When the White House Calls
A call from the Federal Communications Commission interrupted Eric Burger’s career in research and development and academia to become the Chief Technical Officer of the Federal Communications...
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The Journey From Student to Professional
As a systems engineering intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in summer 2021, Seth Graham worked on code to analyze flight trajectories for a proposed mission called Mars Sample Return. The...
Manufacturing the COVID-19 Vaccine
An inaugural graduate of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Master of Pharmaceutical Engineering degree program, Tejaswini Ramakrishna Hegde is working at her dream job at Moderna as part of the team...
Space Ace: Keeping ISS Astronauts Alive
Brandon Lloyd took a trip to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center when he was in middle school and says that he fell in love with human space flight then and there. He selected Illinois Tech because it...
How a Phone Call Sparked a Technological Revolution
With his signature charm, Marty Cooper will not only tell you an improbable idea is possible, but he’ll also map out a way to achieve it. If you don’t believe it, consider your smartphone. In the...
A Business Storyteller with Cutting-Edge Tech Skills
Throughout his career as a consultant and now as lead data scientist at Chamberlain Group, Jack An has used his expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and business strategy to help businesses...
Discovering Tech Skills to Train Tomorrow’s “Cyberwarriors”
At Illinois Institute of Technology Juan Vasquez knew he found a technically focused cybersecurity master’s program, but he didn’t expect to find a new inspiration as well. “Illinois Tech also made me...
Leading Construction and Design Through a Human-Centered Approach
Krystal McDoom currently manages a $35 million portfolio across six projects at the University of Chicago in her role as project manager. Each construction project holds a unique set of demands, and...
A Draw to the Futuristic
As a student at Morton College, Victor Quiroz joined his college’s chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). One day Quiroz visited the Illinois Institute of Technology campus...
Advancing Health Care Through Molecular Science
Since earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in molecular biochemistry and biophysics through the Accelerated Master’s Program at Illinois Institute of Technology in 2019, alumnus William Menzer has...