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Star Power

Voyager 1, having completed its spectacular photo safari of our solar system, has one more destination in store. But don’t bother waiting around. Speeding across the lonely interstellar void at 38,000 miles per hour, NASA’s fastest probe isn’t due to approach AC+79 3888—a nearby star—for about 40,000 years.

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Take Five

Weslynne Ashton is an associate professor with appointments at Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business and Institute of Design (ID).

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A New Way to See Electricity

We all know what electricity does, but what does it look like? As manager of smart grid and technology for ComEd , Shay Bahramirad (Ph.D. EE ’10) is working to build a new form of electricity delivery that allows users to track and control—effectively see—their own energy use. “The technology...

On Campus

Innovation in Action

If the work that was presented during the Grainger Computing Innovation Prize competition and at Innovation Day was any indication, the next generation of Illinois Tech graduates already has a strong handle on creating community-focused, sustainable solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing our communities. Student teams offered creative technology solutions, including the winning team’s sustainable digital currency, during the Grainger competition, while students worked in multidisciplinary teams to solve real-world problems facing businesses in Bronzeville and beyond during the fall 2021 semester Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program and then highlighted the results during its end-of-semester showcase.

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Everything Old Is New Again

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Chicago Bauhaus. In 2019 the original Bauhaus will observe its centennial. Martin Thaler, Institute of Design studio professor, offered the course Bauhaus Futures this past spring in anticipation of the 100th anniversary. His students selected three Bauhaus classics—the Dell Wine Jug ,...

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Passion Ignited by a Lifetime of Learning

Natacha DePaola new engineering dean The Carol and Ed Kaplan Armour College Dean of Engineering Chair Natacha DePaola’s path to dean of IIT Armour College of Engineering was paved with inspiration, dedication, and—toothpaste. DePaola recalls that when she was 8 years old and growing up in Venezuela, she eagerly looked...

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Engine Ingenuity

Despite accounting for more than a quarter of the on-road vehicle energy consumption in the United States, heavy-duty trucks and other long-haul transportation account for just 1 percent of on-road vehicles. That’s a significant sustainability concern, one that Illinois Tech Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Carrie Hall is tackling—with software.

Philanthropy News

Career Path Plus

“Having a scholarship gave me the freedom to do what I’m doing today because I’m not sitting on a mountain of debt,” says Margaret Lee (ME/EGMT ’17), a former Camras scholar [below] now living and freelancing in New York. This is a common sentiment from students in Illinois Institute of Technology’s scholarship and leadership programs; not only are students better prepared for positions of leadership, but the philanthropy that provides full-tuition scholarships enables them to fearlessly set their sights high, pursuing career paths both planned or unplanned. Meet some young alumni who rose to the opportunities they received as students: