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Mathematicians aim for sustainable solutions amid California's groundwater challenges
Severe drought and climate change have impacted groundwater aquifers worldwide. In response, an Illinois Institute of Technology researcher is collaborating to aid California's agriculture industry in redistributing this dwindling resource. Igor Cialenco, a professor of applied mathematics, has secured a National Science Foundation grant alongside Mike Ludkovski, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Their goal is to create a mathematical solution for groundwater distribution.
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Illinois Tech launches $2M initiative for skills training in Bronzeville
Illinois Tech, located in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, is set to strengthen its ties with the community through a new initiative supported by a $2 million federal grant. The project, named the Bronzeville Opportunity Engine, aims to provide skills training for thousands of local residents.
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Crime expert joins Chicago-Kent faculty after tenure at Kirkland & Ellis
Zach Sommers has joined Chicago-Kent College of Law as an assistant professor in fall 2024, fulfilling a long-held aspiration to work in academia. "It's not an exaggeration to say this is my dream job," he stated. His journey into academia comes after four years with the white-collar-crime group at Kirkland & Ellis, where he gained extensive experience conducting investigations and defending against them.
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Jamie Franklin named NCJI academic fellow
Chicago-Kent College of Law has announced that Associate Clinical Professor Jamie Franklin has been appointed as an academic fellow of the National Civil Justice Institute. Franklin joined the faculty in August 2020 and serves as a supervising attorney for the C-K Law Group’s Civil Litigation Clinic. Her expertise spans employment discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour law, qui tam litigation, class actions, and other complex litigation for plaintiffs.
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AI's impact on credit scores explored by racial justice writing competition winner
Jay Esparza Castillo, a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law, has won the A Perfect Union Racial Justice writing competition with his paper titled "Fair Lending in the Age of AI: Regulations to Combat Discrimination in United States Credit Scoring Systems." In his work, Castillo explores how artificial intelligence could influence credit scoring systems and potentially lead to discriminatory lending practices.
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Lewis College welcomes new faculty across humanities, psychology, physics
Lewis College of Science and Letters has announced the addition of four new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year. These educators are set to contribute significantly to their departments and areas of research.
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Students explore Red Summer race riots through creative projects
High school students gathered at the Illinois Institute of Technology in summer 2024 to participate in a program titled Healing 1919. The initiative aimed to explore the race riots of the "Red Summer" of 1919 and foster discussions on race relations. Students, known as justice ambassadors, were encouraged to create projects that promote civic action and racial healing.
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Illinois Tech welcomes six new faculty members to College of Computing
Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Computing has introduced six new faculty members for the fall 2024 semester. This addition aims to cater to an increasing student population and promote innovation through research.
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Illinois Tech team competes in XPRIZE Rainforest finals
A team led by Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) Professor Matthew Spenko has returned from the Amazon after competing in the finals of the XPRIZE Rainforest competition. The team, named Welcome to the Jungle, included members from Purdue University, Natural State, The Morton Arboretum, the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden-Chinese Academy of Sciences, and local Indigenous communities.
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Architecture student wins second place in national preservation competition
Thomas Lozanovski, a fifth-year architecture student, was inspired by a flyer in S. R. Crown Hall to participate in the Charles E. Peterson Prize competition, hosted by the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs. The competition recognizes the best set of measured drawings prepared by students according to Heritage Documentation Programs standards.
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Professor discusses transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy
The transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy is a significant challenge, according to Mohammad Asadi, an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. Asadi aims to replace fossil fuels with energy-efficient and economically feasible energy conversion and storage systems. He targets applications in aviation, trains, ships, and heavy-duty trucks.
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Community production center wins fifth MCHAP.emerge award
The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) has announced the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras, designed by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba, as the winner of the fifth MCHAP.emerge award. The center, located in Chongón, Ecuador, serves local women artisans by providing a space to learn, create, and showcase their handmade textiles.
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Research program immerses students in big-city life
Students from universities across the nation converged at Illinois Institute of Technology to engage in an intense 10-week research project and to see the benefits of studying in a large metropolitan city such as Chicago through the College of Computing’s Student Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE).
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Jeremy V. Fine named CFO at Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology appoints a chief financial officer with more than 25 years of experience in leadership at the CTA, the City of Chicago and other institutions
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Ph.D. student researches enhanced lift technology for electric airplanes
Nickolas Payne, a Ph.D. student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), is conducting research aimed at enhancing the performance of electric airplanes. His work focuses on improving the lift capability of airfoils used in electric aircraft.
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Hamid Arastoopour receives lifetime achievement award from AIChE
Hamid Arastoopour, interim dean of Armour College of Engineering, Henry R. Linden Professor of Engineering, and director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) at Illinois Institute of Technology, has been awarded the 2024 Particle Technology Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
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Study finds fatal levels of indoor heat for some Chicagoans without AC
A recent study by the Illinois Institute of Technology and Elevate, a nonprofit organization focused on equitable climate solutions, reveals that Chicago families without central air conditioning face dangerous indoor temperatures during increasingly hotter summers. The research, conducted during a severe heatwave in 2023, showed that homes without central air conditioning experienced high temperatures even after outdoor conditions cooled overnight. Despite many participants feeling uncomfortably warm, only half recognized their homes as reaching unsafe temperatures.
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Illinois Tech architecture programs earn national sustainability designation from U.S. Department Of Energy
The College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology has been awarded the prestigious Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for its Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture programs. This recognition highlights the college’s commitment to sustainability, carbon neutrality, and zero-energy design practices in a world of escalating extreme weather and climate change.
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Architecture programs earn national designation for sustainable practices
With the continuous changes happening to the world’s built environment as a result of escalating extreme weather and climate change, adopting sustainable and zero-energy building and design practices is no longer an option. For the past year, the College of Architecture has worked to implement a new curriculum for its Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture programs that puts sustainability, carbon neutrality, and zero-energy design at the forefront of their pedagogy. This has earned the two programs a Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) from the United States...