or figuring out how to make summer camp activities adaptive for children with different needs. 鈥淚...
Streaming Video Through a Metal Pipe
Communications in nuclear facilities can be difficult. It鈥檚 a harsh environment for physical cables that may degrade faster than usual, but there are also many substantial physical barriers such as...
Solving the Mysteries of Space
Jonte鈥 Williams is not wasting any time. The third-year astrophysics and physics double-major drew upon childhood experiences in STEM programs鈥攁nd inspiration from African-American astrophysicist and...
Accommodating a Gender Minority in STEM Settings
Women often are minorities at STEM institutions, and finding products to meet their unique health needs can sometimes be challenging in these settings. Barien Gad (BCHM 3rd Year) has addressed this...
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...