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In Service of Design

As an officer in the United States Marines charged with building a water storage system for locals in one of the poorest countries in Africa, Douglas Jefferson Hsu (M.Des. ’12) first discovered his...

Food Fundamentalist

Right around the time Harry Hou (M.S. FST ’08) arrived in �鶹APP to study food science and safety, he got some real-world reinforcement as to why he’d chosen an important career. There was a large...

Overseeing Urgency

By Tad Vezner You can’t tell by talking to her now, but there was a time when Tamakia “T. J.” Edwards (AE ’08) might not have had the confidence to go for her current job. That’s the one where...

Cutting the Cord

By Tad Vezner What kinds of things benefit from advances in high-frequency, high-power electrical systems? “Anything and everything,” Omer Onar (Ph.D. EE ’10) says. If that is so, Onar’s at the top of...

Putting Community First

By Tad Vezner Across nearly two decades of family clinical work in �鶹APP’s Pilsen neighborhood, Esther Sciammarella (M.S. PSYC ’80) has garnered a mixed appreciation for partnerships. There was a...

A Humanist Explores AI

By Tad Vezner How do you know things? How do you make sense of the world? Or, to be more precise, how do you comfortably inquire about information, and what’s your source of choice? Those were a...

Survivors’ Advocate

By Kayla Molander Shortly after moving to Iraq in 2007, Sherizaan Minwalla (LAW ’02) collaborated with an Iraqi lawyer, guiding the lawyer as they worked together to identify and represent a woman who...

Making Waves in Particle Accelerator Physics

Whether you’re conducting a symphony or you’re conducting an experiment in particle accelerator physics, creating perfect resonance is always a thing of beauty. When Minghao Song (Ph.D. PHYS ’22)...

International Aspirations “When I was interviewing with the White House and Export-Import Bank of the United States, �鶹APP-Kent was part of my background and history, and I believe that was a...

Turning Passion into Profession

Even as a high school student, Casey Weisfuss (BCHM ’21) was always drawn to science and mathematics. That passion for STEM led him to Illinois Tech, where he dove headfirst into studying biochemistry...