Since 1890 Armour College of Engineering at Illinois Tech has been educating world-class engineers who go on to make an impact in service to humanity. Our faculty are leaders and innovators in their fields, accomplishing feats such as inventing a one-of-a-kind intracortical visual prosthesis, pioneering the use of microgrids for reliable energy distribution, and developing detailed maps of the human brain. We help drive Chicago’s continued rise as a global technology and innovation hub.
Armour College of Engineering: Bringing New Ideas into the World
Developing Tools to Detect ‘Silent,’ Blindness-Causing Disease
Through a $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Professor Jennifer Kang-Mieler is developing a model to measure changes in the blood flow of the eye, including the “leakiness” of blood vessel walls, which could allow doctors to diagnose diabetic retinopathy before vision loss occurs.
Learn More“We’re taking a clinical tool that has been used for years and years and making it better and more sensitive. Our technology and method will be the only one that can tell the true blood flow changes in the eye. That’s something that a lot of imaging technology has been trying to do.”
Research in Service to Humanity
New Eyes for the Visually Impaired
Professor Phil Troyk’s ’first-of-its-kind artificial vision system approved for clinical trials:
Improving Space Weather Forecasts
Associate Professor Seebany Datta-Barua investigates how to predict changes in space weather that can interfere with GPS and other satellite-based applications.
How SARS-CoV-2 Spreads
Professor Brent Stephens’s model of how particles spread Diamond Princess cruise ship
Project Manager, University of Chicago
Krystal McDoom leads project teams, composed of design and construction professionals, and pushes for change in the industry.
Krystal McDoom (ARCE ’14)
Solutions to Real-World Problems
Xin Huang is developing an ultrasonic system to help nuclear facilities overcome communication barriers.
Xin Huang (Ph.D. EE Candidate)
Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
Experience in the Armour R&D program helped Victor Quiroz find his path to a career in biomedical engineering research.
Victor Quiroz (BME ’20)
Practicing Leadership
As a student president, Jessica Forbes is building the skills to one day run her own business.
Jessica Forbes (CHE ’22)
Embracing a Second Chance
Andy de Fonseca is 35 years old, a theater graduate, a mother, and now well on her way to becoming an aerospace engineer.
Andy de Fonseca (AE ’22)News
Commencement 2026: A Milestone Moment
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, Illinois Tech’s 2025–26 graduating class of 2,972 students will celebrate the next milestone on their life’s journey during the university’s 157th Commencement ceremony at...
A Profound Impact: Engineering Professor Named Outstanding Educator
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Mohammad Shahidehpour
Robert W. Galvin Electricity Innovation Endowed Chair
Director, Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation
Associate Director, Wanger Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research
Affiliate Professor, Stuart School of Business
Lin Cai
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director of Graduate Affairs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Matthew J. Gombeda
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Director of the Concrete Materials and Structures Laboratory
Georgia Papavasiliou
Department Chair
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Seebany Datta-Barua
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fouad Teymour
S.C. Johnson Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Dynamics