Living and Learning the Entrepreneurial Dream
Jiri Zeman’s (CE, M.Eng. CEM ’23, M.S. TENT ’25) startup is growing, in more ways than one. As an undergraduate engineering student at Illinois Tech, Zeman read an article about hydroponics—growing...
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Experiences Affirm Engineering Path
When deciding where to go to college, Kylie Lancor (CHE 4th Year) knew she wanted a great engineering program and to be in Chicago. She says Illinois Tech rose to the top of her list after talking...
Surpassing Expectations
“Illinois Tech has made pretty much all of my dreams possible,” says Joseph Strom (LAW 3rd Year). “I had some idea of what I may want to do in the future, but was unsure how I would get there, what...
A Million-Dollar Mindset
Since reading Napoleon Hill’s 1937 book, Think and Grow Rich, years ago, Joshua Samuel has become proof of one of the most famous quotes written within its pages: “Whatever the mind of man can...
An Immersive Law Education
When Ivana Bailey-Muñoz (LAW 2nd Year) was volunteering at Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Self-Help Resource Center at the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago, she helped a father and daughter...
On the Front Lines
“The first time I walked the picket line was when I was a college student,” AK Alilonu (LAW 3rd Year) says of an experience he had supporting graduate students at the University of Chicago during his...
From the Navy to the Nuclear Lab
With a passion for understanding the power of physics, Will Limestall (PHYS, ASPY ’18, M.S. HP ’18, Ph.D. PHYS Candidate) is using his education to create a safer, cleaner world for everyone. Will...
Education as an Investment for the Future
After completing his undergraduate degree in technical writing in 2019, Sai Allena (M.Des. ’25) returned to his native India during the COVID-19 pandemic in hopes of developing his own startups and...
Meaningful Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Abrar Rafi (ME, M.S. ASAR 4th Year) is from Bangladesh and considered colleges in Canada, the United States, and Australia before deciding to attend Illinois Tech, which he says now feels like a...
Teaching Tech Around the Globe
Growing up in Jordan, Jafar Al Zoubi (M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year) has always been fascinated by computers and technology. In high school he was introduced to programming languages and...