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Illinois Institute of Technology welcomed four new deans to the university this past summer.

Design Thinking Outside the Box

In late 2018 Institute of Design Studio Professor Martin Thaler asked his product design students to create something for a client one mile from Illinois Tech’s Mies Campus. The class devised a system of modular, box-shaped seats for Boxville—a seasonal food, retail, and community space built from shipping containers at 51st Street and the CTA Green Line—that debuted over summer 2019.

Fall 2019

A New Light

Mohammad Shahidehpour, Distinguished Bodine Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation, seems to think so. As a part of Galvin Center’s evolving microgrid project—a self-sufficient and environmentally sustainable energy system on Mies Campus—Illinois Tech has installed a system of photovoltaic panels on the roof of S. R. Crown Hall.

Fall 2019

Illinois Tech Headliners

“It’s long been thought of as an indicator of how bad the air in a space might be.” Brent Stephens, associate professor of architectural engineering, commenting on carbon dioxide levels in a room in a New York Times article about studies on the importance of indoor air quality.

Fall 2019

Ernie Iseminger Is New VP for Institutional Advancement

Illinois Institute of Technology welcomed Ernie Iseminger as vice president for Institutional Advancement on September 16. A leader in development and fundraising for more than three decades, he joined Illinois Institute of Technology from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, where he was involved in garnering a transformational gift of $70 million this past year.

Fall 2019

Illinois Institute of Technology Welcomes New Faculty

New faculty joining Illinois Tech in 2019–2020 include researchers and scholars in Armour College of Engineering, Chicago-Kent College of Law, the College of Architecture, the College of Science, and the Institute of Design. You can read about the university’s new deans—Professor Lance Fortnow, College of Science; Professor Reed Kroloff, College...