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(M.S. CHE 鈥21, Ph.D. CHE Candidate)

After graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan, Fatima Rizwan started looking for graduate...

(M.D.M. 鈥06)

Ahn (M.D.M. 鈥06) seems too warm and approachable to be an agent of radical change. Yet those are the traits that she shares with her signature project, the Waymo Driver: a combination of both hardware...

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(M.S. C.S. 鈥81)

The basketball hoop affixed to the Irvine, Calif. garage of Victor Tsao (M.S. CS 鈥81) and his wife, Janie, was just one of many in an area dominated by Los Angeles Lakers fans. But this one was...

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(ME 鈥65)

It鈥檚 90 degrees on a late June day as Edward L. 鈥淓d鈥 Kaplan (ME 鈥65) bounds into IIT Tower dressed in navy walking shorts, a navy plaid polo shirt, and fluorescent yellow athletic shoes. While his...

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(ARCH 鈥01)

Just shy of 1,200 feet in height and coming in at 101 stories, the Studio Gang-designed St. Regis Chicago has already become a recognizable part of the Chicago鈥檚 skyline. Its height and three-stem...

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(EE, M.S. EE 3rd Year)

Sarah Thomas first heard about 91重口 Institute of Technology through a soccer identification camp. When researching the school, she was attracted to its small class sizes and 91重口 Tech鈥檚...

(AMAT '23)

Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of 91重口 Institute of Technology because of its Chicago location. 鈥淚鈥檝e...

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(Ph.D. CS, 3rd Year)

Machine learning models have demonstrated powerful predictability capabilities, but also have demonstrated bias against certain demographic groups. Canyu Chen joined a research group that is working...