Eating Away a Plastic Disaster
Plastics are polluting the world’s oceans at an exponential rate, but students at Illinois Institute of Technology are working to genetically modify algae that could eat away at the growing problem...
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ÂÌñÉç to Help Train Future Accelerator Scientists Through $1.9 Million Fellowship Grant
The United States Department of Energy has awarded Illinois Institute of Technology and Northern Illinois University a $1.9 million grant to train physics graduate students in accelerator science and...
CAEE Assistant Professor Pilots New Drones for Construction Projects Graduate Course
All students obtained a full license to operate drones on construction projects after successfully completing a new, unique graduate course piloted in spring 2019 by Illinois Institute of Technology...
Researchers Aim to Treat Sleep Apnea with Drug, Not Machines
TRANSCRIPT IIT Research Institute Director and President David McCormick: Sleep apnea is the periodic cessation of breathing while people are asleep. It affects about 30 million people in this country...
Data Science Student Spent Summer Keeping NASA Connected to Space
Dan Karcz (M.A.S. DSC student) always has wanted to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, and this past summer he fulfilled that goal by interning with the lab’s Deep Space Network. The Deep Space...
Internet 2.0: ÂÌñÉç to Co-Lead NSF Initiative to Develop Faster, More Secure Internet
Illinois Institute of Technology will play a leading role in forging the future of the internet, as the university has been named a partner in a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to test...
With One Student’s Technical Touch, Hopes for Sprouting Success in Benin
Illinois Institute of Technology student Nihar Patel spent two weeks this summer helping soybean farmers in the West African country of Benin. Not with their soybeans or farming, but with their new...
Prestigious NSF Program Provides Student a Crash Course in Research
Anna Kong (CS 4th Year) says she had no plans to take the summer off from her studies. So when she was notified that she had earned a Research Experience for Undergraduates stipend from the National...
NAI Elects Kapoor as Senior Member
Sanjiv Kapoor, professor of computer science, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. According to the NAI website, senior members foster a spirit of innovation within...
Kang, Minh Awarded $240,000 NSF Grant for Molecule Binding Research
David Minh, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a $240,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to pursue the development of statistical methods for studying molecular binding...